Louise Schouwenberg

Schouwenberg has curated exhibitions on the cutting edge of art and design and has worked as an adviser for many organisations.

In 2013 she participated in the re-design of the Delegates’ Lounge of the United Nations Headquarters, as part of a Dutch team, which also consisted of Hella Jongerius, Rem Koolhaas, Irma Boom and Gabriel Lester.

The team was commissioned by the Dutch government to create a vision on the re-design of this important space within the U.N. headquarters in New York.

[2] In 2015, Hella Jongerius and Schouwenberg wrote Beyond the New,[3] a manifesto about the degradation of the design industry through the singular focus on profit margins, which launched at the 2015 Salone del Mobile in Milan.

The manifesto derided contemporary design's obsession with the 'new' at the expense of creating true, cultural innovation.