Hella Jongerius (1963) is a Dutch industrial designer. From 1988 to 1993, she studied design at the Design Academy Eindhoven. After graduating, she worked for a few projects at Droog Design] She founded her own studio called Jongeriuslab in Rotterdam in 1993. She taught at the Design Academy Eindhoven as head of the department Living/Atelier (1988–1993). Her clients include Maharam (New York), KLM (Netherlands), Vitra (Switzerland), IKEA (Sweden), Camper (Spain), Nymphenburg (Germany) and, Royal Tichelaar Makkum (Netherlands). Her designs have been exhibited at galleries and museums such as the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum (New York), MoMA (New York), Stedelijk Museum (Netherlands), Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam), the Design Museum (London), Galerie kreo (Paris) and Moss Gallery (New York)] In 2008 Jongerius moved her studio to Berlin.
Works
Through Jongeriuslab, she produces various collections of textiles, crockery and furniture. Her design focuses on combining opposites; for example, new technology and handmade objects, industrial manufacturing and craftsmanship, and the traditional and the contemporary. Her works are often highly textural; for example, rough edged leather is rolled up to create wheels, paint is splashed on earthenware, ceramics are sewn onto cotton tablecloths, sinks are made of rubber. Jongerius prefers working with textiles so that she can practice her creativity without making a new product from scratch.
In 2012, Jongerius designed a new interior and seats for the business class cabin in KLM's Boeing 747. She is currently continuing on the business and economy class cabins for KLM's 777 and Dreamliner planes. In 2013, together with architect Rem Koolhaas, she redesigned the North Delegates' Lounge at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
Jongerius's perspective on sustainability in design is that it should be built to last. She has an issue with ephemeral, low-quality objects put out into the world.
Jongerius follows the ideals of long-termism. She sees this as a solve for the wastefulness of design. She wishes modern designers would follow in the paths of 20th century industrial design greats such as Le Corbusier and Gerrit Rietveld. Jongerius believes that designers are either “merchants” or “pastors”. These “merchants” are guilty, in her mind, of producing too much that doesn't last.
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Ms. Hella Jongerius 
Soft Urn.1993 
Kasese Chair. 1999 
Polder Sofa. 2005 
"Turtle" coffee table. 2009 
Chicle Project. 2009 
Vases Berry Pillow cover. 2012 
"Dragonly" coffee table. 2013 
Re-Design North Delegates' Lounge, UN Headquarters, New York. 2013 
Re-Design North Delegates' Lounge, UN Headquarters, New York. 2013 
Re-Design North Delegates' Lounge, UN Headquarters, New York. 2013 
Re-Design North Delegates' Lounge, UN Headquarters, New York. 2013 
Sphere Table, for Vitra. 2013 
East River Chair. 2014 
New Colour Palette for Hopsak Textiles. 2014 
Re-interpretation of the Tea Trolley for Artek. 2015 
Colour Machine installation for CasaVitra. Milan. 2016 
Colour Machine installation for CasaVitra. Milan. 2016 
Colour Machine installation for CasaVitra. Milan. 2016 
Breathing Colour installation, National Museum. 2017 
Breathing Colour installation, National Museum. 2017 
Breathing Colour installation, National Museum. 2017 
Breathing Colour installation, National Museum. 2017 
Breathing Colour installation, National Museum. 2017 
Breathing Colour installation, National Museum. 2017 
Breathing Colour installation, National Museum. 2017 
Breathing Colour. National Museum. Dezeen. 2017 
Breathing Colour. National Museum. Dezeen. 2017 
Breathing Colour. National Museum. Dezeen. 2017 
Landscape. 2017 
Vlinder sofa for Vitra light greens. 2018 
Vlinder sofa for Vitra. 2018 
Breathing Colour. 2019 
Interlace, textile research. 2019 
Interlace, textile research. 2019 
Interlace, textile research. 2019 
Little side table "Tile". 2019
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