hesign International GmbH

hesign was founded in Berlin in 2002 by Jianping He and opened a Hangzhou branch in 2008 to develop the Asian market, with a further office in Beijing. Publishing, design, space and curation are the four fields it works in, joining European cultural zeitgeist with Asian tradition in posters, books and exhibitions.

Jianping He studied graphic design at the China Academy of Art, then fine arts under Heinz Jürgen Kristahn at the Berlin University of the Arts, where he became a master student in 2001. He taught in Berlin until 2008, took a doctorate in cultural history at the Free University of Berlin in 2011, has been a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale since 2005 and has judged the Red Dot and Design for Asia awards. Work includes the exhibitions Bruno Monguzzi — Fifty Years of Paper, Fellini 1920–2020 and AGI New Voice.