She moved to London in 1993 and graduated with an MA in Furniture design from the Royal College of Art in 1995.
In 1998 Hans focused on her own work and started her design studio back in Arnhem (NL).
Her clients include RoyalVKB, Ahrend, Arco (Netherlands), Iittala (Finland) Offecct (Sweden), SCP (UK) Magis (Italy).
In 2014-2015 Hans was guest professor Productdesign at the University of Kassel (Germany) where she looked into 'unplugged' and 'the future of furniture' with her students.
In October 2017 Ineke Hans was appointed Professor Design in Social Context at the Universität der Künste in Berlin.