MisoSoupDesign is Taipei based design Studio let by Daisuke Nagatomo and Minnie Jan. Their design incorporates new ideas with digital tectonics and sustainability technologies. They also apply the systematic way of thinking in design, and discover the surprising moment when form meets function. MisoSoupDesign produces diverse area of design for architecture, interior, furniture/product and corporate branding. MisoSoupDesign has won several international design competition and design awards, and published on books and magazine around the world.

Minnie Jan / Founding Partner
Minnie Jan holds Bachelor of architecture from University of Southern California, and Masters degree from Columbia University in Advanced Architectural Design. Her professional career includes Large scale office project in Middle East and India with FXfowle architects and also new transportation line in Washington DC area with di Domenico + Partners. After the years of experience in New York City, she spent one year in IaaC (Barcelona, Spain) as invited researcher to develop FabLab House project to attend Solar Decathlon Europe in 2010. Jan is currently PhD candidate at the collage of design in Chung Yuan Christian University, and has taught National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan.

Daisuke Nagatomo / Founding Design Director
After graduating from Meiji University in Tokyo, Daisuke Nagatomo followed his passion for architecture to Columbia University, where he received a Master’s Degree in Advanced Architectural Design. After graduating, he worked in TEN Arquitectos and Design Office for Research and Architecture. His work interested IaaC in Barcelona, who invited him to participate in the FabLab House project during 2009 to 2010, and additionally awarded him a research diploma for his role as a researcher of the project. He has taught at several schools including Tokyo Denki University, Pratt Institute, Tokyo University of Science, and Keio University. He is currently an assistant professor at Chung Yuan Christian University in Taiwan and a board member of the Chinese Society of Interior Designers