Laura Mrkša (Croatia, 1992) is a slow designer in a fast-paced world, working from Amsterdam. Her design practice revolves around the transformation of everyday objects, predominantly furniture, as a means of exploring concepts related to materialism, consumerism, and individualism. At the moment, the focus of her practice is directed towards crafting objects that engage with the notion of rest. Within this theme, Laura adopts a comprehensive research approach, exploring urgent social realities such as workplace pressures and the impact of social media on our daily lives.
Simultaneously, she delves into the design sector’s imperative to create slow and meaningful spaces and encounters. Her dominant design tool is weaving, and she has developed a technique that utilizes the splicing of rope. Through an intuitive process of building without predetermined patterns, Laura creates nets that are subsequently incorporated into the objects she designs.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
| 2023 |
| Consuming Time, Gallery Bernardo Bernardi, Zagreb, CRO I Would Prefer Not To, Alcova, Milan Design Week, IT |
| 2019 |
| Carrier, The Shape Of Water curated by Triennale Design Museum – Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman, JO; Prince Sultan Hall, Riyadh, SA Workbench Collection, The Playful Living, Milan Design Week, Milan, IT |
| 2018 |
| Carrier, The Shape Of Water curated by Triennale Design Museum, Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre, Kuwait City, KW; Msheireb Enrichment Centre, Doha, QAT Comprehensive Blank, Ein&Zwanzig by German Design Council, Milan Design Week, Milan, IT; Biannual exhibition of Croatian Design 1718, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb, CRO |
| 2017 |
| POP_LUN, The 52nd Zagreb Salon of Applied Art and Design, Zagreb, CRO; A Piece Of Zagreb, Design District Zagreb, Zagreb, CRO |
| 2016 |
| Temporal Motion Light, The Lights Of The Future, Croatian Designers Association, Zagreb, CRO Workbench, Young Balkan Designers, Mixer House, Belgrade, RS |