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Laura Kirar is founder and creative director of two companies, TRU Design, in New York City, specializing in high end interior design, and LKDL Miami, which focuses on product design and licensing. Under her direction the companies incorporate the talents of her staff and longstanding relationships with specialized vendors and manufacturers to produce projects that combine the desires of her clients and her particular vision. A designer with the soul of an artist, Kirar approaches each new project with ingenuity uncommon in the industry. Each Laura Kirar project is unique, however the common thread of luxurious materials, elegant details, and timeless design remains Laura Kirar's signature.

A Fine Arts graduate from the prestigious School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Kirar began her career in design with Holly Hunt in Chicago. After moving to New York in 1995 to work as a furniture designer in the residential interiors field and in retail design with the likes of Ralph Lauren Home, Kirar founded her firm, TRU, in 1999.

Kirar's early independent project, the Jenne Maag store, one of the first high end boutiques in NoLiTa was published by Interior Design Magazine in 2000. The firm continues to work on compelling projects including a Bowery loft renovation, a family compound in Rumson, New Jersey, a townhouse on the Upper West Side and the Greenwich Village apartment of a well-known Broadway actor. Kirar's diverse client list also includes a spa rebranding project for Westin Hotels and multiple product licensing awards. Her largest contract is with the venerable Kohler Companies with whom she launched a 30 piece bath collection for Kallista in 2005, a 14 piece casual seating collection for McGuire Furniture and a complete lifestyle collection of over 150 pieces for the home for Baker Furniture in 2006 and Ann Sacks tile collection launching in the spring of 2007. Her other licenses include residential and contract product with Boyd Lighting, Carnegie Fabrics, David Edward Company, Dennis Miller and Touhy Contract Furniture.

Kirar's designs have appeared in Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Esquire, Hamptons Cottages and Gardens, House & Garden, House Beautiful, Interior Design Magazine Metropolitan Home, New York Magazine, New York Times Magazine, Self, Town & Country, Traditional Home, Women's Wear Daily, W Magazine, Wallpaper Magazine, World of Interiors and numerous international publications.