Details

Title

Ivy Climbing Wall

Artist/Maker

Joris Laarman (Dutch, born 1979), designer
Joris Laarman Lab, Dutch, established 2004, manufacturer

Date

2004

Medium

Composite concrete

Dimensions

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Credit

Purchase through prior acquisitions

Accession #

2010.308

Location

On View - Wieland Pavilion, Skyway, Gallery 420

Dutch designer Joris Laarman is at the forefront of contemporary design with his conceptual, experimental creations that explore scientific boundaries. The Ivy climbing system is simultaneously a functional, adventurous mode of traveling between floors, an alternative to stairs, and an elegant piece of architectural décor. Laarman works to alter traditional perspectives on functionalism: “I wanted to demonstrate that modernist functionality and postmodernist effusiveness do not have to exclude each other … that functionalists are also sinners of styling and that soberness is not always more valid than highly decorative form.”