office pets
2007
- Material: Leather, metal, polyester, embroidery
- Dimensions: Heights: 136, 195, and 124 cm
- Commission: Vitra, Basel
- Production: Jongeriuslab
- Category: Limited edition
- Collection: Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, private collections, High Museum of Art Atlanta.
Jongerius created 3 objects that connect the rational world of offices and the narrative world of fairy tales. In many of her works, Jongerius engages with animals and the unequal relationship humans have established with them. She believes that dismantling the prevailing hierarchy between humans, plants, animals and objects would have a healing effect.
The limited edition is part of the Vitra Edition project (2007), a laboratory that provided architects and designers with the freedom to create experimental objects without having to deal with the constraints of market and production logic. Office Pets push the boundaries of the field, emphasising the role of the imagination rather than the function of the objects. The first set was produced by Vitra and Jongeriuslab, the next sets were produced by Galerie kreo.