When Kirolos “Kiro” Eid launched 8X6 Design Studio in 2021, he made a decision that would define the firm’s trajectory. Before focusing on growth, he would focus on structure.
It is a distinction that matters in a field where creative ambition often outpaces operational capacity. For Kiro, the two were never in conflict. From the studio’s earliest days as a solo practice, he developed internal systems including documentation standards, workflow protocols, and client communication frameworks, designed to bring the same level of intentionality to the back end of design work as to the design itself.
The results speak to the approach. In its founding year, 8X6 managed more than twenty concurrent projects. Since then, the studio has completed over 120 engagements spanning residential, commercial, retail, hospitality, and religious typologies, with individual projects reaching upward of 20,000 square feet. Work has extended across six states, with international projects in Cairo and planned expansion into Dubai.
Kiro holds affiliations with Associate AIA, ASID, and IIDA, a cross-disciplinary range that reflects his engagement with both architectural and interior design practice. That breadth is evident in the firm’s project portfolio, which moves fluidly between the intimacy of private residences and the complexity of large-scale commercial environments.
The studio’s design philosophy centers on three principles: spatial balance, clarity of movement, and purposeful material selection. Kiro is explicit in his resistance to trend-driven work, preferring instead to develop environments grounded in long-term functional and aesthetic coherence. Client feedback consistently highlights the team’s ability to identify technical challenges early in the construction document phase, a capability that reduces downstream coordination issues and supports stronger contractor relationships.
Today, 8X6 operates with a team of four, a deliberate choice that preserves the studio’s hands-on engagement model while allowing continued portfolio growth. Kiro’s near-term focus is on expanding the firm’s hospitality and retail practice, sectors he views as particularly responsive to the kind of spatially considered design his studio is built to deliver.
For practitioners looking to understand how a young firm builds lasting credibility in a competitive market, 8X6 Design Studio offers an instructive model: lead with systems, invest in quality, and let the work make the case.