About
Wheels & Waves
Wheels & 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 linking 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.
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Rikke is Vice Chairman at The Danish Book Craft Society. Board Member, Bienal del Cartel Bolivia BICeBé. Advisory Board Member, ODC - Odisha Design Council.
She has been exhibiting and giving lectures & workshops internationally in Asia, the Middle East, South and North America.
2025
Grant – Danish Arts Foundation
2024
Silver Award. Graphis Poster Annual 2025
Travel Grant – Danish Arts Foundation
2023
Gold Award. Graphis Poster Annual 2024
2 x Silver Award. Graphis Poster Annual 2024
Travel Grant – Danish Arts Foundation
2022
Work Grant – Danish Arts Foundation
1st Prize Award. International Poster Biennale Lublin
Travel Grant – Danish Arts Foundation
2021
Winner – Mut zut Wut Poster Competition 2021
Gold and Silver Award, Graphis protest posters
Platinum Award. Graphis Poster Annual 2022
4 x Silver Award. Graphis Poster Annual 2022
Excellence Award. KIDC – Korean Institute of Cultural Product Art & Design
Travel Grant – Danish Arts Foundation
2020
2 x Gold Award. Graphis Poster Annual 2021
2 x Silver Award. Graphis Poster Annual 2021
Travel Grant – Danish Arts Foundation
2019
Winner, Excellence Award, Creative Quarterly
Silver Award. China International Poster Biennial
Travel Grant – Danish Arts Foundation
2 x Gold Award. Graphis Poster Annual 2020
3 x Silver Award. Graphis Poster Annual 2020
2018
Platinum Award. Graphis Poster Annual 2019
Gold Award. Graphis Poster Annual 2019
Silver Award. Graphis Poster Annual 2019
Honour. Poster for __, International poster competition.
2017
Excellence Award, The Corea Forum of Design (COFOD), Invitational International Exhibition, South Korea
Honourable mention. 3rd International Poster Biennale Lublin, Poland.
2014
Grant, Tage Vanggaard og Hustrus Foundation
2013
Grant, Arwos
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
Grant, Arwos
2002
Nomination, Korean International Poster Biennale, South Korea
2001
Nomination, Papyrus Award Category Poster
Nomination, Papyrus Award Category – Publication.
2000
Winner, Stamp Design, Post Denmark
1999
Winner, Poster, Bakken Copenhagen
2025
Bolivia Poster Biennial BICeBé – 29th International Poster Biennale in Warsaw – Lathi Poster Triennal – Calanca Biennale 2025 – PostHer
2024
No violence against women, Hilden, Germany – Post-Poster, Poland – Poster Without Borders – BICM, Bienal Internacional del Cartel en México – Tranum Strandgård Kunst- og Kulturcenter – Tolerance Posteer Project, Zittau, Germany – KWVD International Design Invitational Exhibition, Korea – Japan Poster Museum, Kyoto – China Guangxi University Press Art Museum – Fujida International Invitational Illustration Exhibition, Turkey –
2023
2nd B.I International Poster Art Biennale, South Korea – 28th International Poster Biennale Warsaw – ICI Open Museum Institute of Creativity and Innovation Xiamen University, China – Ogaki Poster Museum, Japan – Plaster International Festival of Graphic Design, Torun, Poland – Helms Bakery District Corridor Gallery, Los Angeles – Ame Laroc Festival, Brazil – Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary – Korea Institute of Cultural Product & Design – Tolerance Poster Show, Santo Domingo Museum, Lima, Peru – Retroavangarda gallery, Warsaw
2022
TopS+2022 3rd China-Korea International Design Week – DIGNAVIDAD, Mexico – EIPF4, Emirates International Poster Festival – Open Cities Madrid Gráfica22 – CIIPE, Invitational International Poster Exhibition, Colorado State University, USA – Beijing Opera Art Festival – Visual Poetry exhibition, Mexico – Beijing Design Week – Illusion Exhibition, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico – Autonomous University Puebla, Mexico – Kapıdağ Peninsula 2nd Visual Arts Exhibition, Turkey – Florishing Education, Girona, Spain, Shanghai & Zhengzhou, China, Brussels Belgium, Soul, Korea – Beloved, Tortured, Eaten, Museum Bünde, Germany – Lahti International Poster Triennial, Finland – Danish Cultural Center, Beijing – International Poster Biennale Lublin, Poland – KICD Winter International Conference & Exhibition, Korea
2021
Posters without Borders – Homage to Milton Glacer, Bolivia – Posterfest, Budapest, Hungary – 20x20 Posters for Peace, Denmark – CIIPE Colorado, US – Peru Design Biennial – Gwangju Design Biennale, Korea – B.I International Poster Art Biennale, Korea – Mut zut Wut – Berlin Design Week – 27th International Poster Biennale, Warsaw – 4th Block, Ukraine – Brick City Gallery Springfield, MissouriBrick City Gallery Springfield, Missouri, USA – SIPF, 4th Shenzhen International Poster Festival, China KICD, Int. Winter Conference, Korea
2020
