... The exclusion of Hella Jongerius is a touch more difficult to explain.We didn't ask. It's unfair to ask a curator to justify every exclusion you personally find odd. But ultimately for all interested in the story and development of design in Holland over the last 20 years or so, "Spring:...
... (smow): Which is perhaps a good moment to discuss Hella Jongerius and the Bouroullecs. Our impression is that up till now they have played the central role in the development of the Vitra Home Collection. Is that so, and if so why? Eckart Maise: Every designer naturally stands for one ... And with Hella Jongerius, for us Hella embodies the decorative, and also the importance of haptic, of the material, the colours. Also she also represents a return to handwork, which obviously plays...
... And subsequently chosen by Hella Jongerius to form part of the Vitra Design Museum cushion collection. With its simple geometry and vivid colours Millerstripe Multicoloured Bright is a wonderful example of how Alexander Girard incorporated the basics of folk art in his work. Vitra...
... And we weren't there. It was a regrettable, but unavoidable, situation. Fortunately our global network is almost as large as that of the American secret service and so we were able to send a few friends on our behalf. An interactive exhibition, Misfit not only features works by Hella ... An interactive exhibition, Misfit not only features works by Hella Jongerius but also explores her working methods and her influence as a designer. And so in many ways it was fitting...
... Ahead of the match the Dutch decided to switch Hella Jongerius for Marcel Wanders; hoping that the creative force behind moooi and droog could better counteract Grcic's clear, linear forms. And the tactic worked. With first his Knotted Chair and then his New Antiques combination for...
... If ever a designer furniture contest could be compared to a game of "rock-paper-scissors" then surely Hella Jongerius against Frank O. Gehry. The Mistress of Materials against the King of Solid Constructions. And so developed this match. Frank Gehry applied all his radical geometry to ... The Group B table and all Group B results can be found...
... Second place was awarded to Utrecht based designer Erik De Nijs for his "Suited Case" concept. Resembling Polder Sofa by Hella Jongerius for Vitra, "Suited Case" is a range of suitcases that can double up as seating. We're fairly certain no airline could get the individual elements...
... Day two of the 2010 (smow) designer furniture World Cup and the first all female match: Patricia Urquiola against Hella Jongerius. As expected Urquiola started in her typical robust, voluminous fashion as demonstrated by her work with the likes of B&B Italia, Cassina or Molteni & C....
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Hella Jongerius (* 1963 in de Meern/Netherlands) studied design at the Industrial Design Academy
in Eindhoven. She subsequently attracted international attention through her work for the Dutch design
label Droog Design. She taught at the Design Academy in Eindhoven from 1998-99, serving as head of the
department Living/Atelier from 2000-04. In 2000 she founded the design studio JongeriusLab in Rotterdam,
where she creates, produced and markets many of her designs - primarily dishware, vases, textiles and
furnishings. Hella Jongerius' work often blurs the borders between design and handicrafts, or art and
technology. In 2002 Hella Jongerius created the range Repeat for the taxied producer Maharam, which in
2005 was admitted to the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Hella Jongerius, together
with Eames Office and Vitra, reworked the classic Eames Lounge Chair to create Lounge Chair White.
Along with Jasper Morrison and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Hella Jongerius has made major contributions
to the steadily growing Vitra Home Collection.
