Hella Jongerius
- Furniture Design
- Product Design
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Overview
Hella Jongerius (born Wilhelmina Maria Cornelia Jongerius in 1963) is a Dutch product designer who studied industrial design at the Eindhoven Design Academy in the Netherlands. Her work is described as merging traditional craft with modern industrial production.1,2,3
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Career and Design Philosophy
Sarah A. Lichtman, writing in the Journal of Modern Craft, describes Jongerius as one of the most innovative designers working today and states that her work transcends the boundaries between craft and design, celebrating both the artisanal and industrial.1,2 Descriptions of her second Phaidon monograph, Hella Jongerius: Misfit, characterize her aesthetic as a fusion of industry and craft, high and low tech, and traditional and contemporary elements.3 Jongerius created the Layers Vineyard textile design for the company Maharam, which was analyzed in a 2017 pattern research project.4
Collections and Documentation
Jongerius is catalogued in the Getty Union List of Artist Names under identifier 500263869, which cites sources including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and the RKD Artists database.2 She was interviewed by Sarah A. Lichtman for the Journal of Modern Craft in 2015.1,2
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Hella Jongerius
Overview
Career and Design Philosophy
Collections and Documentation
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- 1Sarah A. Lichtman in conversation with Hella JongeriusThe Journal of Modern Craft (2015) · Research · Tier A
- 2ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research)getty.edu · Universities & libraries · Tier B
- 3Hella Jongerius: MisfitMedical Entomology and Zoology (2003) · Research · Tier C
- 4Pattern Research Project: An Investigation of The Pattern And Printing Process - Layers VineyardVCU Scholars Compass (Virginia Commonwealth University) (2017) · Research · Tier B
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