Curated in collaboration with the designer herself, the exhibition has unearthed pieces from her personal archives and follows a career rooted in the Droog Design collective. It includes prized one-offs produced in limited numbers, such as the ‘embroidered’ ceramic vases and the crystal chandelier (a sumptuous ball-gown) designed for Swarovsky, as well as the visionary ‘My Soft Office’ project focusing on the office of the future.
Her products are born out of the encounter-clash between old and new, hi-tech and low-tech (the boundaries of which are increasingly blurred) and are ironical metaphors of the contradictions of contemporary culture, capable of transforming even imperfections in a precious resource.
5.7.2003 – 26.10.2003
Hella Jongerius
Design Museum
Shad Thames, London
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