Hella Jongerius Hits the Big Screen for Design Week

A Q&A session with the Dutch industrial designer and director Arnie Knox will follow the screening.

Nicholas Tamarin -- Interior Design, 5/15/2009

If the desire for Dutch design strikes during this weekend’s ICFF, strike back with a quick side trip to the Museum of Arts and Design.

The newly reopened museum is hosting the premier of Hella Jongerius: Contemporary Archetypes, a short-subject documentary exploring the groundbreaking Dutch industrial designer's processes.
The screening takes place on May 16 at 2:00 pm, followed by a Q&A session with Jongerius and director Arnie Knox. Tickets to the 30-minute film are free with admission to the museum, but seating is limited. Doors open at 1:30 pm.

The film explores the designer's work through interviews with Jongerius and her assistants and design luminaries including Paola Antonelli of MoMA, Interior Design Hall of Famer Murray Moss of Moss, Rolf Fehlbaum of Vitra, and Michael Maharam of Maharam. It is the second documentary produced by Design Onscreen, a Denver-based non-profit foundation dedicated to creating and preserving A&D films.
The film is being presented in conjunction with “Object Factory: The Art of Industrial Ceramics,” the first major U.S. museum exhibition devoted to cutting-edge industrial ceramic production. On view through September 13, the exhibition features more than 200 objects from eighteen countries, including Jongerius' Nymphenburg Collection.

Hella Jongerius: Contemporary Archetypes from Design Onscreen on Vimeo.