The lab was set up in 2004 by Joris Laarman and partner and film maker Anita Star. They both were born in the rural countryside of the Netherlands in 1979. In 1998 after one year of fine arts Joris attended the Design Academy Eindhoven and graduated cum laude in 2003. He gained first notoriety with his functional rococo radiator heatwave that was first picked up by Droog and now also produced by Jaga. He contributed in articles and seminars for Domus magazine and he was a guest teacher at European universities like the Architectural Association London, Rietveld academy Amsterdam and the DAE. After her study film and documentary Anita joined forces in 2004 to set up a production house where anything can be created. From design to film to writing.
