At Home with Susanna Salk and Laura Kirar

Laura Kirar with Susanna Salk

Laura Kirar is a designer who approaches her work with the heart of an artist. Known for her artistic approach to interiors and products for the home, she brings both innovation and an artisanal appreciation of craft to everything she touches. Laura melds her academic background of sculpture and interior architecture with inspiration from nature and her extensive travels to create designs with soulful and authentic results. Join Susanna and me as we visit Laura in her Brooklyn loft where work and life are seamlessly integrated.

Laura Kirar’s Brooklyn loft represents a dream. Having started her business at a desk in her living room, she often found herself working in her pajamas at four in the afternoon. Realizing that was not ideal, she then segmented her life, designing out of a Soho studio with an apartment on the upper east side.

Laura Kirar Brooklyn loftAs her business grew and she was increasingly busy with both work and travel, the uptown/downtown commute became tedious. Her vision for a large and unified space where employees, friends and family could commune was finally realized in Brooklyn. For Laura, her passion for life and work is not divided and here is finally successfully melded as one.

Laura Kirar studio and home in Brooklyn

Ideas for Laura’s designs are sprinkled everywhere. Below, a piece of wrapping paper offers geometric inspiration for a textile and an unusual shell helped to inspire the shape of her Francis Arm Chair for Baker.

Laura Kirar design inspiration

Whether lighting for Arteriors (her own Baroque lamp bedside below),

Laura Kirar Baroque lamp for Arteriors

furniture for Baker (her Poignet Bachelors Chest above) and McGuire, her new Vir Stil collection for Kallista or her two collections for the Highland Court line at Duralee, there is an element of artistry, craft and authentic use of materials in all of Laura’s products. And there are also collections she has created for Boyd Lighting, Barlow Tyrie, Carnegie Fabrics, David Edward Company, Dennis Miller Associates, Ilex Lighting, Tuohy Contract Furniture, and Tufenkian Carpets. So thank you Laura for an inspiring day of design in Brooklyn.

Laura Kirar with Susanna Salk

We’re delighted to have this video episode sponsored by Duralee, whose new Laura Kirar collection for Highland Court is highlighted before we meet the designer biking in the streets of Brooklyn. With a wide variety of textures and patterns, the fabrics celebrate the vibrant colors of nature and exotic locales. It’s the perfect way to bring unique and distinctive designs to your home at approachable price points.

Laura Kirar fabrics for Highland Court

8 thoughts on “At Home with Susanna Salk and Laura Kirar

  1. Fabulous designer.

    So many wonderful textiles. And you know I just fell in love with the Otomi design on the sofa. Well done.

  2. I love the start of this clip with the Quintessence car and the two of you approaching a person and their home and they are welcoming you inside. This was an interview that left me smiling. Laura is an artist and an inspiration. Thank you.

  3. Usually I comment on YouTube — but had to head over here to read more about this wonderful home! LOVE the fabrics — and her organized clutter and collections! Best of all — her little dog that rides along in the bike basket with her!!! Another wonderful look at a designer’s life/work/home!!

    P.S. Please do a video about your wonderful new book!!! Just LOVE it!

  4. Hi Stacie,

    Love Laura’s designs. I have two pillows on my sofa out of one of her Highland Court fabrics that I adore more than I can possibly say. You can see one on my home page. It’s the beautiful tone-on-tone teal pillow.

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