Laura Mrkša (Croatia, 1992) is a slow designer in a fast-paced world, working from Amsterdam. Having a background in industrial design and living the reality of a curious observer, her designs play with subtle critique and irony. 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.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| October 2019 |
| The Shape Of Water curated by Triennale Design Museum, Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, JO |
| April 2019 |
| Tortona Design Week, Milan, IT |
| January 2019 |
| Ein&Zwanzig by German Design Council, The Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE |
| January 2019 |
| The Shape Of Water curated by Triennale Design Museum, Prince Sultan Hall, Riyadh, SA |
| December 2018 |
| The Shape Of Water curated by Triennale Design Museum, Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre, Kuwait City, KW |
| October 2018 |
| Biannual exhibition of Croatian Design 1718, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb, HR |
| October 2018 |
| The Shape Of Water curated by Triennale Design Museum, Msheireb Enrichment Centre, Doha, QAT |
| April 2018 |
| Ein&Zwanzig by German Design Council, Milan Design Week, Milan, IT |
| October 2017 |
| The 52nd Zagreb Salon of Applied Art and Design, Zagreb, HR |
| June 2017 |
| A Piece Of Zagreb, Design District Zagreb, Zagreb, HR |
| July 2016 |
| The Lights Of The Future, Croatian Designers Association, Zagreb, HR |
| May 2016 |
| Young Balkan Designers, Mixer House, Belgrade, RS |
| May 2015 |
| Design Week Zagreb, Lauba House, Zagreb, HR |