Lara Bohinc Biography
Bohinc design palette varies in scale from small to very large objects and she produces unique pieces to unlimited editions. She has engaged in permanent public commissions such as Friendship Bench commissioned by Kensington and Chelsea Council for the Golborne Forum London, installed in 2017, as well as private commissions such as Haunted and Metropolis Chandeliers for Mandrake Hotel in London in 2017.
Bohinc’s obsession with material and research has taken her around the globe including a residency in Wajima, Japan 2017 where she worked with a small community of Urushi craftsmen to create works that have been exhibited at Gallery Fumi for the London Design Festival in 2018.
The studio has collaborated with Swedish rug manufacturer Kasthall in 2018 to on a textiles collection entitled From the Sun to the Moon, this collection was a finalist at the 2019 NYC X Design Awards.
Bohinc Studio has successfully launched Since the World is Round in 2018 and Planetaria in 2019 (celebrating 50 years of man landing on the moon) during FuoriSalone in Milan and at London Design Festival, along with Gallery Fumi at PAD, Nomad and Salon Art and Design.
Bohinc’s first retrospective solo exhibition at MAO Ljubljana, Slovenia (Museum for Architecture & Design) was held in 2018.
Bohinc recently designed Moonrise lighting collection for Brooklyn lighting company Roll and Hill which launched in January 2021.
Bohinc Studio returned to London Design Festival in September 2021 with the first edition of the Afternoon Tea collection and with second edition exhibited at Design Miami in December 2021.
