we create on Gadigal and Wurundjeri Country
We pay respect to the custodians of this land and their elders and acknowledge their sovereignty over these lands was never ceded
We're Isambard
lighting design with attitude.
Isambard is the creative, independent lighting consultancy from awarded architectural and theatrical lighting designers Stefan Isherwood and Kim Straatemeier.
We work with Architects, Artisans and Auteurs to create bespoke, timeless and breath-taking installations through the use of artificial light; from dynamic theatre and immersive sculpture through to private residential, bespoke retail and public domain used by millions of commuters each year.
Our work ethos and three decades of experience help to differentiate us from other lighting studios; our team is small, agile and all come from a theatrical background where the effect of light and shadow sells the narrative, not product.
We light.
What & Where?
*Awarded
Civic.
Brooke St Pier*
Caulfield-Dandenong Rail*
Little Saigon Archway*
Melbourne Airport
Parliament of Victoria*
Port Melbourne Rail
South Geelong Rail
Sydney Town Hall Station*
University of Queensland
Victorian Cancer Centre*
Victorian Police Headquarters
Windsor Plaza*
Wynyard Station*
Hospitality.
Annabel’s
Cabra-Vale Diggers Club
Canterbury Leagues Club
City of Dreams Manila
City Tattersall’s Club
Crown Casino Melbourne
Crown Casino Sydney
Dee Why RSL Club
Gochi Japanese
Hakkasan Las Vegas
Hotel Nishi*
Liverpool Catholic Club
QT Perth*
QT Sydney*
QT Wellington
Sean’s Kitchen*
The Glasshouse
The Star Casino
Trinity Country Club
Wrest Point Casino*
Commerce.
60 Castlereagh St*
180 Flinders St*
207 Kent St
405 Bourke St*
447 Collins St*
510 Church St
Adelaide Festival Square*
Carpe Diem Barangaroo*
CSL Biotechnology
EY Sydney
Grimshaw Studio Melbourne
Hassel Studio Melbourne
Hassel Studio Perth
Parramatta Square*
TFNSW Macquarie Park*
Retail.
Crumpler Flagship Melbourne
Leica Flagship Melbourne
Moncler Mayfair
Scanlan Theodore Dallas
Scanlan Theodore Perth
Sener Besim Melbourne
The Hourglass
Zimmermann Melbourne
Zimmermann Palm Beach
Private Residential.
Albert Park I
Albert Park II
Chelsea
Collingwood
Double Bay*
Dubai I
Dubai II
Hunter Valley
Kensington*
Knightsbridge
Maroubra
Rose Bay*
South Coogee
Surrey
Toorak
Awards.
And the oscar for best dog goes to...
40 UNDER 40 LIGHTING DESIGNERS
Light Collective
’23
40 UNDER 40 LIGHTING DESIGNERS
Light Collective [Stefan Isherwood]
’22
180 FLINDERS ST
Illuminating Engineering Society . WSP
’22
60 CASTLEREAGH ST
Illuminating Engineering Society . LightstudioMG
’22
TFNSW MACQUARIE PARK
Illuminating Engineering Society . LightstudioMG
’22
447 COLLINS ST
Illuminating Engineering Society . WSP
’21
CARPE DIEM BARANGAROO
Australian Institute of Architects . LLIGHT
’20
CAULFIELD-DANDENONG RAIL
Illuminating Engineering Society . WSP
’18
COMMONWEALTH BANK HQ
LIT Design Awards . LLIGHT
’18