HOME AWAY FROM HOME

The free-spirited designer has a live-work loft in Brooklyn, N.Y., that epitomizes her worldly, industrial chic style; it’s spilling with an eclectic mix of prototypes that never made it, vintage pieces, artifacts found while travelling and more. “It feels very personal. It’s very artistic,” says Laura. Her artful aesthetic is also reflected in her second home, a once-abandoned hacienda near the Mexican city of Mérida, which she and her husband decided to transform. While staying there, the designer works with local artisans to create everything from furniture to jewellery. “When I can see an artist’s hand in the piece, that’s what gets me most excited,” she says.