ABOUT
Wheels and Waves is the brainchild of Rikke Hansen but much it is much more than her. You could say it is a new way of organizing a collective of designers and educators who have commited themselves to seeing communication and development of the coming generations as two sides of the same coin.
Working together with sound designers, script writers and programmers Wheels & Waves links the right people to the right project. We worked with Danish Music Award winners Hudna on their highly acclaimed first albumrelease. We work on exhibition projects, and on devolping project related to ideageneration and graphic design.
CV
Education
2011- 2013
Master’s degree in Design, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture & Design (KADK)/Danish Centre for Design Research
2009-2011
Attended Philosophical Practice at the Danish University of Education /
research project with Associate Professor Finn Thorbjørn Hansen
1997-2002
Master’s degree in Graphic Design, Department of Visual Communication,
Design School Kolding
1995-1997
Attended The Art School of Southern Jutland
Work experience — Education
2018-
Appointed External Examiner at The higher artistic educational programmes under The Ministry of Higher Education and Science
2017-
External Associate Professor / University of Southern Denmark
2016-
Guest Lecturer, Design Schools Hoejer
2015-2016
Head of Designhoejskolen Hoejer 2015-
Guest Lecturer / Roedding Folk High School, Department of Design & Innovation
2013-2015
Head of Department / Department of Communication Design, Design School Kolding
2011-2013
Director of Studies / Department of Communication Design, Design School Kolding
2009-2011
Head of Department / Department of Communication Design, Design School Kolding
2007-2008
Assistant / Lecturer / Department of Visual Communication, Design School Kolding 2006-2007
Guest Lecturer, Department of Visual Communication, Design School Kolding
Work experience — Business
2009-
Creative Director, Wheels & Waves 2003-2007
Art Director, Mezina A/S (Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland)
2002-2003
Freelance Graphic Designer for Danish Crime Prevention Council, Design School Kolding, Leca Foods and Rollon A/S
Nominations, Grants and Honours
2020
2 x Gold Award. Graphis Poster Annual 2021
2020
2 x Silver Award. Graphis Poster Annual 2021
2020
Travel Grant – Danish Arts Foundation
2019
Winner. Creative Quarterly
2019
Silver Award. China International Poster Biennial
2019
Travel Grant – Danish Arts Foundation
2019
2 x Gold Award. Graphis Poster Annual 2020
2019
3 x Silver Award. Graphis Poster Annual 2020
2018
Honour. Poster for __, International poster competition.
2018
Platinum Award. Graphis Poster Annual 2019
2018
Gold Award. Graphis Poster Annual 2019
2018
Silver Award. Graphis Poster Annual 2019
2017
Honourable mention. 3rd International Poster Biennale Lublin, Poland
2017
Excellence Award, The Corea Forum of Design (COFOD), Invitational International Exhibition, South Korea
2014
Grant – Tage Vanggaard og Hustrus Foundation
2013
Grant – Arwos
2013
Grant – The Danish Institute, Danish-Arab Partnership Programme (DAPP), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2012
Grant – The Danish Institute, Danish-Arab Partnership Programme (DAPP), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2012
Grant – Arwos
2002
Nomination, poster – Korean International Poster Biennale, South Korea
2001
Nomination – Poster, Papyrus Award
2001
Nomination – Publication, Papyrus Award
2000
Honour – Stamp, Post Denmark
1999
Winner – Poster, Bakken Copenhagen
Lectures, Instruction, Workshops, Jury Assignments and External Examiner
2021
Juror, C-IDEA Design Award, China
2021
Keynotespeaker, 4th Conference on Semiotics & Visual Communication, Cypruss
2020
Keynotespeaker, 2nd int. Conference on Design Vanguard, Mexico
2020
Speaker, 6th int. Conference, IDC, UAE
2020
Speaker, Art & Design Symposium, Kütahya
2020
Juror, Best Book design, Association of Book Craft, Denmark
2020
Juror, India's Best Design Awards
2020
Juror, FOR/AGAINS, Int. student Poster Competition, Poland
2020
We are SuperHeroes, WGD Poster Competition
2020
Speaker, Signú Int. Congres, Ecuador
2020
Juror, Bolu Int. Poster Design Competition
2020
Juror & Speaker, workshop, BICeBé
2020
Juror, Int. Reggae Poster Contest
2019
