Living Form
Design Studies

Founded by designers Zhijian Xiong “Teddy” and Junhan Zhang “Violet” in Sweden, 2024,  LFDS is a collective design endeavor to critically continue the modern design agenda. Focusing on present-day living experiences, our spectatorship refers not only to roles of designers, but of living and social humans. We question the incongruous categorization and stylization of home furnishings/accessories as consumer goods, and we deliver our thinkings through product design.


由设计师熊之剑和张珺涵在2024年创立于瑞典,LFDS是一个进行中的的设计集合。此集合试从批判的角度延续现代设计之议题。作为设计师,同时作为生活的社会的人,我们热衷于审视当下自己和周围人们的生活体验,指出在趋向类别化和风格化的消费品家具和当代实在生活之间的违和感。以产品设计为方式,我们在此记录下一些想法。




Living Form 1: Storage
Living Form 2: Apparatus
Living Form 3: Candlestick
Living Form 4: Lamp



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Living Form 1 “Tower”


LF-1 (abbr.) is a moving storage tower with synthesized funtionality. Our living spaces can often resemble a melting pot where space and function are overlapped rather than distinguished, this project speculates new kinds of furniture accordingly.  LF-1 features four layers of shelving, over-head hanging, as well as wheel for mobilization. LF-1 stands as a ultilitarian piece in the interior flux.

Designed and prototyped in 2023
Stainless steel, Plywood
Height: 230cm,  Width: 130cm,  Depth: 80cm


Living Form 2 “Apparatus”


LF-2 (abbr.) is an adjustable floor lamp.  It features a horizontal rail where multiple units can be attached, composing light of different settings. The design appropriates mechanical approach to shape and form light effect in similar fashion to laboratory apparatus, echoing the accurate lighting results one can achieve at home.

Designed and prototyped in 2022
Stainless steel, Painted plastics, LED
Height: 180cm,  Width: 60cm,  Depth: 40cm


Living Form 3 “Candlestick”


LF-3 (abbr.) is a set of candlsticks that pack flat in envelopes. Its idea comes from 3D puzzle toys, remembered nostalgically for building playful 3D forms with flat shapes. The design bears that part of childhood memory onto a specific function, in this case for candles.

Designed and prototyped in 2024
Powder Coated Aluminum
Height: 16cm & 10cm


Living Form 4 “Lamp”


LF-4 (abbr.) is a folding paper lamp.  Metal frames are covered and hinged together with mulberry paper, forming vertical screens around a glowing LED.  Screens can be moved to reshape the lamp’s form, as well as to nuance the light effect.

Designed and Prototyped in 2024
Painted metal, Mulberry paper,  G4 LED
Height: 30cm,  Width: 10cm