YSL Beauty Flagship Store Guangzhou, China

Phoebe Philo at Dover Street Market, London

Phoebe Philo at Bergdorf Goodman, New York

Ekseption, Marbella

Royal Academy Masterplan (with Arup)

CELINE Fashion Shows (with Arup)

The Broad Museum (with Arup)

Royal Academy Track Lights Replacement (with Arup)

Science Museum Medicine Gallery (with Arup)

Akritas Lighting Design

Light has the quiet ability to shape how we feel, how we move, how we remember.

At Akritas Lighting Design, each project begins with a sense of place – an intuition, a mood – and unfolds through careful observation, creative instinct, and refined craft.

Rather than impose, light is invited in. It becomes part of the architecture, part of the atmosphere, part of the emotional landscape. It reveals texture, draws out form, and lingers in the space between function and feeling.

Akritas Lighting Design approaches every commission with attentiveness and care – listening closely to the story each space wants to tell. The process is collaborative and personal, grounded in trust, guided by experience, and shaped by a deep respect for context and detail.

Sustainability is not an afterthought, but a way of thinking – subtle, embedded, and essential. Every design seeks to balance beauty with responsibility, creating lighting that endures quietly, purposefully, and with integrity.

In the end, light is more than what we see. It is what connects us to a space, what gives it rhythm, softness, and depth. Through this lens, Akritas Lighting Design creates moments of clarity and calm – where light becomes memory, presence, and meaning.

Why Choose Akritas Lighting Design

Client-Focused Design Solutions

Commitment to Quality and Sustainability

Collaborative and Hands-On Design Integration

Recognised and Award-Winning Design Excellence

Flawless Design Execution

Expertise in Complex Projects

Testimonials

"Pavlina’s technical knowledge and understanding of lighting makes her stand out in the world of lighting consultancy. She is clearly passionate about her work and that, mixed with great technical skills makes it a pleasure to work with her."

Steve Watson, Royal Academy of Arts

"Pavlina has a strong sense of a project's design aspirations and responds with well considered and sympathetic lighting proposals. Her strong personal commitment to the project is never in question; you have the sense that she is personally invested in making projects successful."

David Allin, Diller Scofidio + Renfro

"The master lighting engineer who breathed life into our 5th Avenue ceiling."

Jon Cooksey, Apple

"I found Pavlina reliable, hard-working and very enthusiastic. It was good to cooperate with someone who is so helpful and considerate. I have especially valued her ability to adapt and introduce numerous solutions to rising queries. It is a pleasure to work with people who love what they do."

Barbara Bochnak, Zaha Hadid Architects

"My collaboration with Pavlina has been highly productive and rewarding. She consistently delivers excellent work, even under tight deadlines. Pavlina is exceptionally responsive, with a strong understanding of the brief, and she approaches every project with a collaborative and proactive attitude."

Tiziana Flachi, Alexander McQueen

"For the LVMH Stores Awards audits, Pavlina was truly the best person to adapt to LVMH’s policies and organisation, keep pace with the candidates’ responses, and explain the ratings with excellent pedagogy."

Nicolas Martin, LVMH

"Pavlina always brings a lot of energy and enthusiasm which is refreshing and makes the process more enjoyable and open. Pavlina was flexible and understanding about the process and adapted to work with our programme without issue and the betterment of the project."

James Hand, Caruso St John Architects

"What Pavlina undoubtedly brings to a project is enthusiasm and energy and this has been enormously appreciated by WEA in her work on the Medicine Galleries."

Julia Glynn-Smith, Wilkinson Eyre Architects

"It has been a pleasure working with Pavlina, her technical knowledge is excellent, she replies promptly and is open minded. I value her ambition, and design."

Tal Baron, Westgreen

"I admire her energy on site and getting things done. It was fun working with her, it all worked out well."

Peter Jurschitzka, David Chpperfield Architects