About
My name is Alexander Hanke, I am a graphic designer. Some years ago I was born in the wild lands of east Germany. Early I discovered how to eat a yummy pencil and what to do with funny stuff like paper and walls. So I started working for different clients back in the early days of 1998, long before I moved out to Cologne and afterwards to the small city of Hildesheim to graduate in graphic design 2008.
At the moment I’m working as a freelance artist and creating posters, shirts or flyers as well as Corporate Design and packaging solutions for clients arround the world. So feel free to drop me a line to get more information about the smartdesignz empire.
Take care!
Jobs and schools
1992-2000 Gymnasium Otto-von-Guericke / Abitur
2000-2001 Civilian service
01/2002 – 06/2002 espressivo / Internship
07/2002 – 06/2003 jacco – Werbung und Marketing / Internship
08/2003 – 07/2005 Köln International School of Design
08/2005 – 10/2005 SWM Magdeburg / Internship
03/2006 – 08/2008 Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst Hildesheim / Bachelor of Arts
1998 – today Freelancer
2009 At the moment I’m working for Design Kis in Hamburg beside my own clients.
Exhibitions
Unwelten 05/2004-06/2004 Canapé (Magdeburg/D)
Environmentalism 07/2008-08/2008 Urbanpiraten “Galerie & Laden” (Magdeburg/D)
Voices in Forests 05/2009-06/2009 Lebherz (Braunschweig/D)
Animal Family 06/2009-07/2009 Urbanpiraten “Galerie & Laden” (Magdeburg/D)
Art Fabriqué 08/2009-08/2009 Urbanpiraten @ Noorderzon Festival (Groningen/NL)
We need no future 04/2010-06/2010 Augapfel (Magdeburg/D)
ART to SHOP 06/2010-07/2010 Urbanpiraten @ Never Ending (Magdeburg/D)
Published Work
The DESIGN AND DESIGN Book of the year Vol. 1 (Index Books / ISBN: 8496309800)
The DESIGN AND DESIGN Book of the year Vol. 1 (Index Books / ISBN: 8492643412)
KOLK. Ausgabe 1 (Hunger Verlag)
Pastime
Music – playing (I used to play bass/guitar in different bands) / listening / concerts,
photography, travelling, looking
Record Label Confidence Records 2004-2007
Concert Group Cpt.Emo Networks 2005-2008
Urbanpiraten Collective 07/2008-today
Clothing Brand Zum Heimathafen 05/2008-today
