Beam Lighting Design

What Beam Lighting Design does

Beam Lighting Design is a London-based, founder-led creative lighting design studio founded in 2016 by Jono Kenyon, a veteran lighting designer with three decades of experience spanning the Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre, Royal Opera House, and Secret Cinema. The firm specialises in designing lighting for galleries, museum exhibitions, events, and select commercial and residential projects, with particular technical depth in conservation-grade museum lighting, bespoke lighting systems, sound-reactive projection mapping, and dynamic programmed light sequences. Its core client base is the UK's premier cultural and heritage institutions, with the British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Design Museum, Natural History Museum, Somerset House, National Portrait Gallery, Wellcome Collection, and Historic Royal Palaces among its named accounts, alongside select brand commissions for clients such as Nike, Cartier, and SUSHISAMBA.

The studio operates as a B2B professional services firm with a core team of four (a director, senior lighting designer, lighting designer, and studio manager) supplemented by an experienced freelance production crew. Revenue is generated through project-based fees scoped to each engagement's complexity, with no publicly disclosed pricing or subscription components, and the firm is reached by clients through direct enterprise relationships, referrals, and competitive tenders for major institutional exhibitions. The go-to-market is portfolio-driven: a public website showcasing 70+ completed projects at high-prestige venues functions as the principal marketing asset, supported by long-tenured relationships with curatorial teams at repeat-client institutions.

Beam's strategic position is that of a specialist boutique with a strong reputational moat in the UK cultural-institution segment, evidenced by ongoing roles as Official Lighting Supplier to Photo London since 2016 and principal lighting supplier across all London Design Biennale editions. The studio is registered as a UK private limited company with no external funding, parent company, or public-market presence. Recent activity — including lighting the UK Pavilion at Osaka Expo 2025 and the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, alongside continued Design Museum commissions — signals measured geographic and vertical extension while the firm remains sub-10 in headcount and founder-led.

Name

Beam Lighting Design

Legal name

Beam Lighting Design Ltd

Website

https://beamld.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Beam Lighting Design is a London-based creative studio founded in 2016 by Jono Kenyon that designs specialist lighting for museum exhibitions, galleries, events, and select commercial projects, serving UK cultural institutions including the British Museum, V&A, Design Museum, and Natural History Museum.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Lighting Design Services

NAICS

Interior Design Services (54141)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro primary industry

Lighting Design Services (BPAHAKAJ)

Keywords

• Exhibition lighting design
• Museum lighting services
• Gallery lighting design
• Creative lighting studio
• Event lighting design

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Lighting Design Services: Professional lighting design services for exhibitions, galleries, events, and commercial projects. Services range from concept development through to installation, with fees based on project scope and complexity.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Beam Lighting Design is a creative lighting design studio that delivers bespoke lighting design services for galleries, exhibitions, museums, events, and commercial and residential projects. Working from concept to installation, the studio creates dynamic lighting solutions including sound-reactive projection mapping, conservation-level lighting for sensitive artifacts, and time-based lighting sequences. The company serves major UK cultural institutions and brands with full-service design and installation.

Product overview

Beam Lighting Design is a creative lighting design company with over 20 years of experience, specializing in lighting galleries, exhibitions, and events as well as commercial and residential projects. They work from concept to installation to create dynamic lighting solutions for memorable experiences. Their service offering is a unified creative lighting design service rather than a platform with distinct product modules.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lighting Design Services Creative lighting design services for galleries, exhibitions, events, and commercial and residential projects, working from concept to installation to create dynamic lighting solutions for memorable experiences. Targeted at museums, galleries, cultural institutions, brands, and property developers.

Quantifiable outcome

• Official lighting supplier to Photo London since 2016
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Somerset HousecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010Long-term partnership as lighting design supplier for exhibitions and events at Somerset House. Jono Kenyon established relationships during his early career and continued the partnership when founding Beam in 2016.
• Design MuseumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing partnership lighting major exhibitions at the Design Museum including Beazley Design of the Year (2017, 2018), Stanley Kubrick, Tim Burton, and others.
• British MuseumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegular lighting design partner for major exhibitions including Edvard Munch, Arctic Culture and Climate, The World of Stonehenge, and Silk Roads.
• Natural History MuseumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrusted lighting partner for exhibitions including Museum of the Moon, Dippy Returns, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, and Space: Could Life Exist Beyond Earth.
• Photo LondoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial lighting supplier to Photo London since 2016, providing lighting solutions across the historic Somerset House site and public exhibitions.
• Royal Opera HouseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Opera: Passion, Power & Politics exhibition at V&A, bringing experience from international opera lighting to exhibition context.
• London Design BiennalecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrincipal lighting design supplier for all three editions of London Design Biennale (2018, 2021) at Somerset House.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Studio Fractal: UK-based creative lighting design studio specializing in exhibitions, museums, and architectural projects. Directly comparable niche and client overlap, both competing for cultural-institution lighting commissions in the UK.
• DHA Lighting Design: UK-based lighting design practice serving museums, exhibitions, and architectural clients. Directly comparable boutique-scale competitor with similar project types and UK cultural-institution client base.
• Sutton Vane Associates: London-based lighting design consultancy with a long track record in museum, gallery, and architectural projects. Directly comparable to Beam in scale, geography, and cultural-sector client mix.
• Lighting Design International: London-based architectural lighting design practice with a comparable portfolio of high-end residential, hospitality, and commercial lighting projects. Directly comparable as a UK creative lighting design firm at similar boutique scale; one of Beam's own designers previously worked here.
• Pritchard Themis: UK lighting design consultancy covering architectural and exhibition projects. Directly comparable as a UK-based boutique; one of Beam's current designers previously worked there, evidencing direct talent overlap.

Emerging players

• Cinimod Studio: UK-based creative lighting and experience design studio with overlap in immersive installations and event lighting. Emerging player with partial overlap on the experiential/immersive event work Beam also delivers.
• Jason Bruges Studio: London-based design studio blending art, architecture, and light installations for cultural and brand clients. Emerging player with comparable immersive-installation and museum-commission work, though broader into sculptural design.

Regional players

• Light Cibles: European-based creative lighting design firm with portfolio work in cultural venues and exhibitions. Regional peer with comparable exhibition/museum lighting design focus but operating primarily outside the UK market.

Broad incumbents

• Arup Lighting: Global engineering consultancy's lighting design practice covering museums, architecture, and urban projects. Broad incumbent with much larger scale; competes for prestige cultural-venue commissions Beam targets but as part of a multi-disciplinary portfolio.
• Bartenbach: Austrian-based lighting design research and practice with a global reputation in architectural and museum lighting. Broader incumbent offering — larger scale, R&D-led, international footprint — competing for the same cultural-venue commissions as Beam.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/beam-lighting-design-ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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