Laura Mrkša is an Amsterdam based multidisciplinary designer. She received her MA in Industrial Design from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture, School of Design in 2016. She works in the fields of product, spatial and critical design, exploring social fixations that determine today’s (European) societies, such as consumerism, individualism, and materialism. The interplay of use-value in large scale projects and critical value in conceptual research constitutes a foundational theme in her practice, tying together the various fields of design she is active in.
Exhibitions
2019
WORKBENCH COLLECTION, The Playful Living, Milan Design Week, Milan, Italy
COMPREHENSIVE BLANK, Ein&Zwanzig – German Design Council, the Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
CARRIER, The Shape of Water project, Triennale Design Museum, Riyhad, Saudi Arabia
2018
CARRIER, The Shape of Water project, Triennale Design Museum, Kuwait city, Kuwait
COMPREHENSIVE BLANK, Biannual exhibition of Croatian design 1718, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb, Croatia
CARRIER, The Shape of Water project, Triennale Design Museum, Doha, Qatar
COMPREHENSIVE BLANK, Ein&Zwanzig – German Design Council, Milan Design Week, Milan, Italy
2017
POP_LUN, Piece of Zagreb, The 52nd Zagreb Salon of Applied Art and Design, Zagreb, Croatia
POP_LUN, Piece of Zagreb, Design District Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
2016
WORKBENCH, Young Balkan Designers, Mixer house, Beograd, Serbia
TEMPORAL MOTION LIGHT, The lights of the future, Croatian Designers Association, Zagreb, Croatia
KRUG_01, New memories, Mixer house, Beograd, Serbia
2015
BORDERS ARE NOT BARRIERS, D Day – international design festival, Zagreb, Croatia
CULINAE, Design week, Lauba – The house for people and art, Zagreb, Croatia
CLOUD, Design week, Lauba – The house for people and art, Zagreb, Croatia
2013
KISHLUS, D Day – national design festival, Gredelj, Zagreb, Croatia
Awards
2018
Ein&Zwanzig winner, COMPREHENSIVE BLANK
2017
first prize winner “Piece of Zagreb”, POP_LUN (group project)
2016
Young Balkan Designers winner, WORKBENCH
First round winner “New memories”, KRUG_01
2015
School of Design – special mention, BARS ARE NOT BARRIERS (group project)
D Day – third prize, BARS ARE NOT BARRIERS (group project)