Joris Laarman

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

Biography

Laarman was born in Borculo, Netherlands. He graduated cum laude from the Design Academy Eindhoven 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 Amsterdam, Netherlands. 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 MoMA, New York City;  V&A, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris. The Bonechair and its prototype were recently added as the closing works of the 20th century collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

He has contributed to articles and seminars for Domus Magazine and has lectured at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam and the Design Academy Eindhoven.

In 2013, the Lab collaborated with Greenpeace 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: Wall Street Journal, Innovator of the year Award
2008: International Elle Decoration, Designer of the year
2006: Red Dot Design Award
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, New York, USA 
2017 Hello, Robot. Design between Human and Machine, Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, DE 
2018 Joris Laarman Lab, High Museum of Art, 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, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France 
2023 Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Design at Chatsworth at Chatsworth House, 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
 
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

1979 births
Living people
Dutch designers
Dutch artists
People from Berkelland
Furniture designers