Postermaster, Posterposter.org – Ecuador Poster Bienal, Ecuador – Russian National Library, Moscow – EIPF 2, Emirates International Poster Festival Design Week Dubai, UAE – Beijing Design Week, China – Madrid Gráfica, Spain – Biophilia Poster Exhibition, United States – KICD international invitational Exhibition, New Normal Era Design, Korea – Anti-New Coronavirus 100 Posters Exhibition, Beijing, China – Creative Quarterly, 100 Best Gallery Show, New York, United States – Center of Intercultural Communications, Chelyabinsk, Russia – National Museum in Zrenjanin, Serbia
2019
1st Int. Isfahan Graphic Design Event, Iran – World Environment Day, Shijiazhuang, China
– Co2 Poster Biennial, Colorado, United States – Bauhaus 100, Novosibirsk, Russia – 3rd Int. Design Works Exchange, Korea – EIPF, Emirates International Poster Festival Design Week Dubai, UAE – The 2nd Hakka International Poster Invitational Exhibition, China – Hebei in World´s View Int. Poster Show, China – Jiangnan - the Poetic Habitat, China – Let me be your voice, Indonesia – China International Poster Biennale – CIIPE, Invitational International Poster Exhibition, Colorado State University, USA – Helms Design Center, Culver City, USA – Gwangju Design Biennale, Korea – Macau Design Award, Macau – Int. Art and Design Exhibition, Eskişeir, Turkey – Beijing SiLon Concrete Hole Gallery For Art, China – International Art & Design Association (IADA), South Korea – 5th Annual Alborz Graphic Design exhibition, Iran
2018
VIDAK: International Poster Exhibition, Korea – Posters of Troy, Turkey – Autopsia Colectiva 4, Mexico – The 3rd Shenzhen International Poster Festival, China – Ecuador Poster Biennial, Ecuador – 2nd PosterFest Budapest, Hungary – 6th Art for Peace Festival, Iran – CPDB, China Printing Design Biennial exhibition, Beijing – Great Journey Creative Suzhou Poster Exhibition, Portland, Oregon, United States – The IV International Poster Exhibition, Museum für Galvanotechnik, Leipzig, Germany – IPT 2018, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, Japan – 14th edition, Jazz in the Ruins. Poland – DMZ Art & Design International Invitation Exhibition, South Korea – 26th International Poster Biennale, Warsaw, Poland – International Triennial "the 4th Block", Ukraine – International Design Biennale STRELKA, Russia – United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland – Dokdo Special Invitation Exhibition, Samcheok city, South Korea.
2017
International Poster Biennale Lublin, Poland – Co2 Poster Biennial, Colorado, United States – BICeBé, International Poster Biennial, Bolivia – National Museum of Art, La Paz, Invitational International Poster Exhibition, Bolivia – Speak Up, Invitational International Poster Exhibition, Mexico – TypeUnite Exhibition, DesignWeek Dubai, UAE – The Corea Forum of Design (COFOD), Invitational International Exhibition, South Korea – Abierto Mexicano De Diseño, International Design Festival, Mexico City – Poster Without Boarders, Invitational International Poster Exhibition – TiGDA, Taiwan International Graphic Design Award, Taiwan – CIIPE, Invitational International Poster Exhibition, Colorado State University, USA – Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France – United Nations Headquarters, New York City, USA – United Nations City, Copenhagen, Denmark – The People's Meeting "Folkemødet", Bornholm, Denmark – WGDD, World Graphic Design Day, Poster Exhibition, Iran – Eco-Packaging, Invitational International Exhibition, China – 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
VOID International Animation Festival
Ministry of Foreign Affairs – denmark.dk
Fryderyk Chopin Institute, Warsaw
PerleMagi
Hudna
Metafor
Özgür
DR Koncert
Maison du Danemark/ The Danish House, Paris
Tina Klemmensen
Forening for Boghaandværk
Designskolen Kolding
Ipek Yolu
Højer Designefterskole
Designhøjskolen Højer
Pink Pop Polykrom
Koldinghus
Leco Foods
Rollon
Game College Grenå
Dansk Japansk Selskab
Tokai University
Ã…rhus University
2025
Juror, Lahti International Poster Triennial
Juror, Lublin International Poster Biennal
Juror, Alive Poster Festival
2024
Speaker, BICM, Bienal Internacional del Cartel en México/Festival Ecos Creativos
Critical Design Workshop, Anahuac University, Mexico
Speaker, C-IDEA Conference, Nanjing, China
Distinguished guest, Visual Design Art Week at Cheng Du Academy of Fine Arts, China
Juror, Azerbajan Design Submit
Juror, Bolu international Poster design Competition, Turkey
Keynote speaker & Juror, IFPSC 2024, Barcelona
Juror, Best Book design, Association of Book Craft, Denmark
Juror, International Reggeae Poster Contest
Juror, CIDEA design award 2024
2023
Workshop, BiCéBE – Bolivia Poster Biennial
Juror, 28th International Poster Biennale in Warsaw
Speaker, Innovation Forum Conferrence, Xiamen University, China
Juror, Bünde Biennale, Germany
Juror, United States International Poster Biennial
Juror, Bolu – Life on Land
Juror, Best Book design, Association of Book Craft, Denmark
Juror, 550th birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus, Poland
Juror, C-IDEA, China
2022
Speaker and workshop, Typo/graphic days7, Cypruss
Lecture, Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, Slovakia
Workshop, Devoto Prison/Complejo Penitenciario Federal de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Juror, TISDC Taiwan International Student Design Competition
