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The Dutch Eco-Futurist Master

Joris Laarman, the sustainable-chic Dutch furniture designer, is back with his first gallery show in more than a decade—and perhaps right when his market needs it most.

Joris Laarman
From the start, Laarman has always managed to find the soul in the machine—even when the work is functionally designed by a robot. Now, by redirecting his tools toward ecology, collective living, and material sustainability, he may once again be aligning himself with a cultural mood. Photo: Casper Rila/Courtesy of Friedman Benda and Joris Laarman
Ingrid Abramovitch
May 12, 2026

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If Milan’s Salone del Mobile is design’s most glamorous spectacle, Dutch Design Week, its Northern European cousin, feels like its eco-conscious, no-logo counterpoint. When I traveled to the industrial city of Eindhoven to experience it in the fall of 2023, I found beer and mostly vegan snacks in lieu of negronis and antipasti, few known brands, and design that ranged from the otherworldly to the pointedly political.