Esther
2023 / 2026
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Zhilin Jiang (Esther)

Interior Design
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Selected Work — 2023 / 2026
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Designer of
interior spaces.

I am an interior designer who works between interior installations, small public architecture, and the quiet psychology of how people occupy a room. I begin from a single human need — to rest, to hide, to breathe — and let the form grow outward rather than imposing a preconceived aesthetic.

My work sits on the boundary between public and private space: how a chair can become a refuge, how a retail kiosk can dissolve into a landscape, how a village can be reborn through its own contours. I work with materials I can feel — foam, rope, ceramic, timber, light — and I prototype at full scale before rendering.

What makes my practice distinct is the material-first, psychology-first process: every project is tested physically and emotionally, never only on screen. I believe a room is never finished — it adapts to how people actually use it, not how we imagined they would.

Name
Zhilin Jiang (Esther)
Education
BA (Hons) Interior Design · Hebei University / University of Lancashire
Focus
Interior · Installation · Adaptive Reuse
Language
Chinese (native) · English (second)
Tools
Rhino · SketchUp · V-Ray · AutoCAD · Photoshop · Enscape · InDesign · Illustrator · CapCut
Approach
01

Listen

Every project starts with a person. What do they need — a refuge, a stage, a pause? Psychology over aesthetics.

02

Sketch

Hand sketches and material studies. Foam, rope, paper — physical prototyping before any digital rendering.

03

Build

Full-scale maquettes and on-site assembly. Details are resolved in the hand, not on the screen.

04

Reflect

The space is never finished. It adapts to how people actually use it — not how we imagined they would.

Get in touch

Let's make something flow.

Open to collaborations, studio work and conversations about space.

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