Andrea Nienhaus, born 1980 in Münster, is a qualified designer and works as a freelance designer and lecturer in Berlin. She specialises in the communication of societal themes. She is initiator of the interdisciplinary project space Glas+Bild and is currently working on the establishment of the Sozialhelden Academy. Since 2011 she has been a member of Think Tank 30, part of the German society “The Club of Rome.”
Skills
- Comprehensive approach covering all aspects of design
- Visual demonstration of context and thoughts in pictures
- Combination of strategy, conception and visual implementation
- Ability to transform ideas into design
- Following of societal and technological changes
- Development of new, creative solution methods
- Communication of knowledge
- Ability to inspire and to motivate
- Good teamwork
Areas of work
- Visual concepts and strategies for communication for organisations and individuals (Visual Coaching)
- Workshops and lectures (thematic areas include: social marketing, sustainable design, communication boundaries crossing truth and fiction, social media for non-profit organisations, campaigning, corporate design, social innovation)
- Social media consulting
- Design and production of print materials
career path
- Visual Communication at the University of the Arts Berlin and at the University of the West of England in Bristol, Diploma’s thesis (masters equivalent) on “The social responsibility of graphic designers”
- press and public relations department at swiss architect Max Dudler
- Art-direction at the PR agency neues handeln, Berlin
- since 2009 freelance designer
Awards
- German Prize for Civic Engagement 2009, KarmaKonsum Gründer Award (special prize 2009), landmark project of the German Council for Sustainable Development
Interests
- Jazzpiano and composing, since 2007 attending piano lessons with Fee Stracke
Inspiration
“I admit freely, I never thought of self-actualizing myself. Because I do not know, who I am. However, I am educated by life, by what I have to do and by those people, I am together with.” – Marion Gräfin Dönhoff
“I admit freely, I never thought of self-actualizing myself. Because I do not know, who I am. However, I am educated by life, by what I have to do and by those people, I am togehter with
sweety es muss together heißen.
schöne beeindruckende Seite. Und du bist noch soooooooooooo jung.
Sei lieb gegrüßt Mara