hella jongerius
Hella Jongerius is a Dutch designer who first gained notice in 1993 as a member of the renowned Dutch group Droog design. She now heads her own Rotterdam-based company, Jongeriuslab, making a highly unique collection of products including ceramics, textiles, tableware, and furniture. Eschewing the slickness and perfectionism of much current industrial design, as well as the concurrent minimalist trend of the 1990s, Jongerius brings an emphasis of sensuous but simple forms, interesting textures, and organic and malleable materials that often retain traces of their origin and making.