art director
LEA SCHROEDER
Contemporary art director and founder of her eponymous brand, Lea Schroeder creates collections where craftsmanship meets timeless aesthetics. Trained in Paris and Milan, with a background in the luxury industry, working 5 years as a designer for LANCEL amongst others, she approaches material and form with a sensitive, intuitive eye.
Through her Luxembourg-based studio, she creates home objects, accessories, and textiles — including silk scarves and sterling silver jewelry — all distinguished by her signature graphic language.
Her work draws on ethnic, cultural, and spiritual influences, rooted in universal symbols and inspired by a desire to reconnect humans with their deeper nature.
Her creations, particularly her handmade ceramics, unfold as poetic tales: objects that carry memory, evoke emotion, and build bridges between ancestral myths and modern life expression.
alchemical
LANGUAGE OF SYMBOLS
Every creation begins in a quiet state of intimate contemplation, where symbols, colours, and ornamental patterns emerge intuitively upon an inert, silent form. Inspired by dreams, nature, and mythology, they gradually bring each object to life, woven together by the invisible threads that connect memory, emotion, and imagination.
Like an alchemist, the designer transforms these fragments into a visual language that reveals the poetry hidden within everyday life.
Rather than offering fixed meanings, her creations invite each person to slow down, to feel, and to awaken the quiet sense of wonder that reminds us the world still holds a little magic.
sources of
Inspiration
Lea Schroeder's creative universe unfolds at the meeting point of the tangible and the invisible. It is nourished by nature, ancestral wisdom, myths, dreams, literature, travel, and meaningful encounters, as well as by the symbolic language of animals, the four elements, and the rhythms that shape both the natural world and the human soul. Rather than seeking answers, she is drawn to the questions that accompany every life.
Her greatest source of inspiration lies in the lessons quietly revealed through transformation, identity, loss, hope, resilience, and belonging—where the ordinary unveils a second meaning, symbols become mirrors, stories become guides, and creation becomes a way of exploring what it means to be fully human.
Through her own tales and modern fables for grown-ups, Lea gives these reflections a playful and poetic voice. Beneath their whimsical characters, imaginary worlds and gentle morals lie deeper questions about life, human nature and spirituality. Rather than offering lessons or absolute truths, her stories invite curiosity, wonder and personal interpretation. Each is an open invitation to discover, reflect and take away whatever resonates with one's own journey.
shaped by
FINE CRAFTS
The birth of Lea Schroeder Studio is deeply rooted in the world of fine crafts. Lea Schroeder's debut exhibition at the Luxembourg Biennale of Fine Crafts, De Mains de Maîtres, where she was awarded the Public Prize in 2018, marked a decisive turning point in her career. It led to the opening of her first atelier-showroom within the 1535° Creative Hub and marked her return to her home country after years of studying and building her creative career abroad.
Since then, her work has been presented at venues including the Grand Palais in Paris and Paris Design Week. Today, her practice continues to evolve between Luxembourg and Paris—the city that nurtured her creative education and continues to inspire her through its vibrant cultural life and its enduring dialogue between art, craftsmanship, and design.
creating
From
the heart
It was through her mother that Lea Schroeder first discovered clay at the age of four. What began as a childhood gesture became a lifelong conversation between the hand, the heart, and the material. To this day, ceramic remains her anchor—a meditative practice where intuition takes shape, and where each creation begins by simply being present.
intrinsic
POWER of
Beauty
For Lea Schroeder, beauty is far more than something to admire—it is something that transforms. It has the quiet power to uplift, inspire joy, and rekindle a sense of lightness within us. Every creation is born from the hope of offering a meaningful encounter, reminding us that beauty can nurture the human spirit and gently change the way we see ourselves and the world around us.
Her work celebrates authenticity, sensitivity, and emotion over perfection. Through symbolic forms, harmonious colours, and handcrafted details, each piece embraces life with both depth and playfulness, revealing the beauty hidden within change, the courage of letting go, and the quiet strength that allows us to become who we are meant to be.
VISION
To cultivate a world where consciously crafted objects reconnect people with beauty, meaning, and their deeper nature—preserving craftsmanship, celebrating cultural heritage, and creating modern heirlooms to be cherished and passed on across generations.
MISSION
To create handmade collectible objects through ethical sourcing, local craftsmanship, and conscious production, combining timeless aesthetics with symbolic storytelling to foster emotional durability and transform everyday rituals into lasting experiences.
Vision
To cultivate a world where consciously crafted objects reconnect people with beauty, meaning, and their deeper nature—preserving craftsmanship, celebrating cultural heritage, and creating modern heirlooms to be cherished and passed on across generations.
cross-disciplinary
COLLABORATIONS
INSTITUTIONS
BRANDS
ORGANIZATIONS
ARCHITECTS
Lea Schroeder Studio welcomes collaborations with institutions, brands, organisations, and architects seeking to create projects with artistic depth and cultural relevance. As art director, Lea Schroeder brings together her multidisciplinary team to develop bespoke concepts, translating ideas, identities, and shared values into distinctive visual universes and meaningful experiences.
Whether through collectible objects, exhibitions, interior concepts, installations, or cross-disciplinary collaborations, the studio approaches every project as an opportunity to explore new creative territories. Discover a selection of past commissions and co- creations that reflect this collaborative spirit and artistic vision.