Founded in 2021, Studio Bertrand Lejoly approaches design as an experience before it becomes an object. For the studio, design is first and foremost about sensations: the quiet, almost intangible quality that objects bring into everyday life. Beyond aesthetics or pure functionality, the aim is to create pieces that bring a sense of calm and balance.
The studio works with particular attention to context, proportion and architectural surroundings. Rather than pursuing a recognizable style, Bertrand Lejoly often speaks of refined simplicity — a search for obviousness and essentiality where everything lies in detail and subtlety. Delicacy is fundamental to this approach. Forms remain restrained, materials are handled with sensitivity, and transitions between elements are carefully considered. Meaning often emerges through small nuances — a proportion, a junction, a tactile quality — allowing objects to acquire a quiet yet distinctive presence.
Working closely with the design industry, the studio develops furniture and objects for interior and outdoor environments. Since its inception, the studio has collaborated with internationally recognized companies such as Zanotta, Paola Lenti, Fantini, Fontana Arte, Serax, Duravit and Restoration Hardware.
Before founding his own studio, Bertrand Lejoly worked as Head of Product Design with Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen from 2013 to 2021, and previously with Matteo Thun & Partners in Milan from 2006 to 2013, after graduating from École supérieure des arts Saint-Luc in Liège. Raised in the German-speaking region of Belgium and immersed in Belgian, German and French cultures, his background has shaped a design approach that bridges northern clarity and southern warmth.
