LO 09 – on Looking Outwards

Bone Chair (2006)

Joris Laarman

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For this looking outwards post, I took a look at Jubbies’ post on Generative Art regarding Joris Laarman’s Bone Chair. In reading her response to Laarman’s work, I agree with what she said – As a design student myself, I find meaning and great appreciation for beautiful things, but something that embodies both form and function. As stated in her post, Laarman uses algorithms to mimic the natural growth of bones and trees to create a chair that has the most minimal structure to support the human body. I found this very intriguing because this piece represents the patterns of nature through a physical object that we interact with on a daily basis, yet still considering the form and function of the said object. From afar, this piece may seem like a “cool” surface level chair but the process of discovery and learning is required thus appreciating the chair even more.  

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