Hella Jongerius
Founder and Head Designer
Jongeriuslab

Fusing industry with craft and never afraid to break boundaries by mixing high and low tech and traditional with the contemporary, Hella Jongerius is one of the most prolific designers of her generation.

She is the founder and head designer of Jongeriuslab, through which she produces her own projects and work for clients such as Maharam (USA), Royal Tichelaar Makkum (The Netherlands), Vitra and IKEA (Sweden).

Her coveted work has been shown at museums and galleries such as the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum (New York), the Design Museum (London), Galerie KREO (Paris), Moss gallery (New York), Vitra Design Museum (Basel), the Internationale M?belmesse (K?ln), Villa Noailles (France), Museum of Modern Art, (New York), the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam) and Museum of Contemporary Art (New York).

She was one of the original participants at the first Droog Design exhibition at the Milan Furniture Fair with her Design ‘Bathroom Mat’ and her most recent work of a Flower Pyramid, inspired by an antique tulip vase, was commissioned for the Royal Tichelaar Makkum (NL).

She is an award-winning designer having won the Createur de l’annee, France and the Rotterdam Design Prize for Repeat (NL).

A mentor to the up-and-coming designers of tomorrow, she has educated as well, taking a teaching position at the Design Academy, Eindhoven and from 2000-2004 she was the head of department for Living/Atelier.