Los Angeles-based design company LAUN creates furniture that brings joy to today’s homes, whether you’re furnishing a garden area or a living room. The studio’s durable modern pieces — lounge chairs, side tables, patio furniture and more — are frequently framed in anodized aluminum or powder-coated stainless steel and feature fun designs that bring a bit of glitz and glamour to today’s exterior spaces as well as to interiors.
LAUN was founded in 2018 by friends Molly Purnell and Rachel Bullock. Establishing a studio served as the ideal merging of their shared backgrounds in design, metalworking and architecture. Both hold master’s degrees in the latter from the University of Texas at Austin, and both founders manage projects for LAUN’s furniture-focused Object line as well as the firm's Studio arm, which is focused on architecture and interior design.
Bullock told Introspective that the idea to start a company came to them at a mutual friend's thirtieth-birthday pool party. As they surveyed the outdoor furniture, they realized there weren't as many options as for interiors. "We thought people should have pieces that are as appealing for outside as they have for inside," Bullock explained.
The pair got to work and taught themselves to weld. Among their first creations were the powder-coated stainless-steel DeMille chair and the colorful terrazzo Confetti table, both just as suitable for the outside and the inside. They debuted the chair and the table at the 2018 Sight Unseen Offsite fair.
Speaking to Sight Unseen magazine in 2020, Purnell and Bullock noted that much of the inspiration for their work comes from the natural and architectural sights of California (itself a hub of modernist outdoor furniture design in the postwar era) — not only flora and fauna but also the exciting and eclectic buildings, from storybook cottages to Moorish palaces.
The growing company has also brought on Austin-based architect Meegan Beddoe as a partner of LAUN Studio. The three women now at the helm remain committed to offering chic and sturdy furniture to enhance interior and exterior spaces.
On 1stDibs, find LAUN seating, tables and garden furniture.
Customizable Powdercoat Aluminum Ribbon Stool by Laun
By LAUN
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Simultaneously delicate and bold, the Ribbon stool is a playful addition to Laun's outdoor furniture catalog. The layered aluminum tubes stack together t...
Aluminum
Ceramic Hand Painted Chinese Garden Stool
Located in Vilnius, LT
Vintage Chinese ceramic garden stool with hand painted decor in blue and white dragon motives. Very good/excellent vintage condition. NOTE: Buyer is solely responsible for paying cu...
Ceramic
Italian Hand-Painted Ceramic Garden Stool by Ezio Ceccarelli, 1980s
By Ezio Ceccarelli
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Tuscan clay stool, nice hand-painted. An idea of an Italian garden even in a city apartment: at the entrance it welcomes You with its colors, in the living room You can put down Your...
Ceramic
Ceramic Hand Painted Chinese Garden Stool
Located in Vilnius, LT
Chinese ceramic garden stool with openwork details and circumferential decoration of the floral elements and scenes of ladies.
Ceramic
$3,840Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 37 in W 15.5 in D 19.5 in
Set of Six Emeco Navy Counter Stools in Brushed Aluminum
By Emeco
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Iconic American set of six navy counter height stools finished in brushed aluminum made by Emeco. Designed in 1944 and still in production today. The navy chair is hand-formed from r...
Aluminum
Cast Resin 'Dock' Stool & Side Table by Zachary A. Design
By Zachary A. Bitner
Located in Chicago, IL
Seating that weathers the storm. A sturdy foundation softened by the rhythms of the coast. Dimensions: Diameter 14 in. (35.6 cm), height 18 in. (45.7 cm). Weight 20 lbs. (9 kg). M...
Resin, Fiberglass
$3,485Sale Price / item|15% Off
H 17.72 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Set of 2 Modern Brutalist Dining Stools in Hardwood, Belgium 2022
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Made from thermal treatment Fraké which is graded with durability class A and therefore perfectly suitable for outdoor applications. This is a sculptural eye-catcher that can do it a...
Hardwood
Lonian Twist Outdoor Stool by Myface in Modern Fiberglass Design
By Myface
Located in Santo Tirso, PT
Lonian Twist - Outdoor stool The Lonian stool embodies the timeless elegance of Greek architecture, reimagined with modern precision. Its sculptural sh...
Marble, Stainless Steel
Concrete Mushroom Stools, 1950s France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning French concrete mushroom stools from the 1950s. All hand made and hand painted featuring small decorative mushrooms along the base. ...
Concrete
Cast Resin 'Mason Cut' Stool by Zachary A. Design
By Zachary A. Bitner
Located in Chicago, IL
Brutalist sensibility with a soothing, gentle welcome. This supportive block was carved into a gentle arc, stone traversing its crown. Hard-lined geometry buckles and becomes organic...
Resin, Fiberglass
$3,646Sale Price / item|15% Off
H 19.69 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Contemporary Outdoor Fringes Stool Made With Rattan Weaves
By Munna Design Studio
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Inspired by a key fashion trend, Fringes features a delightful double fringe that adds a lively and flirtatious touch to outdoor spaces. This continuous fringe detail completes its c...
Fabric, Rattan
Pair of Biomorphic Concrete Stools, 1974
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of heavy (over 100 lbs each) cast concrete stools, signed Robinson, Florida, 1974. Unusual biomorphic design.
Concrete
Modern Dark Blue Fiberglass Ionian Stool for Outdoor Use
By Myface
Located in Santo Tirso, PT
The whole design of this contemporary Lonian outdoor stool was developed according to the following structure: -Base: Fiberglass; -Top: Fiberglass; -Middle: Outdoor marble; -Details:...
Marble, Carrara Marble, Stainless Steel