Ineke Hans was born in 1966 in the Netherlands. Since graduating from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in Arnhem (NL) in 1991 and the Royal College of Art in London in 1995, Ineke Hans work has evolved in many ways, acquiring the identity most clearly of a designer, with the impulses of a sculptor, and the industrial experience needed to define products with a commercial life.

She worked for three years for HABITAT UK on their mass-produced furniture and product collections and in 1998 started to work from Holland. Here she founded her studio INEKEHANS/ARNHEM. Initially the emphasis of her work was mainly on furniture. At the moment the studio designs in the widest sense of the word: from jewellery to public space projects, from small batch production to mass production. Alongside this she still designs products for INEKEHANS/COLLECTION, which is sold internationally. 

Her work investigates the psychological roots of products, perceiving and playing with the interaction between people and objects. It centres around the pictogram and archetype. Old and brand new production methods are used in unconventional ways. Innovation in materials, techniques and re-thinking of exciting human values and habits have become one of most important triggers for her new work. 

She has won a red-dot-award and design plus award for a surprising garlic crusher for Royal VKB in 2005 and also a red-dot-award in 2006 for a bowl and spoon for Royal VKB. Her work is purchased by international design collections, like Victoria and Albert Museum. London, Musee des Arts Decoratives-Paris, FNAC-France.  Among her clients are Cappellini, Swarovski, Cooper Hewitt Museum New York, Royal VKB, MVRDV-architects, and the Ministry of Finance in the Netherlands.