Milan Kundera once wrote that "slowness is the most radical form of freedom." It is a line that could serve as the founding statement for LESORR, the furniture and object design studio founded in 2023 by David Raymond in Quebec. In a culture where objects are launched like events—visible, circulated, archived, forgotten—Raymond proposes something almost radical in its simplicity: pieces that ask for time to be understood.
LESORR (Les Objets Raymond Raymond) works primarily in raw aluminium, a material Raymond chose with deliberate purpose. "Growing up in a quieter, slower region of Quebec, I was surrounded by a lot of aged and well-loved furniture and household objects, pieces that had been kept and cherished for generations," he explains. "Raw aluminum is very expressive and reactive to the way we use it. It develops a patina over time, and, much like a softer wood, it records marks and scuffs from use. Those traces remain and live on to tell a story."
His design process mirrors this patience. Everything begins on paper, sometimes left for weeks before being revisited. "I never force myself to make something before I feel ready. I’d rather let it mature than create something that’s half-finished. Urgency feels unfulfilling." Physical prototypes at 1:1 scale come early—"not only is it always better looking as a physical object, but it’s the best and easiest way to spot what needs to be adjusted." The Rounded Edges Collection, with its generous proportions and carefully considered curves, exemplifies this approach: softness as a pause in perception, an invitation to a different kind of interaction.
Asked what justifies creating something new today, Raymond is characteristically measured: "In many ways, everything has already been made. For LESORR, a piece must justify itself either through its assembly or through its final form. If the reinterpretation doesn’t add something meaningful, it doesn’t need to be produced." A timeless object, he suggests, "is one we don’t get tired of, one that evolves alongside us. Timelessness is less about a fixed aesthetic and more about relationships. It’s about the story that accumulates around an object over years of use."
