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Lust’s office is adjacent to the white-walled gallery and

showroom on the ground-floor. Upstairs, the living

spaces are in a ‘Belgian style’, he says: classically

proportioned rooms with herringbone parquet floors

and high ceilings. His designs take pride of place

throughout, including in the dining area, where his

Calder-inspired ‘Fireworks’ chandelier hangs above

a glass ‘S’ table with bronze base – ‘an emotional

piece’. Lust knocked down a wall here, opening up the

space into the living room, in order to create a ‘long

proportion, as in a Venetian palazzo’. The living space is

furnished with more of Lust’s designs, all tied together

by their fluid sensibility and ingenious construction.

On the roof terrace, the breadth of Lust’s output

becomes clear. Larger outdoor pieces such as the

striking ‘Volupté’ bench, a couple of ‘Flow’ sofas, and

‘La Grande Table’ with four folded aluminium ‘Bwb’

chairs create an inviting setting that Lust happily

employs for social functions and public events. There’s

also a playful ‘Picnik’ table thrown in for good measure.

Produced by the Belgian company Extremis, it is the

result of a collaboration with its owner Dirk Wynants.

Lust studied interior design at Brussels’ Institut

Saint-Luc, and continues to receive commissions for

renovations and extensions. He was drawn, though, (^) »
CLOCKWISE FROM
LEFT, LUST WITH HIS ‘BLOB IV’
MIRROR AND ‘CONTINENT’
CONSOLE; THE DINING ROOM,
WITH FURNITURE INCLUDING
LUST’S ‘S’ TABLE, ‘FIREWORKS’
CHANDELIER, AND ALUMINIUM
‘T-CHAIRS’ AND ‘4U’ CHAIR;
THE BEDROOM, WITH A
2009 LACQUERED ALUMINIUM
BED, AND ‘STAR SYSTEM’
MIRROR, FOR DRIADE
‘I don’t like to repeat myself. When a piece
materialises, it’s always a surprise’
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In Residence