Louise Schouwenberg (1954) studied psychology at the Radboud University Nijmegen, sculpture at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, and philosophy at the University of Amsterdam and the Erasmus University Rotterdam. After establishing her career as a visual artist, from 2000 onwards her primary focus has been on design theory. She regularly writes for (inter)national art and design magazines and has contributed to a range of books, one of the latest being the monograph Hella Jongerius- Misfit, released by Phaidon Press in 2010. She has been an adviser with various organisations and has incidentally worked as a curator for exhibitions on the cutting edge between design and visual arts. Since 2000 Schouwenberg has been teaching at Design Academy Eindhoven, as a tutor in the Bachelor’s programme during her earlier years, and since 2005 in the Master’s course. Currently she leads the Masters research programme Contextual Design. In 2010 she was appointed Lector (Professor) Design Theory at Design Academy Eindhoven.