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 Droog 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 '' Domus Magazine'' and has lectured at the

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, London, the

Gerrit Rietveld Academy The Gerrit Rietveld Academie, also known as Rietveld School of Art & Design and Rietveld Academy, is an art academy in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was founded in 1924 and offers programs in fine arts and design. History The Instituut voor Kuns ...

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and the Design Academy

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. In 2013, the Lab collaborated with

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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 an international, annual design competition for product and industrial design, brand and communication design as well as design concepts, in which the Red Dot quality label is awarded to winners. The Red Dot Design A ...

*2004: Wallpaper magazine, Young designer of the year *2004: The International Furniture Fair, 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 at the Andrew Carnegie Mansion in Manhattan, New York City, along the Upper East Side's Museum Mile. It is one of 19 Smithsonian Institution museums and one of three Smithsonian facil ...

, 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. The architect of this building was Frank O. Gehry. His architecture was based on the art movement of the early 20th century, deconstructivism. Making the bu ...

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

High Museum of Art The High Museum of Art (colloquially the High) is the largest museum for visual art in the Southeastern United States. Located in Atlanta, Georgia (on Peachtree Street in Midtown, the city's arts district), the High is 312,000 square feet (28, ...

, 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

Chatsworth House Chatsworth House is a stately home in the Derbyshire Dales, north-east of Bakewell and west of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Chesterfield, England. The seat of the Duke of Devonshire, it has belonged to the House of Cavendish, Cavendish family si ...

, 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 *Museum of Modern Art, New York, Online collection http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=33034 {{DEFAULTSORT:Laarman, Joris 1979 births Living people Dutch designers Dutch artists People from Berkelland Dutch furniture designers