Kristján Kristjánsson

Senior Lighting Designer at Hildiberg Lighting Design

Iceland

About

Kristján Kristjánsson has been working as a Lighting designer for over 15 years. Kristján Lighting design career began in Reykjavík Iceland 2004 working for the lighting design firm, Lumex. in 2009 Kristján in cooperation with Lumex opened their own Brand in luminaire design Lighthouse Iceland ( http://www.lighthouse.is/) and marketed his brand in Europe. 2012 Kristján founded the Light art group Myrkarverk for the opening act in Toppstöðin for Designmarch in Iceland Since then Myrkaraverk has been working on different Light art festival in Europe. In 2013 Kristján was hired as a Lighting Designer for EFLA consulting engineers in Iceland Reykjavik and works on Architectural lighting design project in Scandinavian. In 2015 Kristjan moved to Scotland and is working as Senior lighting designer for KSLD based in Edinburgh. Kristján is also working with Design nation (http://www.designnation.se/) in Sweden on their own luminaire brand. Kristján’s work has been featured in such high profile design magazine as Form, Dwell, Icon, Core77, Disegno and many others.

Experience

  • Senior Lighting Designer at Hildiberg Lighting design
    Sep 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

    www.hildiberg.is

  • Senior Lighting Designer at Liska ehf
    Jul 2019 - Sep 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Senior Lighting Designer at KSLD (Kevan Shaw Lighting Design)
    Sep 2015 - Mar 2019 · 3 yrs 7 mos

  • Efla Consulting Engineers (6 yrs 2 mos)
    • Division manger and Senior Lighting Designer
      Feb 2013 - Mar 2019 · 6 yrs 2 mos

    • Senior Lighting Designer
      Feb 2013 - Sep 2017 · 4 yrs 8 mos

  • Light artist and and Co founder at Myrkraverk Lightart
    Jan 2012 - Jan 2017 · 5 yrs 1 mo