Joris Laarman Lab

The Groninger Museum hosts Joris Laarman’s major solo survey exhibition, which includes also a new sculpture created using the printing technique deployed to make the Amsterdam bridge.

Joris Laarman, Heatwave, 2003. Aluminium. Photo: Marten de Leeuw, Courtesy JorisLaarmanLab
Furniture generated by smart algorithms, a living lampshade made of genetically modified cells that contain the bioluminescent genes of fireflies, the first open-source 3D printable chair in the world, a robot arm that welds a metal bench in mid-air and a table assembled from 1,2 million voxels.
These are but a few examples of the wonderful work of designer/inventor/artist Joris Laarman (Borculo, 1979). Laarman is one of the most prominent designers today. With engineers, programmers and craftsmen, he conducts cutting-edge experiments that combine art, science and technology, using manufacturing processes that are often as innovative as the end results.
Joris Laarman, Branch Bookshelf, 2010, bronze. Courtesy JorisLaarmanLab
Top: Joris Laarman, Heatwave, 2003. Aluminium. Photo: Marten de Leeuw, Courtesy JorisLaarmanLab. Above: Joris Laarman, Branch Bookshelf, 2010, bronze. Courtesy JorisLaarmanLab

Aesthetic, imagination, high tech and science come together in this first major solo survey exhibition that includes early, recent and new work.

The Groninger Museum has followed Laarman for years and has acquired many important works, such as the Bone Chaise, Bookshelf and the unique Digital Matter table series. On the occasion of this exhibition, Laarman will create a new sculpture using the printing technique deployed to make the Amsterdam bridge. This exhibition is in keeping with the Groninger Museum’s policy to focus of the interface between design and art. The exhibition showcases the manufacturing process as well as its technical background and includes numerous experimental objects.


November 22, 2015 – April 6, 2016
Joris Laarman Lab
Groninger Museum
Museumeiland 1, Groningen

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