I'm a lighting specialistbased in Melbourne, Australia.
I work across architecture, public space, theatre, hospitality, infrastructure and installation art, mostly around Australia.
About
Specialist in architectural, infrastructure, public space, sport, compliance and installation art lighting.
I design light for architecture, infrastructure and public spaces. Most of the work is technical, but the point of it isn't. Lighting decides whether a place feels safe after dark, whether people linger, and how a building reads from the street at night.
I've spent over a decade delivering architectural, infrastructure, public realm, sports and compliance lighting, from first concept through to construction. The interesting part is holding both sides together: the numbers have to stack up, and the result still has to be worth looking at.
I'm as comfortable developing a creative concept as I am running calculations and putting together compliance documentation. A lot of my time goes into coordinating architects, engineers, landscape architects and contractors, keeping an idea intact all the way from sketch to switch-on.
Standards and budgets are the constraints, not the brief. Meeting them is the baseline. What I'm actually chasing is the way a place feels once everything is switched on, and seeing people use it the way you hoped is still the best part of the job.
A selection
of my work.
A mix of recent projects across the many sectors I work in. Each one opens to its own page. This list is only some of the projects I have been involved in over the years, as these are the only ones with photos.
Experience.
Lighting Design Manager, Coolon LED
2025 to now
I lead Coolon's lighting design team, delivering lighting strategy and technical design for infrastructure, architectural and industrial projects across Australia. The role sits across design leadership, technical expertise and project delivery, working alongside engineers, architects and government authorities to land solutions that are compliant and visually considered rather than one at the expense of the other.
Technical Director, Isambard Studio
2024 to now
Isambard Studio is an independent creative practice I co-founded with Stefan Isherwood, exploring the relationship between light, darkness and human perception. We both came out of theatrical lighting and it shows: we make immersive installations that blur the boundaries between architecture, art and performance.
Light and darkness are our materials. Where an artist works in paint, we work in light, composing with contrast, sculpting with shadow and using darkness as deliberately as the light itself.
Senior Lighting Designer, VAILO
2023 to 2025
A more technical role with an LED manufacturer, on the engineering and performance side of lighting. I designed luminaires and worked on broadcast level sports lighting.
Lighting Designer to Associate, WSP
2017 to 2023
Six years at WSP, working up from lighting designer to associate. I led architectural lighting on commercial projects and worked across infrastructure and government work, including the Caulfield to Dandenong level crossing removals, and managed a team of designers around Australia.
Lighting Designer, FPOV
2013 to 2017
Architectural lighting and audiovisual design for commercial projects, here and overseas, with a focus on hospitality.
Freelance Theatre and Events Lighting Designer
2008 to 2017
I started out lighting theatre productions and events, which is where I first got interested in what light can do to a space, working on national and international gigs.
I studied lighting engineering and design at RMIT, and trained in production and theatrical lighting at NIDA before that.
Credentials.
- 40 Under 40, Light Collective 2024
- IESANZ Excellence, 180 Flinders Street 2022
- IESANZ Commendation, 447 Collins Street 2021
- IESANZ Commendation, Caulfield to Dandenong 2019