Irina Flore is a multidisciplinary designer and the founder of Studio Flore, a design studio focusing on design research, functional art objects, and innovative products.
Irina received her MFA and BFA in Design, graduating from Haute école des arts du Rhin, Strasbourg, France.
She started working as an assistant designer in the Studio Sebastian Herkner in Frankfurt, Germany, where she worked on notable projects.
Irina's design practice focuses on functional art -everyday objects. The statement pieces that Irina likes to design are objects that tell a story. Each design has an elaborated process with research on material, form, and function. The fabrication and the process is essential aspect of the narrative of her designs. She collaborates with artisans, and this is a significant part of her practice because she grew up in a family of craftspeople in a small town in Romania. Her design practice focuses on advanced technologies but also on old traditions and crafts.
Exhibitions
The End: Expanded Field Art, Culture Object Gallery, NYC April 2024
Entangled Dimensions at Nationale Gallery, December 2023
Interior Design Show, Vancouver, Canada, September 2022
True Matter by Dutch Invertuals Academy, July 2022
Isola Design Gallery, Milan Design Week, June 2022
Wanted Design, Launchpad, New York, May 2022
Woman in Design, by Surface magazine in Miami Design District, March 2022
AINA KARI x Irina Flore at Maison&Objet, Paris, France, March 2022
Proximity At Nationale, December 2021
Aina Kari Candles At Edit Napoli 2021, October 2021
Dessin in Here x Now exhibition, by Form&Seek, Detroit Month of Design, September 2021
Joyful Glassware in Playful, Young, Design, Milan Design Week, September 2021
Aina Kari Candles in Isola Design District Digital Exhibition, April 2021
Joyful Glassware in Isola Design District Digital Exhibition, April 2021
True Matter- Creating Sensations for Dutch Invertuals Academy, April, 2021
Coralia in Never normal design show by Form&Seek, September 2020, Detroit Month of Design
Joyful Glassware in Never normal design show by Form&Seek, Detroit Month of Design, September 2020
L’Art de la table at Interior design Show Vancouver, Canada October 2019
Manger équilibré in the Assiettes contre la faim artistic event for Action against hunger, France 2018.
Tableland exhibition at Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France 2017
Lucia, Design and tradition at Alsacian Museum, strasbourg, France 2016
Signage Design for SaxOpen, Strasbourg, France /2015
Geris “Listen to the Quiet Voice” at Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, STRASBOURG, France 2015
Ensemble c’est tout at Alsacian Museum, Strabsourg, France 2014
Imagine your landscape Alsacian Museum, Strasbourg, France 2013
Press
Eight independent design studios to know in Portland, North American Design 2024, Dezeen
Designing for wellness,Design Hunger, 2024
ELLE DECOR, Winter 2023, printed issue
Stylus, NYC Design Week 2022 highlights
Design Milk, Remix Maison benches are made from reclaimed footware
StirPad, Saweed textiles to show sole doorstops, eo-friendly products redefining innovation.
HauteRE Magazine, Heirloom edition, Time for Timeless Design
Vancouver Sun, The home front: Designer Irina Flore collaborates with Native Shoes
Yanko Design, Remix Maison is a piece of eco-friendly art and functional furniture
Azure Magazine, 5 things to check out at IDS Vancouver 2022
Nuvo Magazine, Here is what to see at IDS Vancouver
Gray Magazine,IDS: Show highlights, September 2021
Azure Magazine, NYCxDesign 2022’s Top Trends: Steel and Surrealism
Azure Magazine, Best in Show at NYCXDesign, September/October 2021, printed issue
Sight Unseen, New York Design Week, We Missed You — Here Are 25 Favorites From the Festival That Was
Curbed, NYCXDesign 2022: The best new furniture and home goods
Design Milk, Announcing WantedDesign Manhattan’s Launch Pad 2022 Participants
Surface Magazine, “Woman Made,” Surface Celebrates Female Creative Talent
Surface Magazine, The list- profile Studio Flore
Gael Maison, Printed issue, April- May 2022, Belgium & Netherlands
Maison & Objet, The importance of collaboration, AINA KARI designed candles
Adorno, Joyful Glassware” by Irina Flore – A re-imagination of everyday objects
Sight Unseen, Saturday selects, Week of January 3 2022
Gray Magazine, Spotlight: Joyful Glassware, 2021 GRAY Awards Finalist
Gray Magazine, Design legends- 10 Year Anniversary Issue- Joyful Glassware featured- Gray Awards winner and the cover of the magazine.
