Tapio is the founder and design director of the Lighting Design Collective. He grew up in northern Finland exposed to the extremes of 24 hours of daylight during summers and 24 hours of darkness during the winter time. This might have influenced his choice to start exploring lighting, first through photography and then later through theatre, film and show lighting. In 1998 he graduated as a lighting designer specialising in architectural lighting.

Tapio worked in Great Britain from 1998 until 2009, first as a designer for Kevan Shaw Lighting Design in Edinburgh and then as a Director for Maurice Brill Lighting Design in London. He has contributed as a lighting designer to over hundred projects in the Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East ranging from Hotels, Restaurants and Bars to Museums, Exhibitions and urban environments. In 2009 he moved to Madrid, Spain.

His background in film and show lighting regularly influences his lighting design work. He formed Lighting Design Collective to act as a collaborative platform between professionals from the worlds of architecture, lighting design, visual arts, interaction, film production, and motion graphics.
He has gained a Master of Science in Light & Lighting degree from UCL Bartlett University, London and a Medianomi in Lighting Design degree from Tampere School of Arts and Communication, Finland. He regularly lectures at universities, trade fairs and professional conferences about lighting design for the built environment.

 

Tapio is a Director of Membership for the Professional Lighting Designers Association (PLDA)

 

 

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