Bone furniture by Joris Laarman
Laarman’s Bone Chair and Bone Chaise, the first products from the Bone Furniture range, were launched at Design Miami in December. This principle allows the designer to revolutionize the design process and optimize material allocation and weight. Joris Laarman’s aluminium chair is the first in a series of works which are designed according to the way bones develop; growing where strength is needed, and shrinking where it is not.
“In short I found a way evolution constructs quite precisely. Not to create the worlds most perfect chair but I used it as a tool to create beautiful elegant shape with a kind of legitimacy. Around a year ago I got in contact with a german professor that studied the growth of trees and bones for many years; their failure in particular. You might know bones are extremely efficient since they are able to add material where strength it is needed. But bones also have the ability to take away material where it is not needed. Now this professor and the International Development Center Adam Opel GmbH, a part of general motors engineering Europe created a digital tool to copy these ways of constructing in a dynamic digital tool. I used it as a high tech sculpting tool. The irony of the result is that an almost historic elegancy comes out far more efficient compared to modern geometric shapes. I am working on a body of work.”
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April 20, 2007 - Category: Furniture - Posted by: Chantal - Comments: 0