“Good art triggers the imagination over and over. That’s a feature we lost in design.” Jongerius maintains a small client list by choice, though the clients she does keep—Maharam, Vitra, Danskina—are hardly under-the-radar. She’s had the longest relationship with Maharam, her first industrial client. Here, a shot of Foliage, a 2014 design for the NY-based textile company recently acquired by Herman Miller. Photo 2 of 6 in Highlight from Design Indaba 2015: Hella Jongerius by Amanda Dameron

Highlight from Design Indaba 2015: Hella Jongerius

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“Good art triggers the imagination over and over. That’s a feature we lost in design.” Jongerius maintains a small client list by choice, though the clients she does keep—Maharam, Vitra, Danskina—are hardly under-the-radar. She’s had the longest relationship with Maharam, her first industrial client. Here, a shot of Foliage, a 2014 design for the NY-based textile company recently acquired by Herman Miller.