Curriculum Vitae
Lighting Design International
Lighting Designer
January 2008 - January 2012
Althea learnt the principals of lighting design from renowned, and pioneering icons, Sally Story and Chris Lewis; leaders of the lighting design industry in the UK.
Whilst employed by Lighting Design International Althea was fortunate enough to work on a gamut of worldwide, high end, prestigious projects which include the following:
Superyacht Feadship Drizzle II
By shipyard Koninklijke de Vries, naval architects De Voogt Naval Architects and interior designers Redman Whiteley Dixon.
Lapicida Showroom, Chelsea
Winner of a Lighting Design Award in the Small Retail Projects category.
Durrants Hotel, George Street London
Interior and exterior lighting of a historic and charming family owned Georgian hotel.
Private Residence, Huttons Farm
Additions and alterations to an existing lighting scheme including specialist art lighting.
Private residences with interior designers:
Studio Reed
Todhunter Earle
Taylors Howes
Keech Green
Alan Higgs Architects
Isometrix Light + Design
Intermediate Lighting Designer
January 2012 - October 2014
Working independently under the design direction of Arnold Chan and his team of Directors and Associate Designers.
In this role Althea had the fortune of full design project management of some of the most exciting and best known projects of her career to date.
Hakkasan, Las Vegas
Client/Architect: Hakkasan/Gilles and Boissier
Architectural lighting of the two storey restaurant plus three storey night club and bar.
Shortlisted for the 2014 Lighting Design Award in the category of International Project.
Hakkasan Los Angeles
Client/Architect: Hakkasan/Gilles and Boissier
Rivea at The Bulgari Hotel, London
Client/Architect: Bulgari Hotel + Alain Ducasse/Antonio Citterio
Architectural lighting of high end, basement level restaurant.
South Kensington Club
Client/Architect: Fortevita Projects/ Hersh Bedner Associates
Private members club, spa, gym and restaurant. Responsible for design and supply of the lighting scheme.
Commenced 2014 by Isometrix Lighting + Design, Focusing and scene setting carried out 2015 by Light IQ.
Nobu, Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur
Client: Nobu Restaurants Interior designer: Studio PCH
Design and supply of all lighting equipment including sourcing decorative light fixtures. Working within a limited timeframe and with a tight budget to deliver the best possible quality of scheme.
Hotel Vagabond, Singapore
Client/Architect: Garcha Hotels/Jacques Garcia
Lighting design and detailing with construction and focusing by others.
Light IQ
Senior Lighting Designer
November 2014 - January 2020
As a Senior Lighting Designer supervising a small team of Lighting Designers and under the creative direction of Rebecca Weir and Gerardo Olvera.
Park Chinois, Berkeley Square London
Client/Designer/Architect: Alan Yau/Jacques Garcia/Mark Pinney Architects
Ichibuns, Soho
Client/Designer/Architect: Ichibuns/Studio Glitt Tokyo/Superfutures
Hakkasan Jakarta
Client: Hakkasan
Roberto Cavalli Concept Store, Berlin
Client/Architect: Roberto Cavalli/Rodrigo Izquierdo Studio
Taylor Howes Showroom and Design Studio, Kensington
Client/Designer: Taylor Howes
Residential developments in London
Client/Designer: Rigby & Rigby/Taylor Howes
Residential property, Tokyo
Client/Architect: Private client/Kengo Kuma
Residential property, Koh Samui
Client/Architect: Private client/Kengo Kuma
Student accommodation for Geneva University
Client/Architect: Geneva University/Kengo Kuma
Virgin Voyages, Scarlet Lady
Part of the Creative Collective working along side interior designers including Tom Dixon Studio and Concrete Amsterdam
Le Bar American
Client/Designer: Hotel de Paris/David Collins Studio
Re-modelling of the iconic bar popular with the Formula One set for its unparalleled location track-side. The focus was on enhancing the space through lighting, without radically changing the quintessential character.
