Seonmi Ahn

Seonmi is a Lighting Designer & Interior Designer. Throughout her career she has worked on a diverse range of projects, including retail, landscape, façade, urban, office, and commercial lighting design.

Her journey into lighting design began in 2014 after completing her Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design from Chung-Ang University, South Korea. Following her graduation, she had the opportunity to intern at L’Observatoire International in New York. This experience opened her eyes to the creative and technical depth of lighting design, far beyond what she had encountered in her interior design studies. She was able to participate in hands-on projects and assist with mock-ups, learning how to test luminaires, model cove details, aim lights on site, and fine-tune lighting temperatures. Seeing how lighting designers could control and manipulate light to articulate a design’s intention in a space inspired her to pursue this field further. To deepen her expertise, she went on to study Architectural Lighting Design at Hochschule Wismar in Germany for her Master’s degree.

She believes that Light is everywhere and fundamental to life—not just for visibility, but also for its environmental and biological effects. Designing with light requires balancing aesthetics with sustainability, and each project presents a unique challenge and an opportunity for growth. She is constantly inspired by the transformative power of light and the endless possibilities it offers in shaping our environments.