Nazara Lázaro
Nazara Lázaro is a Spanish designer and artist from Tenerife, based between Berlin and Barcelona. Working across collectible furniture, interiors, and spatial design, her practice explores the relationship between craftsmanship, geometry, and material experimentation. Drawing from her background in industrial design, traditional woodworking, and years of international experience, she creates sculptural works distinguished by clean architectural forms, tactile materials, and a restrained yet expressive aesthetic.
Balancing function with artistic inquiry, Lázaro’s work reflects an ongoing dialogue between contemporary design and artisanal making. Through a careful consideration of proportion, texture, and construction, she develops timeless pieces that celebrate material honesty while encouraging a quiet, sensory interaction with the objects and spaces they inhabit.
Interview
I am from Spain. I was born in Tenerife, the Canary Islands, but I am currently based in Berlin, Germany.
My aunt had a contemporary art gallery focused on artists from the Canary Islands. As a child, I was always fascinated when I visited her at the gallery.
Yes. I studied interior design, and from the very beginning, I always did something connected to design, like graphic and web design, or exhibition design for art galleries.
The need to express myself with complete freedom.
If I am creating a new collection, I first spend some time analyzing things that inspire me. I get a lot of inspiration from contemporary art. I then gather images and create collages. After that, I start making sketches and 3Ds, lots of them. At the end, I collect what I like the most and save the rest for future research.
I usually start by answering emails, and then write down all the things that I need to do that day. I would then try to do the one thing I enjoy the least, and then the rest, but if I get stuck on something, I put it aside and continue. This is my ideal workflow, but it’s not always like this.
I have two collections, the first one in wood and the second one in metal. I want to explore a new material in each collection, so it might be that I use ceramic in the next one, or fabric. I am still exploring.
I don’t know, maybe some kind of “playful minimalism”?
It depends on the collection. Each collection has a different concept and a different technical execution. The Crooked Collection was about asymmetries, so the pieces were designed using irregular angles. The Steel Collection was about playfulness, and each piece was born from the combination of several geometric figures.
To get to know very well the market they want to get into, and honestly, not to expect earning almost anything in the first years.
Mostly artists and architects like Donald Judd, Luis Barragán, César Manrique, Charlotte Perriand, or Le Corbusier.
Max Lamb, Faye Toogood, Ana Kras, Andrea Zittel, and Waka Waka are some of my favourite contemporary designers.
Lately JB.Blunk, Valentine Schlegel, and Isamu Noguchi.
Honest and playful experimentation.
“The need to express myself with complete freedom.”
The Questions
(The Proust Questionnaire is a set of questions answered by the French writer Marcel Proust.
Other historical figures who have answered confession albums are Oscar Wilde,
Karl Marx, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stéphane Mallarmé, Paul Cézanne…)
Being in peace with myself and with the world
Not finding peace
Indecision
Lack of empathy
My Japanese friend Takayuki Watanabe
Collecting art pieces from flea markets
Uneasy
Success
Sensitivity and empathy
Same as in a man
“I don’t know why”
Good communication skills
Being more confident about myself and my work
Finding balance
I would try being an artist in my next life
In a warm place close to the sea
Takayuki Watanabe’s pottery
Emptiness and loneliness
Listening to the radio
Being an idealist, a dreamer
Just being there
I like Japanese authors like Hiromi Kawakami or Junichiro Tanizaki
Don Quixote
Some female product designer from the 20th century, like Anni Albers, Charlotte Perriand or Clara Porset
Traditional artisans
Short names like Nuno or Ame
Intolerance, selfishness
Moving to Madrid instead of Barcelona when I was 18
Of old age?
Happiness is overrated, balance is the key
“The Steel Collection was about playfulness, and each piece was born from the combination of several geometric figures.”
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