Meet Annie

Founder + Principal Designer

Annie founded Lux Studio, a full service lighting design consultancy, in 2024.

She is passionate about using light and shadow to enliven the built environment and comes to lighting design from a background of art and interior design.

Her career in lighting has included work at small, boutique lighting studios, a manufacturer’s representative, a Fortune 500 energy services company, and several MEP engineering firms. This breadth of experience allows Annie to combine creativity, excellent communication skills, and a realistic understanding of how lighting design projects come together in a wholistic manner.

A former mentor once told Annie that she had a “gift for context” - the ability to see how the small details on each project fit into its overall big idea and vision. That gift has become a passion; Annie enjoys how the small, diligent, daily design tasks can really make a difference in the larger project overall.

For Annie, collaboration and communication is central; she loves the interplay of ideas and solutions that result when the client, consultants, design team, and contractor work together to share knowledge and ideas.

Annie Hartwood-Thayer, LC

Education

B.A. Psychology, Fine Art, Liberal Arts - McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

A.A.S. Interior Design - CIDA/FIDER - Dakota County Technical College, Rosemount, MN

Licensure

LC (Lighting Certified) by NCQLP - 2016

Affiliations

Member IESNA (Illuminating Engineering Society of North America) Seattle Chapter - 2014

Member IESNA (Illuminating Engineering Society of North America) Minneapolis/St. Paul Chapter - 2007

Allied Member AIA (American Institute of Architects)