Studio/ JIALUN XIONG, a multidisciplinary design studio based in Los Angeles, exploring ideas of duality and creative restraint in designs for spaces, furnishings, lighting, and objects.

Graphic, high-drama, and rigorously intentional, Xiong’s design objects push the boundaries of their construction, balancing positive and negative space as a means of heightening the experience of their users. Hovering between weightlessness and weighty, Xiong’s forms inspire a quiet contemplation and gentle focus that keeps one squarely grounded in the present.

Having studied interior architecture, furniture and lighting design, Xiong’s approach artfully balances positive and negative space, always considering the relationship between objects and spatial volumes. Inspired by the mountainous landscape and high-rise architecture of her hometown in Chongqing as well as the functional minimalism of the International Style of architecture, Xiong creates spatial environments and furnishings with an abstract geometric bent that precisely frames the human experience happening within. Always aiming for holistic and integrated spaces, Xiong’s designs encourage a heightened awareness of every material detail, inspiring a ceremonial attitude where slowing down and finding presence is celebrated.

Xiong’s work has been exhibited and published internationally, with projects spanning restaurants, commercial, and residential spaces across Los Angeles and beyond. She has been recognized in Wallpaper USA 300 and Wallpaper USA 400, awarded an Honorable Mention in AN Interior’s Best of Practice Awards, and featured on the Sight Unseen Hotlist. Her projects are included in Making Space: Interior Design by Women (Phaidon, 2024), a landmark global survey of 250 of the most creative women practicing interior design from the early twentieth century to today. Her work is also featured in Cafés Vol. 02 by Softer Volumes, an international publication highlighting thoughtfully designed contemporary café spaces worldwide.