Each winter, the Miami Design District commissions a creative studio to reimagine the surrounding environment of the neighborhood through a public installation. This year the honor goes to Lara Bohinc, founder of Bohinc Studio, who has imagined a friendly and dynamic sculptural installation of irregular organic life-like forms made of cork: “Utopia.”
Commissioned in collaboration with Design Miami/ Curatorial Lab, Utopia will transform the neighborhood with a series of friendly and dynamic sculptures that bring elements of playfulness, functionality and comfort. The installation will extend into the new year, and will also greet visitors at the fair entrance of Design Miami.
Utopia spans four installations featuring irregular, bulbous forms reminiscent of growing cellular organisms and lifeforms. Friendly and dynamic, the sculptures are suggestive of living objects, mushrooming across the neighborhood with their kind yet mysterious forms.
Nine hundred egg-shaped birdhouses will additionally be dispersed throughout the trees, providing shelter for birdlife. Echoing the function of birdhouses, a giant centerpiece egg form will provide a playful refuge for small children. With a focus on sustainability, and in response to the commission’s brief, Bohinc’s pieces are made from cork – a natural and environmentally friendly material, which is also naturally waterproof. At night, solar-powered sculptures will create an atmospheric and inviting glow.
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