Hella Jongerius-1/Misfits are my perfection

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The cover of "Misfit"/stylepark

      看了Hella Jongerius的作品後，不難發現我為何會如此著迷她，Jongerius是當代極富盛名的荷蘭籍女性設計師，是同輩中最多產的設計師之一，她在2000年於鹿特丹成立自己的公司，名為JongeriusLab，包括家具，燈飾，紡織品和玻璃器皿，在陶瓷上有特別的興趣。Hella Jongerius的作品具有非凡的創意，能夠在一件簡單的作品中將原先看似極不調和的技術和形式很好地結合起來，並產生意想不到的效果。她的設計，勇於嘗試及破舊立新，擅長把手作與頂尖的科技、傳統與現代的元素融合於作品中，有別於一般量產的產品，增添了手工才具有的獨特性質和歷史重要性。

Long Neck and Groove Bottles/2000

　　介紹她作品的文章不勝枚舉，我想提及之所以會有這樣傑出的作品，我歸納出為兩個重要的精神特質：misfit和colour．這篇我將會先提misfit的部分，她作品中有一種情感的質量（這說法很抽象但我必須這麼形容），常刻意表現出某種過程的痕跡，就彷彿下Unfinished and yet complete，如同水墨畫中的留白意象，讓人思維或對產品的感觸能脫離工業化規矩大量統一不具情感的範疇．她喜歡擁抱材料本身的缺陷和一些不尋常的混合物，自由遊走於工業設計，混搭與手工藝之中，根本上，jongerius的想法和傳統工設就是有爭議性的，她反對"the idea of making a traditional set in which each piece is the same shape"，但姑且不論評論家是否同意，她的工作是時尚且眾人渴望的 stylish and covetable。她蓄意地集合錯的立足點去促使我們懷疑她的設計是否犯了錯誤，她喜悅地挖掘舊的形狀或圖案，脫離原來的背景並使之周圍搞混，Jongerius將是第一個承認她的工作是 perverse，上一秒，她正在強化我們的期望，然而下一秒，她就把地毯踢出我們腳下。這些相互矛盾的衝動，反映了她對設計界的矛盾態度和她稱之的“this whole marketing shit.”她補充說到： "I like to do things for aesthetic reasons, but not aesthetic reasons that we know from marketing. Design is a profession that I hate and like in equal measure. There's no reason to design anything, yet it's something that I like to do."

In her Berlin studio/dwell

由下面designmuseum與designboom擷取的訪談中可以窺見 Jongerius不受拘束地在多重身分中，但卻又有自己獨到的邏輯與見解形成秩序．
有關maker和designer並濟的平衡：
Q. Why did you decide to study industrial design?And after studying it, why did you decide to become a maker as well as a designer?
A. Industrial design was perfect for me because I was afraid of the freedom you get if you study art and the big questions it poses about work and life.So, I chose a subject that dealt with with practical questions and one that bordered on a profession.Right now, playing with these questions, those borders and art are my inspiration.For me a designer is a maker, it's like ping-ponging between the head and the hands.
設計與工藝之間:
Q. How would you describe you role now?As a designer?A crafts(wo)man Or both?
A. I am a designer. Craft is a theme in my work. Mixing it with the industrial process is like mixing high and low tech, mixing first and third world cultures, mixing tradition with a contemporary language, different ages and techniques. I am trying to find ways to make unique pieces from industrial processes and using archetypal forms in new techniques or materials.
自己形容風格：
Q. describe your style, like a good friend of yours would describe it .
A. I'm designer who uses a lot of ingredients to get to a product. not only form, but also history, tradition and contemporary inspiration. and I like to mix craft with industry.
給年輕設計師的建議：
Q.any advice for young designers?
A.make you own stories, use your personality or own ideas to 
become a designer
you have to do it on your own power.
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下面視頻是Dutch Profiles（有關荷蘭的建築師，平面，產品及時裝設計師系列的短紀錄片，著重於荷蘭設計師的概念，背景為導向，以研究為基礎做法）的訪談．