He has collaborated with several furniture manufacturers including MDF Italia, Driade, De Padova, CerrutiBaleri, Kristalia, Fiam and Extremis.

He spent much of the decade developing his own range of furniture designs in his workshop, while also undertaking projects for shops, offices, bars, restaurants and private interiors.

[4] In 2000, he introduced his work at the Salone Satellite at Milan's furniture fair and his long lasting collaboration with MDF Italia started with Le Banc - a bench.

He has designed furniture for several Italian brands, taking advantage of each collaboration to explore new visions and technical opportunities and to create innovative elements.

[10] In 2010, Lust won a design competition for the bus shelters of the Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company that will be implemented widely in 2015.

[14][15] In September 2014 Lust had an exhibition ‘Mobilier’ of 20 new art-design pieces at Galerie du Passage owned by Pierre Passebon in Paris.

Design Boom wrote that "Xavier Lust is clearly identifiable through the visible tension he gives to his objects, and the curves influenced by his innovative (de)formation process of metallic surfaces.