LAPD - lighting and product design team
- Mouse over images for more details.Since LAPD's inception in 2000, the team has grown steadily. It has consistently delivered lighting consultancy and product design solutions with exceptional service levels and attention to detail.
Our team operates within a flat company structure. Each member is encouraged to develop multiple disciplines. This allows for a flexible approach to projects and improves the level of project work in the office. We believe that this is a good way for designers to stay fresh and remain open to new ideas and ways of working.
LAPD also has a dedicated commissioning team. Members are fully trained in working at height and in using electronic lifting equipment. They are all Construction Skills Certification Scheme approved.
Phil Champ FIMMM MSLL - Principal Product Designer, LAPD Consultants
Phil studied Industrial Design at Colchester Institute as a mature student, after which his interest in creative design for manufacture and materials led him to work in a wide variety of consumer-based areas, from baby products and toys to hand-held computer peripherals and mobile phones.
Phil's career has included experience as a product designer and a 3D CAD designer, as well as design management roles in industrial and mechanical design. He has worked for Cannon Rubber, Avent, Hasbro, Psion, Sendo and Mamas & Papas, and as a freelance designer.
Phil has been published in the trade press, most recently in New Design and Develop 3D. He has lectured in Design for Manufacture at the University of Hertfordshire. Phil is also an active Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
Simon Thorp, BA (Hons) MA MEng - Associate Director, LAPD Consultants
Simon completed a four-year Master's in Mechanical Engineering at University College London and proceeded to work for BPP Technical Services, where he became a lead mechanical design engineer. He then studied an MA in Industrial Design Engineering at the Royal College of Art and began work as a lighting designer at Reggiani Lighting.
Since joining LAPD as a senior lighting designer, Simon has worked on a wide variety of projects, for example Primark; Wyevale Garden Centres; Marks & Spencer, including stores at White City and Cardiff; and developments such as a mixed-use town-centre regeneration site in Farnborough and the lighting solution for Cleveland House, London. Simon's areas of specialist expertise and interest include daylighting design and architecture.
Henry Li, BSc (Hons) - Design Visualiser, LAPD Consultants
After gaining a 1st Class Honours degree in Product Design from Brunel University, Henry worked as a lighting designer and technical assistant at Lumitron Lighting, before joining LAPD. As design visualiser, Henry supports the work of LAPD's lighting design and product design teams by visualising projects, generating concepts, producing lighting calculations and assisting in the preparation of presentations.
Henry's areas of interest encompass computer aided design, 3D visualising, concept design and product technology. His technical background and knowledge of design for manufacture and materials give him a clear understanding of the design process, while his keen eye for computer graphics and design enables him to communicate effectively with the design team.
Agnes Waitt - CAD Technician, LAPD Consultants
Agnes undertook an apprenticeship in Technical Design and Drawing at Hanau in Germany. She then worked in Germany and Switzerland before coming to England, where she worked as a lighting product designer for Rada Lighting before joining LAPD as a CAD technician.
As a CAD technician and CAD manager Agnes supports LAPD's lighting design team by implementing CAD standards and by creating lighting plans that enable the team to communicate effectively, the client to give feedback at all stages and the contractor to install the design correctly.
Agnes also works as LAPD's database developer, creating and customising the database for the company's records and maintaining and updating project and contact information.
Simon Fisher, MCSD MSLL - Director, LAPD Consultants
After studying Industrial Design at Colchester Institute, Simon worked as a product designer for Erco and then as a senior product designer at Concord Lighting and Whitecroft Lighting. In 1999 he co-founded LAPD with Steven Dean.
At LAPD Simon leads the product design team in collaborating with manufacturers to provide product solutions. His knowledge and understanding of light and lighting design enable him to quickly understand the brief and to provide concept solutions. Simon is also responsible for the successful management of lighting design projects, such as Marks & Spencer stores in the UK and Target in Australia.
Simon's experience encompasses architectural, exterior, commercial, domestic and retail lighting, and street furniture. Please see the product design section for further information.
Glenn Campion - Director, LAPD Consultants
After studying Industrial Design at Colchester Institute, Glenn joined Concord Lighting, where he progressed to the position of senior lighting and product designer. He joined LAPD in 2000 as a director with responsibility for creative design.
At LAPD Glenn manages a number of client accounts, working alongside architects, interior designers and end users to provide solutions to all aspects of interior and exterior lighting. His ability to understand spaces and their potential is demonstrated through his creative approach to design, while his unique blend of lighting design and product design awareness ensures that ideas always start with what is possible.
