Li Xiang, who obtained her degree of Architecture at Birmingham City University in the United Kingdom, founded X+Living Architecture and Interior Design in 2011 and later crossed into the field of interior design. She has created numerous benchmark design works across diverse business formats such as commercial real estate, culture, retail, family entertainment and hospitality. She leverages her distinctive insights into art and culture to construct commercial spaces teeming with emotional tension, crafting sensory escape points for the general public and infusing the brands she serves with design creativity that confers a competitive edge.
Her work has been globally recognized with numerous accolades, garnering over a hundred design awards, and she has also been invited to serve as a judge for international competitions such as the Dezeen Awards, Frame Awards, and A' Design Awards. She has been honored as Forbes's Designers with the Most Potential, German Iconic Design Award's Interior Designer of the Year, and Global Interior Retail Design Awards at the Prix Versailles Awards.
In 2020, she was the only Chinese designer selected by Fast Company in the "Most Creative People in Business". In 2021, she became the only Chinese designer listed in the PMI Future 50.

Honors and Awards:

2024 Fortune China Most Powerful Women
2024 Archiproducts Design Awards - Jury
2024 Architizer TOP 100 Firms in China
2024 Fortune China Best Designs
2024 Atap Design Awards - 评委
2023 Prix Versailles Awards - Special Prize Interior
2023 Kyoto Global Design Awards - Best 100
2023 Archello Awards - Jury
2023 Dezeen Awards China - Jury
2023 Builder Architect’s Chair Competition - Jury
2023 100 Best Russia Projects - Jury
2023 A’Design Awards - Jury
2022 INTERIOR DESIGN's Best of Year Awards - Best Retail Space
2022 Architecture MasterPrize - Best of Best
2022 A’Design Awards - Jury
2022 IFI Design Distinction Award - Gold & Silver Award
2022 Dezeen Awards - Jury
2021 INTERIOR DESIGN's Best of Year Awards - Best Bookstore
2021 Architecture MasterPrize - 1 Best of Best and 4 Winner Awards
2021 ICONIC AWARDS: Innovative Architecture - Interior Designers of the Year
2021 A+Awards - Jury Winner(Commercial retail)
2021 PMI Future 50
2021 Archiproducts Design Awards - Jury
2021 Loop Design Awards - Jury
2020 Interior Design Best of Year Awards - Best Mixed Retail Space
2020 UK Restaurant & Bar Design Awards - International Color
2020 FAST COMPANY Global: Most Creative People in Business
2020 Hospitality Design Magazine“2020 Wave of the Future”
2020 Frame Awards - Entertainment Venue of the Year
2020 Archdaily Best of building - winner of interior architecture
2019 International Design Awards - Gold Award
2019 DDF Award: China Decoration Designing Industry TOP10 Youths
2019 Interior Design Best of Year Awards - Best Bookstore Design
2019 FAST COMPANY CHINA: Most Creative People in Business 100
2019 Prix Versailles Awards - Special Prize Interior
2019 Frame Awards - Jury
2018 UK Restaurant & Bar Design Awards - Best Restaurant Design
2018 Frame Awards - Designer of the Year & Multi-Brand Store of the Year
2018 Prix Versailles Awards - Special Prize Interior
2017 The 21st Andrew Martin Awards - International Interior Design
2017 AD100 Most influential Chinese Designers
2017 Prix Versailles Awards - Global Prize Interior
2017 FRAME 20 Years: 20 Creatives Defining the Future
2016 Interior Design Best of Year Awards - Best Bookstore Design
2015 Forbes China’s 30 Most Promising Designers