Joris Hendricus Laarman (born October 24, 1979) is a Dutch designer, artist, furniture maker, and entrepreneur best known for his experimental designs inspired by

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. Laarman's projects are a blend of technology, art and design, with a focus on the potential of 3D printing. Major projects include 3D-printed stainless-steel bridge in Amsterdam, which showcases the potential for creating adaptive, lightweight, and uniquely designed structures using 3D printing. Laarman has also explored furniture design, including the 'Bone' series which used 3D-optimization software to achieve optimal construction. The designer's work often evokes a futuristic feel while nodding to historical art movements, exemplified by pieces like his "Digital Matter" series. When Laarman speaks about his work he discussed the implications and responsibilities that come with breakthrough technologies. Laarman Bone-Chair 01

Biography

Laarman was born in

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. He graduated cum laude from the

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in 2003. Laarman first received international recognition for his "Heatwave radiator" produced by the Dutch design brand

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and later manufactured by Jaga Climate Systems. Heatwave radiator is now on public display at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. In 2004, Laarman together with his partner Anita Star, founded Joris Laarman Lab in

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. The lab collaborates with craftsmen, scientists and engineers and the possibilities of emerging technologies as CNC systems, 3D printing, robotics or simulation software. Laarman's designs are in the permanent collections and exhibitions in such institutions as

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; V&A,

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;

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. The Bonechair and its prototype were recently added as the closing works of the 20th century collection of the

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, Amsterdam. He has contributed to articles and seminars for ''

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'' and has lectured at the

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, London, the Gerrit Rietveld Academy,

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and the Design Academy

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installing a time capsule at the bottom of the arctic sea for the Save the Arctic campaign.

Selected works

*MX3D Bridge, 2021 *Digital Matter, 2011 *Half Life, 2010 *Cumulus, 2010 *Nebula, 2007 *Bone Furniture, 2006 *Heatwave Radiator, 2003

Awards

*2018: Starts prize awarded by the European Commission for MX3D & Joris Laarman Lab (NL) and Giulia Tomasello (IT) *2011:

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, Innovator of the year Award *2008: International Elle Decoration, Designer of the year *2006:

Red Dot Design Award The Red Dot Design Award is a German international design prize awarded by Red Dot GmbH & Co. KG. There are prize categories for product design, brands and communication design, and design concept. Since 1955, designers and producers can app ...

*2004: Wallpaper magazine, Young designer of the year *2004: The

International Furniture Fair The imm Cologne (internationale möbelmesse) is an international, publicly open furniture trade show held at ''Koelnmesse'' exhibition centre in Cologne, Germany, every year in January. The exhibition's primary focus is contemporary furniture a ...

, IMM, Interior Innovation Award *2004: Red Dot Design Award

Exhibitions

*2010 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA *2011 Now, Perceptions of Time and Contemporary Design. Museum MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany *2011 Modern by Design. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA *2011 Creative Junctions, National museum of China, Beijing, China *2011 Material World, Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands *2011 100 Masterpieces of Design, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France *2011 Hyperlinks, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, IL *2011 Post Fossil, Design Museum Holon, Holon, Israel *2017 Gwanju Design Biennale, Gwanju City, Korea *2017 ''Minding the Digital'', Design Society, Shenzhen, China *2017 ''Joris Laarman Lab'',

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is a design museum housed within the Andrew Carnegie Mansion in Manhattan, New York City, along the Upper East Side's Museum Mile (New York City), Museum Mile. It is one of 19 museums that fall under the ...

, New York, USA *2017 ''Hello, Robot. Design between Human and Machine'',

Vitra Design Museum The Vitra Design Museum is a privately owned museum for design in Weil am Rhein, Germany. Former Vitra CEO, and son of Vitra founders Willi and Erika Fehlbaum, Rolf Fehlbaum founded the museum in 1989 as an independent private foundation. The ...

, Weil am Rhein, DE *2018 ''Joris Laarman Lab'',

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, Atlanta, USA *2018 ''Joris Laarman Lab'', Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Houston, USA *2018 Solo Exhibition, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea *2019 ''La Fabrique du Vivant'',

, Paris, France *2023 ''Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Design at Chatsworth'' at

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, UK

Collections

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA Centraal Museum, Utrecht, NL Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY Droog Design, Amsterdam, Netherlands Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA DSM art foundation, NL Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, USA Israel Museum, Jerusalem, ISR LACMA, Los Angeles, USA Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, USA MoMA, New York, USA Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, CAN San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK

References

External links

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Friedman Benda's website
*Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Online collection http://www.centrepompidou.fr/cpv/rechercher.action *

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