Hella Jongerius

Hella Jongerius studied industrial design at the Design Academy in Eindhoven. In the nineties she worked in close collaboration with Droog Design. In 2000 she established her own studio in Rotterdam under the name Jongeriuslab. She became well known mainly for her Soft Vase Collection produced by Droog Design. In 1999 two of her chair designs were produced by the prestigious Italian furniture manufacturer Cappelini. This was followed by a number of commissions from clients including Het Princessehof Museum in Leeuwarden (clay vases), the Museum of Modern Art in New York (My Soft Office) and Swarovski (chandelier). In 2005 she designed the Polder sofa for Vitra, various products for Ikea and a PET bottle for Evian. Her designs are included in the international collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Centraal Museum Utrecht, the Textile Museum of the Netherlands in Tilburg, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, The Fabric Museum and Workshop in Philadelphia and others. She has also won various international prizes for design, such as the Kho Liang Ie Award, Amsterdam (1997), the World Technology Award for Design, London (1999), the Best Product Award, the Neo Con Chicago (2002) and the Rotterdam Design Prize (2003).