For Kinfolk issue 43, this interview with Dutch designer Hella Jongerius explores craft, colour and the shifting role of industrial design. Known for bridging traditional techniques with contemporary manufacturing, Jongerius reflects on a practice that moves between art, research and production, from furniture and textiles to large-scale installations.
The conversation traces her early fascination with materials through to her work developing colour and material libraries for Vitra, alongside recent explorations into weaving as both cultural practice and technological process. Moving between questions of tactility, imperfection and sustainability, Jongerius describes design as a critical tool for questioning industrial systems while maintaining a human scale of making and thinking.
Read Hella Jongerius: The industrial designer on style at every scale here.