JORIS LAARMAN STUDIO |
INTRODUCTION
Joris Laarman was born in the countryside of the Netherlands in 1979. In 1998 after one year of fine arts he attended the renowned Design Academy Eindhoven and graduated cum laude in 2003. He gained first notoriety with his functional rococo radiator heatwave that is currently produced by droog design and Jaga. He contributed in articles and seminars for Domus magazine and he was a guest teacher at European universities like the Architectural Association London, Rietveld academy Amsterdam and the Design Academy Eindhoven. Together with partner and filmmaker Anita Star he started his studio and laboratory In 2004. LAB The lab is working on a collection of highly unique experimental works. It focuses on finding new steps in the never-ending evolution of objects. It’s an experimental playground for research and future possible products, installations and architectural interventions that works together with many scientific institutes and craftsmen around the world. STUDIO The studio is developing most of the Lab editions and aims to develop and design industrial translations of these and other products in collaboration with companies like Flos, Vitra, Swarovski, Droog and more. |
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
Victoria & Albert Museum, 'Telling Tales: Fantasy and Fear in Contemporary Design', UK Indianapolis Museum of Art. 'European Design Since 1985, Shaping the new Century', USA Institute of Modern Art, 'Extreme Frontiers, Urban Frontiers',Valencia, ES Chicago Art Institute, modern wing, USA Museum of modern art new york, 'design and the elastic mind', USA |
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
MoMA new york, USA Centro de Arte Caja Burgos, ES Textiel museum Tilburg, NL Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg DE Houston museum of fine arts, USA |
AWARDS
2008 int. Elle decoration award |
PUBLICATIONS
Our work has been published in most well respected design/architecture magazines and newspapers around the world including The new york times, Herald tribune, Domus, Archis, Icon, vogue, Abitare etc. Next to that our work was published in several books and catalogues about art, design and architecture of publishers like Phaidon press, Die Gestalten Verlag and Thames and Hudson publishers. |
CONTACT INFORMATION
JORIS LAARMAN STUDIO BV Lab editions Email: joris@jorislaarman.com Gallery contacts: Friedman Benda www.friedmanbenda.com
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JORIS LAARMAN LAB BV is registered in The Netherlands 30194398
VAT registration. NL129161834B01