Interiors, printed issue no 244- Aina Kari candles
Isola Design: Decorate your Christmas table with our favorite 6 items
Isola Design: A homage to Italy’s artistic legacy. Let’s discover Aina Kari
Living, Corriere, Fuorisalone 2021: gli spazi e gli eventi dell’Isola Design District
ELLE Decoration NL It's Show Time- Aina Kari Candles
Isola Design: Let’s discover Playful. Young. Design
Barrons:Good Company: Aina Kari’s Sustainable Luxury Candles
Aeroflot Lifestyle Magazine Made in Italy Style- Aina Kari candles
Deco Home Magazine -Aina Kari candles
G&G Magazine issue no 28- Timeless Design- Aina Kari candles
The Home Front: A passion for supporting craftspeople around the world// Vancouver Sun
Isola Design: Is craftsmanship in your DNA
Luxe Interiors+Design PNW printed issue, May 2021
AD France: Joyful Glassware Featured in AD France February 2020 issue Coupes du Coeur category
Gray Magazine: Quarantine Creations
The Home Front: Investigating in local design // Vancouver Sun
The Home Front: Joyful glassware in Never Normal Exhibition// Vancouver Sun
Haute École des Arts dut Rhin: Artist and Designer Irina Flore
IDS 360° Virtual Series: Studio Flore
Dezeen: L'art de la table by Irina Flore are mix-and-match ceramic containers, bowls and plates
Interior design magazine: IDS Vancouver Spotlights Forward-Thinking Products and Concepts
Tableland exhibition// LA Strabourg
Derniers nouvelles d’Alsace- printed newspaper- article about Ensemble c’est tout
Derniers nouvelles d'Alsace-printed newspaper-collective exhibition article Courone de l’Avent in
Education
M.A. Design 2018
Diplôme National Supérieur d'Expression Plastique option Design at Haute Ecole des Arts du Rhin, Strasbourg, France.
B.A Design 2016
Diplôme National d'Arts Plastiques option Design at Haute Ecole des Arts du Rhin, Strasbourg, France.
Industrial Design 2012-2013
National University of Arts, Bucharest, Romania.
B.A. Communication 2008
West University of Timisoara, Romania.
Awards
2023 Innovation by design, by fast company
Honorable mentions from Fast Company’s 2023 Innovation By Design Awards in both the Circular Design and Home categories.
2022 Gray Awards Winner in the Collaboration Category
2022 Gray Awards Finalist in the Design for good category
Remix Maison is the finalist for the 2022 Gray Awards in two categories.
2021 Gray Awards Winner for the Product Category
Joyful glassware award winning finalist for the GRAY Awards Product category.
2019 Prototype Award at Interior design Show in Vancouver, Canada.
L’art de la table selected the winning project for IDS 2019 Prototype exhibition
2019 Hot New Next Vancouver, BC, Canada
L’art de la table selected the finalist project for Hot New Next Vancouver, BC.
2014 Design and Tradition at Alsacian Museum, Strasbourg, France
Ensemble c’est tout was the winning project at Design and tradition exhibition at Alsacian Museum In Strasbourg, France. The work is now part of the museum’s collection.
Art galleries and Design platforms
Nationale Gallery
Wasserman Projects Gallery
Simone DESousa Edition Gallery
