The Covid-19 pandemic gives designers the chance to address global challenges instead of making “more meaningless stuff,” designer Hella Jongerius says in this video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival.
“From now on, a concerned approach to design will not simply mean returning to past ideas and making more meaningless stuff,” says Jongerius in an animated video she describes as a “woven portrait”.
The Dutch designer, who is based in Berlin, says she is spending time weaving during the lockdown.
“I feel I’m interwoven with all humans”
“I’m gathering with my family and I’m weaving, which is my form of meditation and a way for me to reflect on what’s happening in the world,” she says. “And although we are distancing ourselves from one another, I feel more than ever, I’m interwoven with all humans in the world,” she adds.
One of the world’s most successful industrial designers, Jongerius has worked for brands and organisations including Vitra, airline KLM and the United Nations.
Yet she has often questioned whether designers should be helping to produce unnecessary products, asking “Why create another piece of furniture?” in a 2013 video interview with Dezeen.
In a podcast interview with Dezeen last month, the outspoken designer described the design industry as “slow, boring and bullshit”.
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