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Jing got drunk at a bar and started one of the best offices in New York.

Jing's interview originally aired on November 8, 2018.

Jing Liu cofounded SO – IL with Florian Idenburg in 2008, emphasizing mission-driven cultural projects as an integral part of the urban fabric. Through building practice and interdisciplinary research projects, Jing has led SO – IL to explore new fabrication methods — as in Kukje Gallery and CTF Museum — and engage with the sociopolitical issues of contemporary cities — in projects like the Artists Loft North Omaha and Frieze Art Fair. Her perspective extends outside conventional architecture, with artist collaborations including Janaina Tschape and Kota Yamada; curatorial partnership at the London Design Museum; and book projects such as Solid Objectives: Order, Edge, Aura published by Lars Müller. Jing extends her interest in the future of cities as an active board member of the Van Alen Institute, a nonprofit that applies design research to pressing social and cultural challenges of tomorrow.

Food Radio is a radio station started by Food New York. For season one, Office Hours, we took over a storefront in Chinatown and interviewed over 50 artists, designers, chefs, architects, entrepreneurs, and one politician, all to find out how they managed to make money doing what they love. The space was open for anyone to visit, hang out, attend workshops and ask questions. All of the interviews were recorded live. A special thanks goes out to Jelisa Blumberg, Wave Farm, Montez Press Radio and Patrick Nininger.