Recently, I was in Weil am Rhein, Germany, to open a retrospective about Hella Jongerius, the legendary Dutch designer, at the Vitra Design Museum. Jongerius burst onto the scene in the 1990s with a hands-on experimental approach, and has since become something of a role model to other designers, showing that it’s possible not just to collaborate with companies, but also to push them toward more ecological and ethical solutions. To assist with the installation, she called in her A-team:Sarah Meyers and Laura Fügmann. They’ve worked with Jongerius for a decade, having joined her studio in Berlin shortly after meeting at the Weissensee art school.