Background
Mende, Kaoru was born on June 12, 1950 in Tokyo. Daughter of Shinsaku and Sachiko Tomizawa.
Mende, Kaoru was born on June 12, 1950 in Tokyo. Daughter of Shinsaku and Sachiko Tomizawa.
Bachelor, Tokyo University of Art, 1975. Master of Arts, Tokyo University of Art, 1977.
Non-regular staff Nikken Sekkei, Tokyo, 1977-1990. Executive director TL Yamagiwa Laboratory, Inc., since 1990. President Lighting Planners Associates Inc., since 1990.
Lecturer Tokai University, Kanagawa, since 1985, Tokyo University Art, since 1986, Woman's College Fine Arts, Tokyo, since 1986, Musashino Art University, since 2002.
Member Illuminating Engineering Society North America (Edwin F. Guth Memorial of Excellence award 1985, 87, Paul Waterbury award of Distinction, 1989), International Association Lighting Designers (award of excellence 1997), Illuminating Engineering Institute Japan, Architectural Institute Japan.
Married Kazuko Mende, May 5, 1976.