Background
Hannah Go is a designer whose work has been shaped by years of experience across product, interiors, and material driven environments. She studied product design at Otis College of Art and Design near LAX, and built her foundation through roles that ranged from small studios to material libraries and product focused teams. That early range continues to influence how she thinks about scale, craft, and problem solving.
Her connection to place runs deep. Raised in Los Angeles, Hannah developed an early interest in history and cultural storytelling. As a teenager, she served as a docent at the California Heritage Museum in Santa Monica, an experience that introduced her to public facing storytelling and the value of understanding creative work within a broader historical context. That curiosity remains part of how she approaches design today.
Approach
At Studio Hanego, Hannah applies a process that stays consistent across disciplines. Whether working on an object or a residential space, she approaches each project through iteration, refinement, and close attention to how people interact with what is being designed. She sees no hard line between product and interiors, viewing both as opportunities to solve problems through thoughtful form, material, and use.
Structure plays a key role in her practice. Hannah organizes her workdays around focused time for research, drawing, modeling, and communication, ensuring that client needs are met while still leaving space for creative development. Research is treated as an active tool rather than a passive phase, with regular visits to the central library downtown and time spent exploring archival resources, including vintage maps and design references.
Beyond design
Outside of client work, Hannah continues to make with her hands. She spends time on ceramics and pottery, valuing the physical act of making objects that exist without external expectations. These quieter projects offer balance and reinforce her connection to material and process.
Her sources of inspiration move easily between artists and everyday landmarks. She references figures such as Isamu Noguchi, Alexander Girard, Eileen Gray, Charlotte Perriand, and Oki Sato alongside culturally specific places like Circus Liquor in the San Fernando Valley. She is drawn to the way design becomes embedded in memory, and how certain forms, colors, and scales take on lasting meaning within a community.
