Lara Designs

I am a South Africa artist living in Cape Town. After completing my studies as a graphic designer at the University of Stellenbosch I went to London and worked for a design company. Two years later I returned to South Africa and started freelance work. Shortly afterwards I got married and in 2010 started my first company Pink and Posh Vinyl Wall Art, where I explored the world of illustration which translated into vinyl wall art. My illustrated wall art has been used in a variety of publications and photo shoots including House and Leisure, Ideas magazine, Home magazine, Fair Lady, Woman and Home and Huis Genoot.

In 2013 I chose to explore my true roots in fine arts and launched a new company under my name “Lara Designs”. Here I was able to express my emotions and capture moments in abstract form through pen and ink, brush and ink and stick and ink. I combined the edge of graphic design and love of fine art to produce the concept ‘Art on your Couch’.

Each design is hand drawn by me and has been silk screened onto pure cotton fabric, I have chosen to produce scatter cushions from the artworks, but the options are endless. The idea is once the client wants to update their space; the cushions can be framed as ‘works of art’, combining functionality and aesthetics.

Each work is named after the emotion it was created through.

My aim is to design and supply exclusive textile art to beautify and infect space.