Licht Kunst Licht AG

What Licht Kunst Licht AG does

Licht Kunst Licht AG is a privately held German lighting design consultancy headquartered in Bonn, with additional offices in Berlin, Barcelona (operating as wholly-owned subsidiary LKL Design Hub Barcelona S.L.), and Bangalore (operating as LKL Lighting Design, India Pvt. Ltd.). The firm specializes in architectural lighting design — integrating artificial light ('Kunstlicht') and daylight planning ('Lichtkunst') — for museums, cultural institutions, corporate offices, retail (e.g., Balenciaga flagship), hospitality, religious and civic landmarks (e.g., Cologne Cathedral, Sagrada Família, Jewish Museum Frankfurt, Landtag Baden-Württemberg), and public infrastructure projects across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and North America. The team is multidisciplinary, combining light designers, architects, interior architects, electrical engineers, scenographers, and product designers, led by founder and CEO Prof. Andreas Schulz.

The company's service offering spans concept development, visualization, calculation, plan creation, coordination, and site supervision delivered through a project-based, quote-driven professional services model. Underpinning the practice are industry-standard design and simulation tools (Photoshop, InDesign, AutoCAD, Relux, Dialux, Rhino, Revit) and dedicated heads of Design, BIM, and Product Design & Controls. The firm has extended into proprietary luminaire development — most notably the multi-award-winning Bicult LED office desk lamp — and publishes a periodic Werkbericht book series (volumes 1–5, 2005–2022) documenting its project portfolio.

Revenue is generated through professional services engagements with enterprise and institutional clients (museums, government, corporate real estate, luxury retail, hospitality), with pricing project-specific and undisclosed. Marketing is conducted primarily through portfolio presentation, industry awards (over 100 unique recognitions since 2010 across IALD, LIT, IES, MUSE, German Design Award, Der Deutsche Lichtdesign-Preis), published works, and conference participation — all functioning as top-of-funnel demand generation for a referral-led, enterprise field-sales motion.

Name

Licht Kunst Licht AG

Legal name

Licht Kunst Licht AG

Website

https://lichtkunstlicht.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Licht Kunst Licht AG is a German architectural lighting design consultancy headquartered in Bonn with offices in Berlin, Barcelona, and Bangalore. It provides artificial and daylight lighting design services to museums, cultural institutions, government, corporate, retail, and hospitality clients worldwide, with a multidisciplinary design, engineering, and product team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architectural Lighting Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (541310)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Lighting Design Services (BPAHAKAJ)

Keywords

• Lighting design services
• Architectural lighting
• Lighting consulting
• Illumination planning
• Lighting design studio

Headquarters

HQ city

Bonn

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel

Revenue model

1. Professional Lighting Design Services: Project-based consulting fees for architectural lighting design services including concept development, visualization, presentation, coordination, calculations, plan creation, and site supervision. Revenue is generated through professional services engagements for institutional and private sector clients across museums, corporate, retail, hospitality, and public infrastructure projects.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Licht Kunst Licht AG is a professional lighting design consultancy based on the company's German-language corporate name (literally "Light Art Light"), indicating provision of architectural lighting design and consulting services for built environments.

Product overview

Licht Kunst Licht AG is a lighting design firm specializing in daylight and artificial lighting design for architectural projects. The company offers professional lighting design services across diverse sectors including museums, exhibitions, retail, offices, hospitality, public infrastructure, and cultural venues. The portfolio includes project categories such as Museums & Exhibitions, Retail, Office Buildings, Media Façades & Light Art, Master Plans & Public Spaces, Luminaire Development, Hospitality, Government Projects, Daylight Design, and Cultural Buildings. The company's published 'Werkbericht' (work report) book series documents their project portfolio and serves as a product offering, with editions spanning from 2005 to 2022.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Licht Kunst Licht Book Series: Published work reports documenting projects: LKL 1 (2005), LKL 2 (2007), LKL 3 (2010), LKL 4 (2016), LKL 5 (2022)
• Bicult LED

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100 unique awards across company and project categories since 2010
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Arup (Lighting Design practice): Global engineering consultancy with a long-established lighting design practice serving museums, transport, and urban projects. Comparable as an engineering-led architectural lighting service provider competing for the same high-end cultural and infrastructure commissions.
• AECOM (Lighting Design): Global infrastructure and design firm with a built-environment lighting practice serving civic, transport, and commercial clients. Comparable as a large incumbent offering lighting design as part of integrated building and urban mandates.
• Buro Happold (Lighting Design): Global engineering consultancy with a dedicated lighting design team delivering cultural and infrastructure projects. Comparable as an integrated engineering competitor that absorbs specialist lighting work into broader multi-disciplinary mandates.

Direct peers

• Speirs + Major: London-headquartered specialist architectural lighting design consultancy with a comparable international portfolio (cultural, civic, urban, hospitality). Directly comparable on business model, project types, and client profile.
• Studio Fractal: Independent architectural lighting design practice working across museums, hospitality, and high-end residential in Europe and the Middle East. Comparable as a boutique, design-led consultancy competing for similar premium cultural and hospitality briefs.
• Tillotson Design Associates: New York-based lighting design consultancy specializing in architectural lighting for museums, galleries, and cultural institutions. Comparable on museum/cultural lighting focus and award-winning project profile.
• Bartenbach: Austrian lighting design and research firm combining daylight and artificial light planning with applied R&D. Closely comparable on the integration of daylight/artificial light and on museum, research, and architectural specialism.
• Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design: US boutique lighting design firm with a portfolio in museums, civic buildings, and high-end commercial work. Comparable as a similarly sized, design-led specialist competing for the same institutional client base.
• Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design (HLB): US architectural lighting design consultancy with strong museum, civic, and transportation portfolio. Comparable as a specialist consultancy of similar size and creative orientation serving cultural and public-sector clients.

Emerging players

• Skira (lighting / scenography practice): Milan-headquartered practice straddling exhibition design, scenography, and lighting design for museums and cultural institutions. Comparable on cultural-institution lighting and exhibition design specialism, particularly in Europe.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lichtkunstlicht
• Facebookfacebook.com/lichtkunstlicht
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/licht-kunst-licht-ag

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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