# Moongate Design Studio

Moongate Design Studio is a boutique themed entertainment and experience design firm with offices in the United States, Japan, and South Korea. The studio works across themed entertainment, master planning, brand experience, hospitality, and cultural destinations, partnering with theme parks, IP holders, real estate developers, and cultural institutions. Clients include Qiddiya, JAXA, and others across North America, Asia, and the Middle East.

The studio was co-founded by Sol Song (CEO, creative direction) and David Newman (COO, business and production). Moongate also operates Moon Art Grounds (MAG), a private contemporary art museum near Seoul, South Korea.

## About

- [About](https://moongate-design.com/moongate-about): Who Moongate is, the founders, how the studio delivers, and its industry credentials.
- [The Moongate Mindset](https://moongate-design.com/moongate-mindset): How the studio thinks — principles, perspectives, and methods that shape the work
- [Careers](https://moongate-design.com/moongate-careers): Open roles and studio culture
- [Contact](https://moongate-design.com/moongate-contact): Get in touch, office locations, and direct email
- [Japanese homepage (日本語)](https://moongate-design.com/ja/): The studio's homepage in Japanese

## Services

- [Design](https://moongate-design.com/moongate-design): Experience strategy, master planning, story-driven environments, and brand-led places
- [Graphic Design](https://moongate-design.com/moongate-graphics): Brand identity, environmental graphics, signage, and printed matter for themed destinations
- [Strategy and Consulting](https://moongate-design.com/moongate-consulting): Advisory and operational consulting for destinations, IP holders, hospitality groups, and cultural institutions
- [AI and the Creative Process](https://moongate-design.com/moongate-ai): How Moongate uses AI to augment strategy, ideation, and design without replacing human craft

## Projects

- [All Projects](https://moongate-design.com/moongate-projects): Selected work across themed entertainment, cultural destinations, hospitality, and brand

### Themed Entertainment and IP

- [Qiddiya City](https://moongate-design.com/project-qiddiya): Master plan for Saudi Arabia's giga-project entertainment city
- [Qiddiya Battle Royale](https://moongate-design.com/project-qiddiya-br): Arena-scale esports attraction built on live FPS mechanics, within Qiddiya City
- [Qiddiya Final Fantasy](https://moongate-design.com/project-qiddiya-ff): Final Fantasy as a navigable, destination-scale environment within Qiddiya City
- [Qiddiya Assassin's Creed](https://moongate-design.com/project-qiddiya-ac): Indoor Assassin's Creed attraction, translating digital movement into lived space
- [Qiddiya E-Gaming](https://moongate-design.com/project-qiddiya-eg): Stealth gameplay carried into a themed attraction through darkness, sound, and spatial compression
- [Qiddiya Lagoon](https://moongate-design.com/project-qiddiya-lagoon): Lagoon-anchored district concept and key visualization within Qiddiya City
- [JAXA](https://moongate-design.com/project-jaxa): Space agency experience design
- [Katana Marketing](https://moongate-design.com/project-katana-marketing): IP marketing campaign

### Cultural and Public Engagement

- [Moon Art Grounds Museum](https://moongate-design.com/project-mag): Private contemporary art museum in Yongin, South Korea
- [World of Paper](https://moongate-design.com/project-world-of-paper): Immersive exhibition
- [Wolf Boy](https://moongate-design.com/project-wolf-boy): Narrative experience
- [Dark Alley](https://moongate-design.com/project-dark-alley): Immersive experience
- [Jack the Ripper](https://moongate-design.com/project-jack-ripper): Immersive narrative experience
- [Sherlock](https://moongate-design.com/project-sherlock): Immersive narrative experience
- [Neo Japan](https://moongate-design.com/project-neo-japan): Cultural experience design
- [S Factory](https://moongate-design.com/project-s-factory): Cultural and creative venue

### Master Planning and Destinations

- [Chengdu Tianfu Greenway](https://moongate-design.com/project-chengdu): Master planning and place-making
- [Oakland Mall Redevelopment](https://moongate-design.com/project-mall): Repositioning an underperforming mall as a culture-led public destination

### Hospitality and Brand

- [Hotel New Awaji Group](https://moongate-design.com/hotel-new-awaji-group): Brand, digital, and advisory partnership with a family-run Kansai hospitality group operating 20+ properties across six destinations
- [Hotel New Awaji Group — English Website](https://moongate-design.com/hotel-new-awaji-group-website): The group's first English-language website, guest journey and discoverability
- [Hotel New Awaji Group — Brand Voice](https://moongate-design.com/hotel-new-awaji-group-brand-voice): One English voice and visual direction across the portfolio
- [Hotel New Awaji Group — Social Strategy](https://moongate-design.com/hotel-new-awaji-group-social): Portfolio-level social strategy for a multi-property group
- [Hotel New Awaji Group — Guest Collateral](https://moongate-design.com/hotel-new-awaji-group-collateral): Bilingual guest collateral and seasonal print design
- [Hotel New Awaji Group — Hospitality Advisory](https://moongate-design.com/hotel-new-awaji-group-advisory): Standing bilingual advisory on PR, market strategy, and guest experience

## Logistics

- Studio email: contactus@moongate-design.com
- Offices: United States (Hawaii, HQ), Japan (Osaka), South Korea (Seoul)
- Service area: Worldwide
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/moongate-design/

## Sister Entity

- [Moon Art Grounds](https://magmuseum.com): Private contemporary art museum near Seoul, South Korea, operated by the Moongate founders