Joris Laarman

Other Examples of the Model have been Exhibited at:
Telling Takes:  Fantasy and Fear in Contemporary Design, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2009Joris Laarman:  Stranger than Fiction, CAB Centro de Arte, Caja Burgos, Spain, 2008
Rococo:  The Continuing Curve, Cooper Hewitt Design National Design Museum, New York, NY, 2008
Design Contre Design, Le Grand Palais, Paris, 2007
Designtide, Tokyo, 2007
Nature Design:  From Inspiration to Innovation, Museum of Design, Zurich, 2007
Human Touch, The New Dowse Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, 2007
Rotterdam Antwerpt:  400 Years of Design in Rotterdam, Historic Museum of Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2007
Rotterdam Design Port, Milk Gallery, New York, 2007
MISS/FIT, Pure Austris Design, Vienna, 2006
Ideal House, The International Furniture Fair, Cologne, 2006
Human Touch, Droog Design Exhibition, Gallery Bund 18, Shaghai; Sydney Opera House, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, 2006
Over de Mensen en de Dingen, Museum Z33, Hasselt, Belgium, 2005
Arco 12, Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, Netherlands, 2005
New Dutch Designers, Droog Design Gallery, Netherlands, 2005
European Design, Design Museum London, London, 2005
Limited Joris Laarman, DSM Corporate Headquarters, Heerlen, Netherlands, 2005
10 + 1 Years Simply Droog, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 2004
The International Furniture Fair, Cologne, 2004
Go Slow, Droog Design Exhibition, Salone del Mobile, Milan. 2004
Concrete Poetry, Design Academy at the Salone del Mobnile, Milan, 2004
Joris Laarman, DSM Art Collection, Heerlen, Netherlands, 2004
Just Want It is, Lille 2004, Frac Nord-Pas de Calais, Lille, France, 2004
Joris Laarman, Design Museum Tank, London, 2004
Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2004
Museum Kunst Paviljoen, Groninger, Netherlands, 2004
Best of 2003, NAI, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2004

Shumon Basar, "Sweet Sexcess," Tank Magazine, February 2004, p. 28
David Colman, "Form Follows Function Right Across the Wall," The New York Times, October 24, 2004, p. 36
Francesca Picchi, ed., "Wall Lingerie:  Ricami per Parenti Domestiche," Domus, March 2004, pp. 64-69
Marcel Wanders, ed., International Design Yearbook, vol. 20, 2004, pp. 114-115
Lorendana Mascheroni, ed., "Joris vs. Vico," Domus, February 2005, p. 89
Renny Ramakers, ed., Simply Droog 10 +1 Years of Creating Innovation and Discussion, Amsterdam, 2006
Sarah D. Coffin, et al., Rococo:  The Continuing Curve 1730-2008, New York, 2008, p. 239
"Joris Laarman," Arte y Parte, May 2008, p. 128

Overall in very good original condition. This is not a functional radiator. This piece is truly a prototype and therefore there are elements of the production which remained visible, such as joints, repairs and minor inconsistencies in color across the radiator. With approximately eight repaired cracks and ten cracks with minor separation. The piece is stable as it attaches to the wall by a series of hooks to the steel backing of the sculpture. There are scattered small sections which compromise a slightly grainier concrete composite. The adhesive used to affix the concrete front to the steel structure is visible. The repaired cracks appear to use a slightly different concrete composite. This model is intended to be fitted into a corner and comprises two separate elements. With detailed installation template which provides the location for the placement of the hooks on the wall. This piece is being sold with a fitted crate.
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"Sometimes you find yourself looking at very ordinary things in such a strange way that a new world seems to open up"  Joris Laarman

In designing the "Heatwave," Joris Laarman sought to take the often mundane concealed form of the radiator and elevate it to what he called "wall lingerie."  The result is a truly sculptural expression, which also proposes a more technically efficient method of heat distribution.  The present lot is a singular prototype, built by Laarman himself, as his graduation project from the Eindoven Design Academy.  This model was later developed into a limited production executed in collaboration with Droog and manufactured by Jaga, the international radiator company.  Examples of "Heatwave" have been shown in various exhibitions worldwide and are in a number of permanent collections, including the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum and the Stedelijk Museum.  In 2006, the model was given the Red Dot award for excellence in product design.