Xavier Lust

Xavier Lust, a furniture designer and sculptor based in Brussels, was born on 27 August 1969 in Bruges and grew up in the Brussels region. He studied interior design at the Saint-Luc Institute, where he graduated in 1992. He is known for the unique metal shaping technique he uses to make furniture. Simple and original shapes created by folding and bending metal sheets without a mould have become his working signature. He has worked with several furniture manufacturers including MDF Italia, Driade, De Padova, CerrutiBaleri, Kristalia, Fiam and Extremis. He is the founder and director of the design studio Xavier Lust.

His works are part of the permanent collection of museums, including the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Lust collaborated with Fiam Italia in 2008 on Graph desk and with MGX by Materialis in 2009 on Gamete Lamp. In 2010 Lust won a competition to design bus shelters for the Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company, which was widely implemented in 2015. Lust regularly lectures at art and design institutions and industry conferences around the world.