Nikki Gonnissen found both freedom and restriction in graphic design, as she explains it. Born and raised in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, a region known for its forward-thinking, liberal ideologies, Gonnissen witnessed the squatters’ riots, a powerful anarchist social movement in the 1960s and 1970s. ‘I wasn’t a punk and I wasn’t that outspoken, but as a child I always felt very privileged to grow up in that spirit and be part of that radical liberty and freedom,’ the boundary-pushing designer says about her childhood influences.