Living Form 
Design Studies


Founded by designers Zhijian Xiong and Junhan Zhang in Sweden, 2024,  LFDS is an ongoing design collection that set to critically continue the modern design agenda. Focusing on present-day living experiences, our spectatorship refers not only to the role of designers, but also of living human-beings. We question the sedated categorization and stylization of home furnishings/accessories as consumer goods, then we document our answers here.


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,同时作为生活的人,我们热衷于审视当下我们自己和周围人们的生活体验,并对趋于类别化和风格化的消费品家具/饰品提出疑问和解答。




Living Form 1: Storage
Living Form 2: Lamp
Living Form 3: Candle Holder
Living Form 4: Lamp



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Living Form 1: Storage


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: 220cm,  Width: 130cm,  Depth: 75cm


Living Form 2: Lamp


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 results one can achieve with the lamp.

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


Living Form 3: Candle Holder


LF-3 (abbr.) is a set of candle holders 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 candle holders.

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 make big changes to the lamp’s form, or small changes to the light effect.

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