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.

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.

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 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

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