André is a designer with over 50 years’ experience in stage, architectural and environmental lighting whose work continues to be informed by 20 years in stage production lighting design and theatre consultancy.
He co-founded Lighting Design Partnership (LDP) with Jonathan Speirs in 1984 in Edinburgh, Scotland and was also responsible for establishing LDP’s Sydney office in 1996. He is currently the Development Director for Design Matrix, an India based architectural lighting design group.
In addition to his design work, André has been influential in the development of lighting design as a distinct profession. He has been responsible for numerous architectural lighting design projects across Europe, Scandinavia, Middle East, India, China, SE Asia and Australia.