“I believe in design that all the answers are in front of me,” says Xavier, “When I look at a leaf, the tree or any object for that aspect, I just have to educate myself to express it with material into a shape that can possibly lead to a design.”
Xavier designs the product on paper first and is incredibly involved with the design process, from picking out the different materials such as leather and stainless steel. He explains that the chandeliers are biodegradable and uses tanning leather to make the leather durable and less susceptible to decompositioning and colouring.
Dying the leather is a lengthy process and is done with a natural product. The leather colour can be customised to the customers choice. The last step in the designing process is attaching the lights to the chandelier. Like the leather dying that is customisable, the lighting is also customisable and customers can pick any colour they want.
Xavier doesn’t just use the shape of nature for the chandeliers. He also looks at the decay of nature and how he can use that in his designs as well.