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MX3D Dragon Bench (prototype),

To make the impressive Dragon Bench, Dutch designer Joris Laarman developed his own 3D-printing robot (the MX3D), which draws molten metal lines in the air to create a form. The specially adapted robotic arm melds and welds the metal (which can be stainless steel, aluminum, copper, or bronze) regardless of orientation and without the need […]

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Reinventing Functionality (Prototype),

Reinventing Functionality is designer Joris Laarman’s 2003 graduate project from Eindhoven Design Academy in the Netherlands. It explores the role of function, form, and decoration in designed utilitarian objects in the twenty-first century through a series of works, including this radiator. This is the prototype—the first hand-built model representing a future manufactured product—for the now […]

Ivy Climbing Wall,

Dutch designer Joris Laarman is at the forefront of contemporary design with his conceptual, experimental creations that explore scientific boundaries. The Ivy climbing system is simultaneously a functional, adventurous mode of traveling between floors, an alternative to stairs, and an elegant piece of architectural décor. Laarman works to alter traditional perspectives on functionalism: “I wanted […]

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Bone Armchair (prototype),

Although the organic form of Joris Laarman’s Bone armchair may be reminiscent of Art Nouveau furniture designs from the early 1900s, it is firmly rooted in twenty-first-century technology. Laarman created the design using scientific research on the structural growth patterns of bones and trees and generated it with computer software developed for the European automotive […]