Speaker, workshop, Beijing Art & Design Camp
2019
Masterclass, School of Visual Communication, Haderslev, Denmark
2019
Juror, India's Best Design Awards
2019
Juror, International Organ Donation Poster Competition
2019
Juror, 4th International Poster Biennale, Lublin
2019
Juror, Ukrainian Design: The Very Best Of
2019
Juror, SIGNÚ Int. Student Illustration Contest
2019
Juror, Best Book design, Association of Book Craft, Denmark
2019
Juror, Cyprus Poster Triennial - CPT
2019
Workshop, Ajeenkya DY Patil University, Pune, India
2018
Juror, Graphis, New Talent Competition
2018
Lecture, Anahuac University, Mexico
2018
Workshop, Universidad Artes Plásticas, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
2018
Masterclass, School of Visual Communication, Haderslev, Denmark
2018
Workshop, Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art of the University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic
2018
Lecture, Faculty of Art and Design, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Czeck Republic
2018
Juror, Best Book design, Association of Book Craft, Denmark
2018
Workshop, GLS Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India
2017
Speaker, Dubai Design Week, The 3rd International Design Conference: “Design in a Digital World", United Arab Emirates
2017
Juror, Best Book design, Association of Book Craft, Denmark
2017
Workshop and lecture, NID – National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India
2017
Workshop, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
2017
Lecture, Aarhus University, Denmark
2016
Workshop, Petra University, Amman, Jordan
2016
Juror, 14th BICM, International Poster Biennial, Mexico
2016
Speaker and Workshop, CID2016, International Design Congress, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
2015
Workshop, Raffles Design Institute, Bangkok, Thailand
2008-2015
Instructor, lecturer, BA theoretical guidance, BA & MA project guidance, Design School Kolding, Denmark
2014
Lecture, Raffles Design Institute, Bangkok, Thailand 2014
Masters class, The Danish International Media Festival, Odense, Denmark
2014
External examiner, Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2014
Lectures, Creative University IADE, Lisbon, Portugal
2014
Workshop and lecture, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2013
External examiner, Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2013
Lecture, German Jordanian University, Amman, Jordan
2013
Lecture, Critical Design Seminar, Design School Kolding
2012
Workshop and lecture, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2011
Instructor, Tongjii University, Shanghai, China
2010
Instructor & lecturer, Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus University, Syria
2010
Workshop, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
Publications /Papers
2020
Paper – Leaving the reasonable, TypoDay, Amman, Jordan. Co-written with Barnabas Wetton
2019
Paper – Innovative applications of Experimental Typography. Typography Day, International Conference, Mumbai, India.
Co-written with Barnabas Wetton
2018
Paper – Sound, typography and interaction - The intersection of seeing and listening, Typography Day, International Conference, Mumbai, India. Co-written with Barnabas Wetton
2017
Paper – ‘Reframing Value Creation, Experience and Pleasure on Digital Platforms’, 3rd Int. Conference on Semiotics & Visual Communication, Cyprus University of Technology. Co-written with Barnabas Wetton
2017
Article, interview to Roozrang, Graphic Design Magazine, Iran
2017
Article about Critical Design, The India Designproject, India
2017
Paper – ‘Learning to be an Experimenter’ – Tangible Prototyping of Letters, 5th EIMAD. Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas (ESART) of Instituto Politécnico, Portugal
2017
Paper – ‘Making is Thinking – Learning and Experimenting through Tangible Prototyping of Letters’, Typoday International Conference, Sri Lanka
2016
Paper – ‘Making is Thinking – Learning and Experimenting in Typography’, Typoday, International Conference, Bangalore, India
2014
Paper – ‘Spaces of Precarious Conditions: Bridging Cultures, Designs and Worldviews‘, AMOA – Art of Management and Organization Conference, Copenhagen Business School. Co-written with Barnabas Wetton
2014
