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.
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 Official website Friedman Benda's website Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Online collection http://www.centrepompidou.fr/cpv/rechercher.action Archived 2020-10-30 at the Wayback Machine Museum of Modern Art, New York, Online collection http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=33034