Lara Bohinc studied industrial design in her hometown of Ljubljana, Slovenia, before pursuing an MA in metalwork at The Royal College of Art in London, where she still works and lives today.

After a decade long stint with Cartier, exploring design and sculpture through jewellery, Lara Bohinc embarked on creating functional pieces for living and in 2016 founded her studio to dedicate her practice to object and furniture design.

Bohinc design palette varies in scale from small to very large and she produces unique pieces, limited editions, private and public commissions. In 2023 she won the Miami Design District Commission with the body of work entitled Utopia, which was presented at Art Basel Miami, her largest public commission to date.

Bohinc’s obsession with material and research has taken her around the globe including a residency with Urushi craftsmen in Wajima, Japan 2017. In 2018 she also did a residency with Bauer Hotel in Venice, working with a community of Murano glass makers. In 2024 she participated in International Glass Symposium in Bohemia, Czechia.

Collaborations include a textiles collection with the Swedish rug manufacturer Kasthall and Moonrise lighting collection for Brooklyn based company Roll & Hill. In 2023 Bohinc launched a collection of vases Peaches in collaboration with Italian furniture company Driade. In 2025 she has collaborated with Uniqka on Betsy collection of leather tables and with Serafini on marbles tables entitled Fallen Empire, as well as with Phellipeau Tapissier on Anima collection of upholstered seating. 

Bohinc Studio has successfully shown bodies of work at Milan Design Week, Design Miami and at London Design Festival in 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2025.

MAO Ljubljana, Slovenia (Museum for Architecture & Design) presented retrospective solo exhibition of Bohinc’s work in 2018 and she has also exhibited various works at international shows including PAD, Nomad, Salon Art & Design, Design Miami and the Eye of the Collector. Her work has been acquired by SFMOMA and Moco Museum.

In 2024 Bohinc’s pieces Big Girl chair, Derriere chair and Peaches pouffe were presented at Jessica Silverman Gallery’s group show “Enthroned” and at “Seeing Red” exhibition at Phillips, London.

Lara Bohinc received an MBE in 2012.