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London, January 2019

The combination of pure yet intricate geometric forms is Lara Bohinc’s signature style and with these pieces also expresses the simplicity of Bauhaus design.

The chairs are pure and functional, stripped of all ornamentation, down to the elemental steel rods and cushions. The aim is clarity in form, but the pieces remain striking, dramatic and full of flair. The design incorporates straight lines, circles and squares, which unite to provide structural function to the seat.

The pieces are tailored to utilise modern industrial techniques, including laser cutting and welding.

“I continue to be influenced by pure geometry and the production led design of the Bauhaus”, says Lara Bohinc. “I work frequently with metal, exploring its versatility and sustainability - a reference to Marianne Brandt’s way of using the smallest numbers of materials to better celebrate their properties.”

photo Rebecca Reid

Ljubljana, December 2018

The Center for Creativity and MAO (Museum for Architecture and Design Ljubljana) presents an exhibition of furniture by designer Lara Bohinc of Bohinc Studio, showing collection of tables, chairs, vases and lights for the first time in Slovenia, in Ljubljana at the MAO. The exhibition is organized within the Center for Creativity, Transfer of Skills.

London, October 2018

Commissioned by Gallery FUMI for presentation at PAD London (1 - 7 October 2018), “The Willow Light” by Lara Bohinc was originally inspired by her visit to a wonderfully overgrown ancient Japanese garden. The abundant wisteria and weeping willow trees seemed to keep hidden secrets beneath their dripping fronds and led Bohinc to adopt a more organic geometrical style to interpret their form with this lamp and its semi-obscured bulb arrangement. “Willow’s form is close to mother nature’s own geometry, adds Lara Bohinc, that always creates harmony from combinations of regularity and random asymmetry.”

London, September 2018

Bohinc Studio, launched by Lara Bohinc for the exploration of furniture and object design, is exhibiting new works during London Design Festival (15 - 23 September 2018) at the galleries FUMI and Matter of Stuff. This year, Bohinc Studio will present two boxes in Japanese Urushi lacquer, a metal coffee table and a tea table, as well as new colour ways for the Solar, Orbit and Lunar chairs. All the new pieces testify to Lara Bohinc’s deft use of industrial techniques and her geometric, yet feminine, design language. “I am thrilled to be presenting new designs at London Design Festival for the first time since I founded Bohinc Studio in 2016. London has been my hometown for over 20 years and I started my design career here, so it’s very special for me to be able to participate in this event.”

photo John Sturrock

London, May 2018 - Lara Bohinc’s latest works for Bohinc Studio - presented during the 2018 edition of Milan Design

Week at Alcova - demonstrate her expertise with metal work techniques, whilst bringing forward her geometrically and celestially inspired signature style. ‘My obsession with all things round and spherical is explained in the new collection’s title, adds Lara Bohinc, this shape is essential to our perception and understanding of the world.’

All the new pieces are made in small artisanal workshops in Italy, and combine traditional craft and modern technology in metalwork as well as in ceramics.

Bohinc Studio was launched in 2016 by Lara Bohinc for the exploration of furniture and object design. With Since the World is Round, Bohinc Studio presents chairs for the first time, a vanity console and matching chair, and home accessories comprising of vases, candlesticks and boxes.



London, Tuesday 14th September 2017.

Lara Bohinc announces the opening of her brand new west London showroom dedicated to her furniture company, Bohinc Studio. Founded last year, the showroom will be the company’s main by-appointment space and will be located at 59 Kensington Gardens Square, just off from Westbourne Grove in Notting Hill. The showroom is set in a unique Grade 2 listed townhouse, with original Victorian century features complete with an entire marble floor echoing her architectural designs. The showroom houses the brand’s assorted collection of tables, chairs, lighting and interior accessories. 

photos Kate Martin

London, September 2016

An exhibition of Lara Bohinc’s selected works in marble 2014-2016 at Sketch

‘Music of the Spheres’ is an ancient philosophical concept that sees divine harmonic musical proportions in the movements of celestial bodies, and marble is a material that has been the backbone of fine art expression since Classical. Times. In her retrospective exhibition at sketch, designer Lara Bohinc fuses these eternal ideas together in the presentation of a selection of her works in marble, based around the geometric perfection of the circle.

Intricately designed and made with exquisite care, the ‘Solaris’ kinetic coffee table inhabits an interstitial space between jewellery and furniture. The extreme attention to detail of Bohinc’s pieces made to be worn by the body is scaled up; here, stone slices and curved metal parts combine in construction that applies innovative technologies to traditional craft. Four stacked rings of marble move smoothly on a rotation spindle like a range of planets rotating around the sun, its golden light echoed in the highly polished circular brass dishes which are inset into the marble plates. The table is ever changing, as the plates can be easily moved around its axis; from a totally closed circle it can be spread open to almost double its size.

Following the design language of ‘Solaris’, the ‘Full Moon’ table from second ‘Lunar’ collection also takes inspiration from the planets and their orbital movements, featuring richly-coloured marbles set like precious jewels within brass or 18ct. gold-plated steel rims. The table is constructed entirely from interlocking horizontal and vertical discs, which are bisected, deconstructed or overlaid, building hypnotic surface patterns, and forming dynamically poised bases and tops.

The union of brass and marble continues in the ‘Star Gazer’ candlesticks. These are inspired by Orreries, clockwork mechanical models of the Solar System which have been used since Classical times. Circular pillars of coloured marble tones range from Portuguese peach to deep green Verdi from Guatemala, through black, grey and white, accented with gold-tone brass globes.

The ‘Half Moon Mirror’ deconstructs the perfection of the Circles previously used by slicing one in two and rotating its halves into a dynamic contradiction. Framed by the light and dark tones of white Carrara and Nero Machina black marble, it’s as if an cosmic eclipse solidified into a tangible object of beauty.

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