Masterclass, UC Syd, School of Visual Communication, Kolding, Denmark
Juror, Ecuador Poster Biennal
Juror, 11th Poster Triennial Trnava
Juror, India's Best Design Awards
Juror, Best Book design, Association of Book Craft, Denmark
Speaker, Orientation Programme, GLS Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India
Keynote speaker, 4th Conference on Semiotics & Visual Communication, Cypruss
Juror, 3rd Student Poster Confrontations, Poland
Juror, Int. Reggae Poster Contest
Guest Speaker, School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Keynote speaker, Deviprasad Goenka Management College of Media Studies, Mumbai
2021
Speaker, Odisha Design Week, India
Juror, Speaker and workshop, BICeBé, Bolivia
Juror, B.I International Poster Art Biennale, Korea
Masterclass, UC Syd, School of Visual Communication, Haderslev, Denmark
Juror, Best Book design, Association of Book Craft, Denmark
Juror, LemLand 2021, Poland
Juror, India's Best Design Awards
Juror, Justice, International Poster Call
Juror, The importance of water/oceans. Turkey
Juror, Shadow in the Dark/International Reggae Poster Contest
Juror, C-IDEA International Design Competion Award
Juror, Inspiring Women, Poster Contest, Turkey
2020
Keynotespeaker, 2nd int. Conference on Design Vanguard, Mexico
Speaker, 6th int. Conference, IDC, American University Dubai, UAE
Speaker, Art & Design Symposium, Kütahya, Turkey
Juror, BICeBé, Bolivia
Masterclass, School of Visual Communication, Haderslev, Denmark
Juror, Best Book design, Association of Book Craft, Denmark
Juror, Bolu Int. Poster Design Competition
Juror, World Design Day Competition
Speaker, Signú International Congres, Ecuador
Juror, Int. Reggae Poster Contest
Juror, India's Best Design Awards
Juror, FOR/AGAINS, Int. student Poster Competition, Poland
Juror, We are SuperHeroes, WGD Poster Competition
Juror, Int. Reggae Poster Contest
2019
Masterclass, School of Visual Communication, Haderslev, Denmark
Speaker and workshop, Beijing Art & Design Camp, Beijing, China
Juror, India's Best Design Awards
Juror, International Organ Donation Poster Competition
Juror, 4th International Poster Biennale, Lublin
Juror, Ukrainian Design: The Very Best Of
Juror, SIGNÚ Int. Student Illustration Contest
Juror, Best Book design, Association of Book Craft, Denmark
Juror, Cyprus Poster Triennial - CPT
Workshop, Ajeenkya DY Patil University, Pune, India
2018
Masterclass, Faculty of Art and Design, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústà nad Labem, Czeck Republic
Juror, Graphis, New Talent Competition
Lecture, Anahuac University, Mexico
Workshop, Universidad Artes Plásticas, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Masterclass, School of Visual Communication, Denmark
Workshop, Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art of the University of West Bohemia, Plzen, Czech Republic
Lecture, Faculty of Art and Design, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústà nad Labem,
Czeck Republic
Juror, Best Book design, Association of Book Craft, Denmark
2017
Speaker, Dubai Design Week, The 3rd International Design Conference
– Design in a Digital World, United Arab Emirates
Juror, Best Book design, Association of Book Craft, Denmark
Workshop and lecture, NID – National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India
Workshop, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Lecture, Aarhus University, Denmark
2016
Workshop, Petra University, Amman, Jordan
Juror, 14th BICM, International Poster Biennial, Mexico
Speaker and workshop, CID2016, International Design Congress, San Luis PotosÃ, Mexico
2015
Workshop, Raffles Design Institute, Bangkok, Thailand
2014
Lecture, Raffles Design Institute, Bangkok, Thailand
Masters class, The Danish International Media Festival, Odense, Denmark
External examiner, Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Lectures, Creative University IADE, Lisbon, Portugal
Workshop and lecture, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
2013
External examiner, Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Lecture, German Jordanian University, Amman, Jordan
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
Workshop, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, Chile
2023
Paper – De-Imagining myth possibilities through mechanisms from Critical design
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
Article, interview to Roozrang, Graphic Design Magazine, Iran
Article about Critical Design, The India Designproject, India
Paper – ‘Learning to be an Experimenter’ – Tangible Prototyping of Letters, 5th EIMAD. Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas (ESART) of Instituto Politécnico, Portugal
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
Article about design and design education, Graduation Exhibition ‘Best Years’,
CAFA School of Design, Beijing, China
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
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