Our History
Established in 2002, The Light Lab has spent the past decade bringing together combined experience in specialist lighting design, new lighting technology and project management to deliver high end architectural lighting installations. Based in London, The Light Lab has worked on many of the capital's landmark buildings, and has a strong national and increasingly international presence.
Directors Phil Riley & Marcus Cave; friends for the past 20 years, join together their wealth of knowledge in the industry and passion for lighting, to build The Light Lab to the successful business it is today. Director Marcus says: “It has always been the philosophy of The Light Lab not to oversell ourselves. The key has been to grow slowly, collecting knowledge and expertise over time rather than claim to have the answer to everything overnight. This has led to the development of an experienced network of designers and manufacturing partners – who all have an excellent level of product knowledge.”
Our Approach
We believe that lighting should be an integral part of the building design and we therefore encourage creating bespoke project-specific solutions rather than compromising around existing lighting products. This allows lighting elements to be as discrete as possible whilst maximizing their impact in achieving the designer's ambitions for the space and environment. As our features are usually the last element to install on site, we tend to be the stressful end of construction projects, so our aim is to deliver projects on time, to the highest standard, and always with a smile on our face. We focus our lighting solutions on specialist lighting design, bespoke lighting manufacture & specialist lighting installation. Alongside this we offer a wide range of lighting products , designing and manufacturing our own fittings and providing the highest level of quality and performance in our final installation. The growth of The Light Lab has brought with it new opportunities for us to take on larger global projects; resulting in projects across the Middle East, China, Africa and Australia. Meanwhile we continue to work with such a well of talented designers and architects from the UK, meaning the basis of our work is incredibly enjoyable and we look forward to the next decade of The Light Lab and its continued growth.
