Hella Jongerius : Designers : Vitra.com

Hella Jongerius, born 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. Along with Jasper Morrison and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Hella Jongerius has made major contributions to the steadily growing Vitra Home Collection.

Exhibitions (selection):
2007 "Inside Colours", installation for the exhibition "MyHome", Vitra Design Museum, Vitra Campus, Weil am Rhein
2005 "Ideal House", International Furniture Fair, Cologne
2005 "On the Shelves”, Villa Noailles, Hyères
2005 guest curator at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (selection of objects from the permanent collection; design "Paravents" inspired by exhibition artefacts), New York
2003 Solo exhibition, Design Museum, London
2002 "Skin: Surface and Structure in Contemporary Design", Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York
2001 "My Soft Office", project for the exhibition "Workspheres", Museum of Modern Art, New York
1996 Self Manufacturing Designers exhibition, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1996 "Thresholds in Contemporary Design from the Netherlands", Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
1995 "Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design", Museum of Modern Art, New York
1994 "Bath Mat" with Droog Design, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan