Maxim Lester is a product and furniture designer from London. His practice uses metal and textiles in a handmade utilitarian style, and aims to explore how values are embedded in objects. Maxim studied at the Royal College of Art.

Everything we do is made to order. We love taking on commissions for all sorts of projects, including custom furniture, product design, metal casting and metalwork.

facilities:

CAD, welding (steel/bronze/aluminium), CNC machining, sand casting (aluminium/bronze), polishing, powder coating, plastic forming and woodwork.

selected press:

Financial Times – Design Everything at ARAM ’26
Dezeen – Top picks for August ’26
Dezeen – Design Everything ’25

selected exhibitions:

upcoming:
Design Everything at ARAM, Sept-Oct 2026
Travel Light with Slancha at The Hoxton, LDF 2026
Kiln Shift at Clink Street Ceramics, LDF 2026
The Way by OMMFA at The Old Waiting Room Peckham, LDF 2026

past:
Sell Out Show, 3 days of Design, Copenhagen, 2026
a bunch of knobs, Fuorisalone, Milan, 2026
izé Accent Light Switches Launch, London, 2026
OEM Throw Blanket for Couch, The Gallery, London, 2026
Design Everything, London Design Festival, 2025
Object 74, London Design Festival, 2025
Buoyancy, Hockney Gallery, London, 2025

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