Glenn has worked on many high-profile projects, including Chelsea Harbour Design Centre; Spinningfields, Manchester; Rosny 2, Paris; and retail projects with Primark and Next.
Steven Dean BA (Hons) - Director, LAPD Consultants
Steven co-founded LAPD with Simon Fisher in 1999. This followed nearly 20 years' experience as a lighting designer, working for Concord Lighting and as a freelance designer.
Steven leads LAPD's lighting design team, collaborating with architects and interior designers to provide project solutions. He has an impressive track record of winning and successfully completing large-scale international lighting projects.
Steven's skills combine product design knowledge and lighting design ability with extensive project management experience of the design team (both in-house and on-site).
Susan Dean - Office Administrator, LAPD Consultants
Susan manages the LAPD studio and ensures that all runs smoothly. Her role encompasses HR and office and financial administration. This includes processing invoices and maintaining financial records; dealing with staff records and contracts; and responding to enquiries.
Susan's excellent communication skills and attention to detail ensure that the office is an efficient, comfortable and friendly workspace for LAPD's staff and visitors alike.
Eoin Carroll, BA (Hons) - Lighting Designer, LAPD Consultants
Eoin studied Product Design and New Media at the Kent Institute of Art and Design. This was followed by a degree in Art and Design at the University of Leeds where modules included industrial and interior design.
Since joining LAPD Eoin has worked on a number of key projects including the 'Turner, Whistler, Monet' exhibition at Tate Britain; 'The Children's War' exhibition at the Imperial War Museum; the lighting solution for the exterior landscape and ticket office at the Tower of London; and various Marks & Spencer projects including M&S Kitchen, M&S Home, and stores at Marble Arch and Pantheon, Oxford Street.
Eoin is particularly interested in architecture, interior and landscape design, automotive design and, of course lighting.
Mike Brown, BA (Hons) MA - Associate Director, LAPD Consultants
Following a BA in Landscape Architecture, Mike gained a Master's in Industrial Design from the University of Central England, Birmingham.
Mike worked as a lighting designer for Concord Marlin, Mindseye, Equation and Design International Architects, before joining LAPD as a senior lighting designer.
He has worked on a variety of projects in the leisure, commercial office and retail sectors. These include the Grove Hotel, Watford; Carlton House, Kildare, Ireland; Oxford Malmaison; La Mola apartments, Majorca; the Met Quarter shopping centre, Liverpool; the Barbican refurbishment, London; Le Befane Shopping Centre, Rimini, Italy; and Centro Campania, Naples, Italy.
Mike's areas of specialist expertise and interest include architecture and design.
Sally de Bohun, BA (Hons) - Senior Lighting Designer, LAPD Consultants
Following a BA in Jewellery Design at Middlesex Polytechnic, Sally worked as a lighting designer at Concord Lighting and Optelma Lighting before joining LAPD as a senior lighting designer.
Sally has worked on a wide variety of projects, including the Natural History Museum's store; the Building Research Establishment's House of the Future; Marks & Spencer's Headquarters at Waterside House, London; the Shell Headquarters building at Buchanan House, London; Whole Foods Market, Kensington; and Marks & Spencer's Grafton Street store in Dublin.
Sally's specialist interests include retail design and architecture.
Michel Beaufort - Senior Lighting Designer, LAPD Consultants
Michel gained an ONC and an HNC in Building Services Engineering while working as an apprentice for Lorne Stewart. He then worked for Concord Lighting as a lighting designer and Thorn Lighting as a project designer in the major projects team. During this time Michel gained extensive industry experience and completed the Lighting Industry Federation Certificate and Advanced Certificate courses.
Michel has worked on projects across all sectors including the NatWest Media Centre at Lord's Cricket Ground (winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize); Heathrow Terminal 3 International Departures Lounge; numerous Marks & Spencer stores; and the award-winning M&S Press Centre at Marble Arch, London. His areas of interest include exterior architectural and public realm lighting; retail lighting; and museum and gallery lighting.
Brendan Carroll - Project Co-ordinator, LAPD Consultants
Brendan studied Applied Biology at the University of Hertfordshire. After gaining management experience with Toys R Us and British Home Stores, Brendan joined LAPD as project co-ordinator.
In this capacity Brendan works on lighting design projects - for example, the UK roll-out of LAPD's lighting concept for Marks & Spencer - ensuring that all runs according to plan.
Brendan is experienced in the use of web-based project information systems, such as BIW and Buzzsaw software. This helps to ensure that LAPD's designers always work with the most up-to-date project documentation.