Bone chaise longue

The “Bone Furniture” series consists of two pieces, a chair and a chaise longue. These were designed in the context of a research and design collaboration with Dutch design foundation Droog sponsored by the Barry Friedman gallery of New York. Displayed here is the first resin prototype of the Lounge Chair, which followed one in wood. The design is inspired by the natural growth of plants or bones. “Nature, trees, the bones of the human body always optimize forms to the maximum, retaining only the minimum of material where it is needed,” says Laarman. In collaboration with Opel’s International Development Center the young designer developed a digital tool capable of generating a model chair.