Article about design and design education, Graduation Exhibition ‘Best Years’,
CAFA School of Design, Beijing, China
2014
Paper for Poster Presentation, Typoday, international conference, Pune, India
2013
Master’s thesis – ‘Sometimes the Self Esteem Fairy Brings a Little Gift – Methods Approaching Design in Typography
2012
SPILD – Publication, service design methodology
Exhibitions
2020
Russian National Library, Moscow
2020
EIPF 2 - Emirates International Poster Festival Design Week Dubai, UAE
2020
Beijing Design Week, China
2020
Madrid Gráfica, Spain
2020
Biophilia Poster Exhibition, United States
2020
KICD international invitational Exhibition, New Normal Era Design, Korea
2020
Anti-New Coronavirus 100 Posters Exhibition, Beijing, China
2020
Creative Quarterly – 100 Best Gallery Show, New York, United States
2020
Center of Intercultural Communications, Chelyabinsk, Russia
2020
National Museum in Zrenjanin, Serbia
2019
1st Int. Isfahan Graphic Design Event, Iran
2019
World Environment Day, Shijiazhuang, China
2019
Co2 Poster Biennial, Colorado, United States
2019
Bauhaus 100, Novosibirsk, Russia
2019
3rd Int. Design Works Exchange, Korea
2019
EIPF - Emirates International Poster Festival Design Week Dubai, UAE
2019
The 2nd Hakka International Poster Invitational Exhibition, China
2019
Hebei in World´s View Int. Poster Show, China
2019
Jiangnan - the Poetic Habitat, China
2019
Let me be your voice, Indonesia
2019
China International Poster Biennale
2019
CIIPE, Invitational International Poster Exhibition, Colorado State University, USA
2019
Helms Design Center, Culver City, USA
2019
Gwangju Design Biennale, Korea
2019
2019
Int. Art and Design Exhibition, Eskişeir, Turkey
2019
Beijing SiLon Concrete Hole Gallery For Art, China
2019
International Art & Design Association (IADA), South Korea
2019
5th Annual Alborz Graphic Design exhibition, Iran
2018
VIDAK: International Poster Exhibition, Korea
2018
Posters of Troy, Turkey
2018
Autopsia Colectiva 4, Mexico
2018
The 3rd Shenzhen International Poster Festival, China
2018
Ecuador Poster Biennial, Ecuador
2018
2nd PosterFest Budapest, Hungary
2018
6th Art for Peace Festival, Iran
2018
CPDB, China Printing Design Biennial exhibition, Beijing
2018
Great Journey Creative Suzhou Poster Exhibition, Portland, Oregon, United States.
2018
The IV International Poster Exhibition, Museum für Galvanotechnik, Leipzig, Germany
2018
IPT 2018, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, Japan
2018
14th edition, Jazz in the Ruins. Poland
2018
DMZ Art & Design International Invitation Exhibition, South Korea
2018
26th International Poster Biennale, Warsaw, Poland
2018
International Triennial "the 4th Block", Ukraine
2018
International Design Biennale STRELKA, Russia
2018
United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
2018
Dokdo Special Invitation Exhibition, Samcheok city, South Korea
2017
International Poster Biennale Lublin, Poland
2017
Co2 Poster Biennial, Colorado, United States
2017
BICeBé, International Poster Biennial, Bolivia
2017
National Museum of Art, La Paz, Invitational International Poster Exhibition, Bolivia,
2017
Speak Up, Invitational International Poster Exhibition, Mexico
2017
TypeUnite Exhibition, DesignWeek Dubai, UAE
2017
The Corea Forum of Design (COFOD), Invitational International Exhibition, South Korea
2017
Abierto Mexicano De Diseño, International Design Festival, Mexico City
2017
Poster Without Boarders, Invitational International Poster Exhibition
2017
TiGDA, Taiwan International Graphic Design Award, Taiwan
2017
CIIPE, Invitational International Poster Exhibition, Colorado State University, USA
2017
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2017
United Nations Headquarters, New York City, USA
2017
United Nations City, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017
The People's Meeting "Folkemødet", Bornholm, Denmark
2017
WGDD, World Graphic Design Day, Poster Exhibition, Iran
2017
Eco-Packaging, Invitational International Exhibition, China
2017
The Danish Museum of Art & Design, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016
Typographic International Poster Exhibition, Guilin HuaQiao Art Museum, China
2014
Pink, Pop, Polykrom, Nikolaj Kolding, Denmark
2010
What is Interaction Design, Design School Kolding, Denmark
2002
Korean International Poster Biennale, South Korea