In spring 2026, design expert Alice Rawsthorn will visit Nationalmuseum to engage in conversations with some of the world’s most renowned designers about how design can contribute to positive social change. How do they work to find solutions to complex problems? The first guest in this new conversation series is Dutch designer Hella Jongerius.
Date and time
Thursday 5 March, 18:00–19:00
Admission
Free
Seat reservations
Limited number of seats; advance seat reservation required
Location
The South Couryard, ground floor
Language
English
About the event
How can industrial processes be made more humane and ecologically sustainable? For decades, Dutch designer Hella Jongerius has challenged the boundaries between craft and industry. Her design practice is based on extensive studies of colour, form, materials, and textures – something that was particularly evident in her exhibition Breathing Colour at the Nationalmuseum in 2019. On 14 March 2026, a major retrospective exhibition of Jongerius’s work will open at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein.
Alice Rawsthorn is a highly respected author who has written, among other books, Design Emergency: Building a Better Future (2022), Design as an Attitude (2018), and Hello World: Where Design Meets Life (2013). Together with Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator of Architecture and Design at MoMA in New York, Rawsthorn hosts the podcast Design Emergency, in which they discuss how designers can contribute to positive change.
Hella Jongerius. Photo: Jongeriuslab.
Alice Rawsthorn. Photo: Michael Leckie.
More talks in the series
Alice Rawsthorn in conversation with Gabriel Fontana
Thursday 16 April, 18:00–19:00
Alice Rawsthorn in conversation with Ilse Crawford
Thursday 7 May, 18:00–19:00
Thursday evenings at Nationalmuseum
On Thursday evenings, the museum is abuzz with people, art and music, with fres admission for everyone from 17:00 to 20:00. Enjoy an ever-changing programme of afterwork drinks, music, workshops and other activities.
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