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A comprehensive monograph exploring Hella Jongerius’ visionary, process-driven design practice, drawing on her archive recently acquired by the Vitra Design Museum. Hella Jongerius is among the most influential designers of the past decades. Since the start of her career in the 1990s, she has created groundbreaking works in many different disciplines, including textiles, ceramics, furniture, lighting, and sculpture. Jongerius’ research-driven approach has been a defining influence for an entire generation of young contemporary designers. This monograph, accompanying the Vitra Design Museum’s retrospective offers a definitive look at her multifaceted career—spanning textiles, ceramics, products, interiors, and thought-provoking design manifestos. Drawing from Jongerius’ recently acquired archive, the book provides rare insight into her process-driven practice through prototypes, experiments, and research materials. With an introduction by Alice Rawsthorn, an extensive interview with Hella and Louise Schouwenberg and essays by Paola Antonilla, Glenn Adams, Marcella Hanika and Christel Vesters.

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Glenn Adamson, Curator at Large for the Vitra Design Museum, is a curator, writer, and historian based in New York and London. He was previously Director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York and Head of Research at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Marcella Hanika is assistant curator at the Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, and is working on the exhibition Hella Jongerius and the accompanying publication. She holds a master's degree in art history with a focus on “Art in Context” from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. Alice Rawsthorn is a renowned design critic, celebrated author, and keynote speaker on design.

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