Microstructures, aluminium gradient chair, prototype
(2014)
Medium
aluminium
Measurements
72.5 × 61.8 × 67.0 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Donald Russell Elford and Dorothy Grace Elford Bequest, 2017
© Joris Laarman
Gallery location
NGV Studio 1
Ground Level, NGV Australia
About this work
Representing Joris Laarman’s exploration of 3D-printed furniture, the Microstructures, aluminium gradient chair is printed in aluminium using a computer algorithm which modifies the material’s printed cellular structure, thickness, density and pattern according to the structural requirements of the chair. Similar to the actions of bones and plants, at times when strength is required the cells that make up the chair tighten to become solid metal, and at other times open up to reduce the chair’s weight. Using geometry in this way allows Laarman to harness the technology of 3D printing to optimise the structures of objects according to their function.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Inscription
printed in sunken relief in rear c.: JORIS Laarman
Accession Number
2016.425
Department
Contemporary Design and Architecture