I am a designer-maker working across furniture and functional art. My work examines how ideologies are embedded in design and consumption. I work primarily in metal, textiles and plastics.

My work has been featured by izé Hardware, Design Everything, and Zaccaria Slater’s ‘Bunch of Knobs’ (Milan 2026). Previously I worked at The Nanz Company.

I love taking on commissions for all sorts of projects, from custom furniture and metalwork, to design engineering for injection-moulded inventions.

My facilities include: CAD, welding (ferrous/bronze/aluminium), CNC machining, sand casting (aluminium/bronze), polishing, powder coating, plastic forming and woodwork.

contact: info[at]maximlester[dot]com

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