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title: "Studio Corthals Loïc | Belgian Product & Furniture Designer"
description: "Loïc Corthals — Belgian product and furniture designer working with leather, solid wood, stone and metal. Salone del Mobile 2026, FOR NOW Brussels 2025."
url: https://studiocorthalsloic.com/
last_updated: 2026-05-07
---

# Studio Corthals Loïc

Belgian product and furniture design studio led by Loïc Corthals, working with honest, natural materials — full-grain leather, solid hardwood, natural stone and metal.

## At a Glance
- Designer: Loïc Corthals
- Studio: Studio Corthals Loïc
- Based in: Belgium
- Disciplines: product design, furniture design, lighting design, industrial design
- Exhibitions: Salone del Mobile 2026 (Milan), FOR NOW 2025 (Brussels)
- International collaborations: Belgium, EU, Canada, Dubai, China
- Email: info@studiocorthalsloic.com

## Featured Projects

### Duocurve (2025) — Lighting
Sculptural lamp combining a CNC-milled, anodized aluminium base with two full-grain leather compartments that cradle the light source. Uses an E27 dimmable bulb. Produced in Belgium with Bluestar (since 1906). https://www.duocurve.eu/

### Vara Chair (2025) — Furniture
Demountable solid European ash chair with a foam-structured, full-grain leather backrest. Steel cross-brace, 2K varnish finish, felt-protected legs. Presented at Salone del Mobile 2026.

### Otti the Mini Office (2025) — Furniture
Self-contained home workspace in solid white ash with a leather-upholstered lid that doubles as a lap desk. Designed for small apartments.

### Gringa (2023) — Furniture, for Jabuticasa
Solid Tauari/Freijó hardwood chair fusing Brazilian craftsmanship with contemporary form. Co-designed by Loïc Corthals with Thiago Antonelli, Thélvio Veiga and Carolina Bonani. https://loja.jabuticasa.com/

### Cross-D (2025) — Furniture
CNC-milled solid walnut side table with an interlocking cross-joint — friction-fit, no adhesive. Hard wax oil finish.

### Naturest (2023) — Furniture
Outdoor bench in Padouk hardwood with powder-coated stainless steel frame, shaped so a group can sit together while a solo user can still sit alone.

### Vara Bed (2025) — Furniture
Solid European ash bed extending the Vara collection. Birch slatted base, full-grain leather headboard, hidden steel bracket assembly.

### Milo (2025) — Lighting
Tactile sphere lamp dimmed by rolling the sphere. Wood or aluminium base with wireless spherical glass lamp.

## Materials Philosophy
The studio works exclusively with honest, natural materials: full-grain vegetable-tanned leather, solid hardwoods (European ash, walnut, padouk, tauari), natural stone, and refined metals (anodized aluminium, stainless steel). No veneers or imitations.

## Manufacturing Partners
- Bluestar (https://www.bluestar.be/) — Belgian family-owned leather house since 1906; manufacturing partner for leather pieces
- Jabuticasa (Brazil) — brand partner for the Gringa chair

## Site Map (Markdown Mirrors)
- https://studiocorthalsloic.com/index.md
- https://studiocorthalsloic.com/flow/index.md
- https://studiocorthalsloic.com/press/index.md
- https://studiocorthalsloic.com/contact/index.md