Lara Selmanović is an industrial design student from Zagreb, currently completing her undergraduate studies at the School of Design, University of Zagreb Faculty of Architecture. Her work explores materials, spatial perception and the relationships between form, function and narrative. Through experimentation and making, she examines how objects can challenge established ways of perceiving and using everyday space.
She is particularly interested in the relationship between industrial production and craft, sustainable approaches to design, and working with different materials and scales. She views design as a process of questioning conventions, developing ideas through making and creating meaningful experiences through objects.
She has participated in international workshops and educational programmes, including the MADE IN Summer School for Plant-Based Design, organised by Passa Ao Futuro in Portugal. The project developed during the programme was later exhibited in Loulé, Lisbon and Ljubljana. She also took part in the Meeting of Design Students in Rijeka and contributed to exhibition-design workshops at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka and the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb.
She continues to develop her practice through interdisciplinary collaboration, material research and participation in international design initiatives.