Design
Lara Bohinc of Bohinc Design
Moonrise lighting collection by Bohinc Studio for Roll & Hill – which we have recently proposed for client’s private residence we are in the process of designing!
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In 2016, the London-based, Slovenian-born Lara Bohinc started Bohinc Studio, a luxury furniture and object design firm. Since then, it’s been non-stop for the talented creative who previously had an illustrious career as a design consultant for some of the world’s top luxury brands including Gucci, Montblanc, and Cartier. Bohinc Studio.
Bohinc studied industrial design at the Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts; afterwards, she study metalwork and jewelry at Royal Collect of Art in London. Following graduation and prior to launching Bohinc Studio, the young designer won the British Fashion Council’s New Generation Award.
Apollo Dining Chair in Ivory Boucle
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The designer’s body of work embodies her vast industrial design background; this is portrayed through deconstructed and juxtaposed geometric forms. However Bohinc’s adoration of traditional craftsmanship remains important. The pieces’ elegant details and high quality materials are of the utmost importance; it is collaborations with Portuguese and Italian designers that makes all of this possible.
For Bohinc, inspiration comes in many forms. She says (courtesy of Galerie Magazine). “Sometimes it can be just a simple idea, like how do you make a 3D shape out of a 2D circle? The movement of the planets is also something that I’ve been really fascinated by.” More often than not, the designs feature slight lines with feminine curves.
Apollo Dining Chair in red
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We love Bohinc’s sense of play and humor. Following up on her feminine forms, earlier this year the designer debuted a three-piece seating collection called “Peaches” at Miami Design Week. The two armchairs and pouf are Bohinc’s most curvaceous and organic. The pieces are unified by soft surfaces and smooth curves. The pieces are available in girly colors: either bold red or dusty pink.
About her collection, the designer told Jane Englefield for Dezeen, “The collection was inspired by bosoms and bottoms so I played with words that are often associated with these parts of the body and so we landed on Peaches for the overall collection name and Derriere, Peachy and Big Girl for the individual pieces.”
Apollo Armchair in black
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Like most everyone else, the pandemic had a large effect on Bohinc. The collection that she debuted at Miami Design Week towards the last year, at Design Miami, was designed during the early part of the pandemic. The isolation and lack of personal interaction prompted Bohinc to design pieces that would make people feel “loved, cocooned and happy. I also wanted to create piece that look like they are good enough to eat.”
Taking cues from the rituals associated dining, this collection is called, “Afternoon Tea.” Interestingly, this was Bohinc’s first solo exhibition in the United States. The compilation includes a two tables, a desk, a chair, and an armchair. This stunning collection was displayed at Bohinc’s own five-story London Victorian. Recently, she renovated a gorgeous house to include her design studio on the ground floor, two floors of showroom space on the second and third floor, and two floors of personal living space above.
A portrait of designer Lara Bohinc seated in the “Kissing Chair” in cream upholstery
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Bohinc hopes that her designs “reignite a passion for traditional craft techniques and enhance these with innovative technologies. I believe this vital combination of techniques will not only help communities but also the environment.”
We believe that Bohinc’s unexpected works, and her style, is an amazing combination of contradictions. Courtesy of Roll & Hill, “bold yet light, graphic yet fluid, angular yet feminine.” By venturing into “the unknown,” Bohinc’s special designs amuse, astound, and amaze.
