TOMOHIRO MUKAIHIRA

Founder / Lighting Designer – Japan

Born in 1983 in Hokkaido, Japan. Joined the lighting design team at a Japanese lighting manufacturer, DAIKO, in 2008 and engaged in various projects for residence, house exhibition and hotels as a lighting designer.  After graduating from MDes in Interior design in Glasgow School of Art in Scotland in 2015 to study light and shadow in a space, also participated in Lighting workshop in Sweden and worked for Lighting Planners Associates (LPA) in Singapore.

LIGHTOWL DESIGNS (former LIGHT GRAFFITI) was established in 2019 in his hometown in Hokkaido, Japan to pursue furthermore regarding beautiful lighting greatly merged with architecture and interior space. 

2006　Ritsumeikan University – Bachelor of Engineering in Environment and Design
2015　Glasgow School of Art – Master of Design in Interior Design

［ Career ］
2006-2007　TAKAMI Co.,Ltd (Kyoto, Japan)
2008-2014　DAIKO ELECTRIC Co.,Ltd (Tokyo, Japan)
2016-2018　 Lighting Planners Associates Singapore (Singapore)
2019-    　　 LIGHTOWL DESIGNS (former LIGHT GRAFFITI)  (Hokkaido, Japan)

［ Certificate ］
Interior Coordinator
Senior Lighting Consultant
1st Class Certified Color Coordinator
2nd Class Qualified Electrician
2nd Class Certified Housing Environment Coordinator for Elderly and Disabled People

MOE NAGANOKAWA

Lighting Designer – Japan

Born in 1996 in Tokyo, Japan. Worked for Lighting Manufacurer, DAIKO, in 2018 and engaged in residential lighting planning for house builders. After studying space design in vocational school in Tokyo, moved to Hokkaido in order to seek a wealth of spirituality and to pursue more comfortabilities for users in a space, in being inspired by various light and shadow which exist in magnificent natural sceneries.

2018　Musashi University – Bachelor of Humanities in European Studies

［ Career ］
2018-2022　DAIKO ELECTRIC Co.,Ltd (Tokyo, Japan)
2019-     　　LIGHTOWL DESIGNS (Hokkaido, Japan)

［ Certificate ］
Lighting Consultant
2nd Class Certified Color Coordinator
2nd Class Qualified Electrician