In conversation with artist Lena Wigers
Artist Lena Wigers reintroduces her thoughtful, quietly expressive world to Wall ...
A studio design that shifts with the season. Liza Langen opened her purpose-built flower shop and studio just a year ago, during fall of 2024, but it has already been through many iterations of looks. The custom-designed interior hasn’t changed, but still the look of the space shifts as the contents of visually dominant custom flower fridge changes with the seasons. We visited Liza for a chat while she was working on a floral arrangement to be styled with our fall 2025 collection.
Photos by Björn Eklund
How did you first find this space, and what made you stay?
It was totally a happy coincidence. Everyone who knows me knows I never thought of having a flower store, but after wrapping up a year-long production for my book I suddenly began dreaming about it. My partner, Niklas, mentioned the area in Sofia since it’s so close to our home. A few emails later, I came to visit this space. It was brand new—a blank sheet. And those windows! All that light! I remember thinking to myself “If I don’t get this space, I don’t want anything else”.
When visiting your studio, it’s clear that you care a lot about your space—how does it affect your work?
Negative space and change are really important to me, like an empty shelf you fill with something new every time. I find the feeling of renewal quite captivating. For that reason the space itself was designed to be timeless, where flowers could be the ever changing centerpiece. That is how the idea of our flower fridge as a window came to be, it always reflects the season outside.
You regularly host flower arranging workshops. What excites you most about opening your studio up for others to learn and create?
Flowers are such captivating creatures. You can easily see their power over our minds and hearts through countless artworks, traditions and rituals around the world. There aren’t many things that can so easily center us in the present moment—flowers do that perfectly. I treat my workshops as a practice, an active meditation. It’s a great pleasure to introduce more people to flowers, and just creating (not achieving) and reflecting on the present moment.
How do ideas usually take shape for you—through sketching, referencing saved ideas, or just hands-on arranging?
The flowers themselves and how they drastically change with the seasons are always my main inspiration and what I try to highlight through my work. Nature is limitlessly inspiring if only we can stop for a moment to observe it.
What role does imperfection play in your arrangements?
To me, acknowledging imperfection is part of creating with intention. Nothing is perfect and the same, and it’s one of the main things that draws me to flowers day after day.
Which flower do you think is misunderstood, or deserves more attention?
I think this is so personal and unique to each person. Flowers are really not what you just see in front of you, but rather a reflection of a moment, memory, feeling, and that is deeply personal. In general, I believe seasonal flowers always deserve more attention even though in some cases they don’t last as long. This time limit is what makes them so much more special to me, I can’t tell you enough how much I long for the first fritillary in early spring or chocolate cosmos in late august.
Is there a particular project that has felt extra special to you?
Creating my first book will be forever the most special. Two years from idea to holding the book in my hands, working with the most talented team, and being able to realize all my ideas freely and fully was just magical.
Below: Floral arrangement by Liza Langén with the fall 2025 collection in the WOA apartment.
