Architectural Appetite, Brussels: lamps made of salvaged steel ducts and washi paper
Justin Dirkx Khuadprakhon moulds Japanese paper onto industrial ducts. Three unique, numbered pieces, €2,800 each, on Beyit.
1 MIN · 1 October 2026At the bottom, a salvaged industrial stainless steel duct, heavy and cold. At the top, washi paper moulded straight onto it, keeping its shape and letting the light through. The Paper Steel Lights all live in that opposition, and each one is unique.
Who he is
Justin Dirkx Khuadprakhon is an architect-artist of Dutch and Thai origin, based in Brussels. His studio, Architectural Appetite, works between architecture, art and design, with particular care for reuse and material. The lamps grew out of a habit of looking at what building sites leave behind.
How they are made
The series is called juxta. Japanese washi, or Thai saa paper, is moulded directly onto the steel and takes on its folds, welds and marks. The result recalls the paper lanterns of South-East and East Asia, set on a shaft that came out of a factory. Each lamp is numbered and delivered with its certificate of authenticity. They stand between 178 and 185 cm tall, 20 to 25 cm wide: floor lamps, not table lamps.
The three pieces in the drop
Numbers 2, 4 and 5 of the juxta series. One of each, in stock in Brussels. €2,800 each, shipping €125.
Why he is in drop 001
Because this is reuse that neither apologises nor lectures: the duct stays a duct, and it is beautiful. Architectural Appetite is one of the six studios in the first Beyit drop, opened on 1 October.
The Paper Steel Lights are on Beyit, €2,800 each, three unique pieces shipped from Brussels. See the studio and its pieces.
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