Hella Jongerius (* 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. In 2002 Hella Jongerius created the range Repeat for the taxied producer Maharam, which in
2005 was admitted to the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Hella Jongerius, together
with Eames Office and Vitra, reworked the classic Eames Lounge Chair to create Lounge Chair White.
Along with Jasper Morrison and Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Hella Jongerius has made major contributions
to the steadily growing Vitra Home Collection.
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