Jane Worthington with Andrea Branzi, Stefano Marzano and Alessandro Mendini working at Mendini’s studio in Milan - 1990s
Jane Worthington is a designer working at the intersection of object, memory, and meaning.
Rooted in a rare lineage, having begun her career alongside Alessandro Mendini, Andrea Branzi, and Stefano Marzano, she now leads a quiet rebellion against design’s drive for output over meaning. Through her Post-Industrial practice, she creates sculptural, architectural objects that invite reflection. Working at the intersection of sculpture, architecture, and design, Jane creates both collectible design pieces and one-off sculptural works that explore presence, memory, and material.
She collaborates with the crafted industry, design-conscious brands that value meaning over mass, and develops one-off and limited edition pieces for private collectors.
News 2025
Jane Worthington has been shortlisted for the Dubai Urban Elements Design Challenge, an international competition organized by Buildner and the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority. With submissions from architects and designers across 91 countries, it’s recognised as one of the most ambitious and globally inclusive design competitions of the year.
Final results will be announced in November 2025
Jane Worthington advocates for kind and transparent design practices. She actively works to ensure the use of pasture-raised, traceable leather, where each hide can be followed back to its origin through SPOOR-certified tanneries. While this level of traceability is still uncommon in the industry, she chooses to lead by example, honouring the lives behind the things we create, and insisting that what is made should come from dignity, not cruelty.
Ethics
Alongside her design practice, Jane Worthington has played a defining role in shaping design education in the Netherlands. As a tutor and course developer, she helped structure a new design curriculum grounded in reflection, authorship, and relevance, encouraging students to design with awareness, intention, and emotional intelligence.
Her teaching practices at the Design Academy in Eindhoven and the Academy of Architecture in Maastricht, both in the Netherlands, mirror her own philosophy: that design is not merely about what we make, but about how and why we make and the values we choose to embed in the world through those acts.
Pedagogical Practice
BA (Hons) in Industrial Design
De Montfort University, Leicester, England
Cumbria Collage of Art & Design - National Diploma
Education
Good Industrial Design Award — SBC333 Series, Philips Design (Netherlands)
Möbel des Jahres Award — ds152, de Sede (Switzerland)
Woon Meesters Design Award — For Innovation & Creativity (Belgium)
IMM Innovation Award Nomination — Leolux, Vol de Rêve (Germany)
IMM Innovation Award Nomination — Leolux, Vol de Rêve (Germany)
NEC Best of the Best Nomination — Leolux, Vol de Rêve (England)