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We were recently so impressed with seeing Hella at Design Indaba, that we decided to share what she is all about and the incredible work that she produces. Jongerius was born in De Meern, near Utrecht, Netherlands in 1963. From 1988 to 1993 she studied design at the Design Academy Eindhoven. After graduating, she worked for a few projects at Droog Design. She founded her own studio called Jongeriuslab in Rotterdam in 1993. She taught at the Design Academy Eindhoven as head of the department Living/Atelier (1988–1993). Her clients include Maharam (New York), KLM (Netherlands), Vitra (Switzerland), IKEA (Sweden), Camper (Spain), Nymphenburg (Germany) and Royal Tichelaar Makkum (Netherlands). Her designs have been exhibited at galleries and museums such as the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum (New York), MoMA (New York), Stedelijk Museum (Netherlands), Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam), the Design Museum (London), Galerie KREO (Paris) and Moss gallery (New York). In 2008

The past few years has seen technology leap forward and gain even faster momentum with major advancements happening on a monthly basis. This technology has had and will remain having a major impact on absolutely everything. I currently refer to this dynamic shift as “living in an app world". When we want to do banking, make a reservation, find a recipe or get transport, we simply pull out our smart phone or tablet and tap on the relevant app. We communicate seamlessly in real time through social media and get updated worldwide news coverage of events as they happen. This technology has been incorporated into active wear, for monitoring fitness levels and on the other end of the scale into baby grows, which now replaces baby monitors. It is therefore only obvious that, the way in which we live in our homes will also start to see dramatic changes due to technology. Our everyday appliances will communicate with us allowing us to remotely control them as well as keep tabs on how