Hella Jongerius

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Hella Jongerius

Hella Jongerius (born May 30, 1963 in De Meern , Netherlands as Wilhelmina Maria Cornelia Jongerius ) is a Dutch designer and lecturer . In her work she combines simple and highly developed techniques, traditional and modern.

Life

After completing an apprenticeship as a carpenter, Jongerius studied at the Design Academy Eindhoven , where she graduated in 1993. She then became a member of the Droog Design designer collective in Amsterdam . In 1993 she started her own company in Rotterdam : Jongeriuslab. From 1998 to 1999 she taught industrial design at the Eindhoven Academy , where she was head of the Living / Atelier department from 2000 to 2004. In addition to the Rotterdam location, Jongerius has had her studio in a coach house in Kastanienallee in Berlin since 2008 . From 2008 to 2015 Jongerius was a lecturer in product design at the Weißensee Art College in Berlin.

She worked for Maharam (New York), KLM (Netherlands), Vitra (Switzerland), IKEA (Sweden), Camper (Spain), Nymphenburg (Germany) and the oldest earthenware factory in the Netherlands, Koninklijke Tichelaar in Makkum . Her work is exhibited in galleries and museums, for example the Cooper Hewitt Museum (New York), MoMA (New York), Stedelijk Museum (Netherlands), Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam), Design Museum (London), Galerie Kreo ( Paris) and in the Moss gallery (New York). At the invitation of the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist , she realized the installation Color Recipe Research in the group exhibition EXEMPLARY for the 150th anniversary of the MAK in Vienna . She has been Art Director for colors & materials at Vitra since 2007 and has built up a comprehensive library for colors, textures and materials. In 2013 Jongerius became Design Director for the Danskina carpet company.

Work (selection)

Embroidered plate, Princessehof in Leeuwarden
Buttons used on the polder sofa.
Crockery, Leeuwarden Ceramic Museum.
  • 1994: Soft Urn and Soft Vase , series of containers made of polyurethane for Droog Design
  • 1996: Pushed Washtub , a washbasin made of polyurethane and metal 57 × 34 × 18 cm for Drooog Design
  • 1997: Bath Mat , for Droog Design
  • 1998: B-set , a porcelain tableware that was intentionally made “crooked” for Royal Tichelaar Makkum
  • 1999: Furniture for the Capellini company in Milan: Kasese Foam Chair , Sheep Chair and Felt Stool
  • 2000: Princess , series of vases for an exhibition at Museum Het Princesshof , Leeuwarden
  • 2002: Crystal Frock , crystal chandelier in the form of an overdress for Swarovski
  • 2002: Repeat , a range of upholstery fabrics for Maharam, New York City
  • 2004: Designs for porcelain and animal figures such as fawn, rabbit or hippopotamus in porcelain bowls for the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory , Munich
  • 2005: PS Jonsberg , vases for IKEA , Sweden
  • 2005: Polder , sofas for Vitra . Used as a red sofa by Thomas Gottschalk for the announcement of the winning numbers for Aktion Mensch .
  • 2006: Worker , armchair for Vitra, Birsfelden near Basel
  • 2007: Blossom Lamps , series of pendant lights for the company Belux , Basel
  • 2007: Layers , a line of upholstery fabrics for Maharam, New York City
  • 2007: Office Pets , Limited Edition for Vitra Edition, Basel
  • 2007: Shippo plate , enamelled copper plate for the Japanese company "Cibone", Tokyo
  • 2007: Porcupine Table , solid beech wood, lacquer, silk, colored pencils, 54 × 72 × 57 cm for Vitra
  • 2009: A Tribute to Camper .
  • 2009: Frog Table , walnut table partially glazed with enamel, limited number of pieces.
  • 2010: Hours , woolen fabric for upholstery made by Maharram , New York.
  • 2013: Interior of Business Class as the crow flies KLM .
  • 2014: Bold , hand-knotted wool carpet from the Danskina company .
  • 2014: East River Chair by Vitra after the design for the Delegates Lounge of the UN headquarters on the East River in Manhattan , New York City last year.

Awards

  • 2003: Rotterdam Design Prijs for Repeat
  • 2004: Créateur de l'Annee du Salon du Meuble 2004, Paris

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1994: Bath Mat , participation in the Droog Design exhibition at the Salone del Mobile in Milan
  • 1995: Mutant Material in Contemporary Design , Museum of Modern Art, New York City
  • 1996: Thresholds in Contemporary Design from the Netherlands , Museum of Contemporary Art
  • 1996: Self Manufacturing Designers , exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum , Amsterdam
  • 2001: My Soft Office , a series of futuristic office furniture for the Work Spheres exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art , New York City
  • 2002: Skin: Surface and Structure in Contemporary Design , Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, New York City
  • 2003: Hella Jongerius , Design Museum London
  • 2005: Visiting Curator at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum , New York City
  • 2005: On the Shelves , exhibition at Villa Noailles , Hyères , France
  • 2005: Ideal House , International Furniture Fair , Cologne
  • 2007: Inside Colors , installation for the exhibition My Home in the Vitra Design Museum , Weil am Rhein
  • 2010/2011: Hella Jongerius - Misfit , Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen , Rotterdam.
  • 2014: Installation Color Recipe Research , group exhibition EXEMPLARY MAK , Vienna.
  • 2016: A search behind apearences , with Louise Schouwenberg for La Rinascente at the Milan Design Week

Publications

  • Hella Jongerius and Louise Schouwenberg: Beyond the New. Manifest Jongeriuslab NPN Printing, 2105.
  • Hella Jongerius: I Don't Have a Favorite Color: Creating the Vitra Color and Material Library . Gestalten, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-89955-665-0 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Hella Jongerius  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ KulturSPIEGEL , 11/2010, pp. 14-18: Soul in series
  2. ↑ http://www.jongeriuslab.com/information Information Jongeriuslab design studio, accessed on November 14, 2016
  3. ↑ http://www.tichelaar.nl/partners/hella-jongerius Tichelaar: Hella Jongerius, accessed on November 14, 2016
  4. ↑ http://www.galeriekreo.com/en/designer/jongerius-hella/ Galerie kreo: Jongerius Hella, accessed on November 14, 2016
  5. ↑ http://www.designindaba.com/articles/creative-work/news-exemplary-colours News: Exemplary colors, accessed on November 14, 2016
  6. ↑ http://www.jongeriuslab.com/work/exemplary-group-exhibition-at-the-mak-in-vienna Jongeriuslab Exemplary, accessed on November 14, 2016
  7. ↑ Danskina ( Memento of 15 November 2016 Internet Archive about) Danskina, accessed on November 14, 2016
  8. ↑ http://www.dedeceblog.com/2015/05/19/hella-jongerius-the-new-design-salone-milan-2015/ Hella Jongerius: The new design salone milan 2015, accessed on November 14, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Jongerius, Hella
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jongerius, Wilhelmina Maria Cornelia (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch designer and lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH De Meern , Netherlands