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GET TO KNOW LIGHT-ON

Our values. Our history. Our team and our partners

PHILOSOPHY

LIGHT ON – A PASSION FOR LIGHT

 

We love light and the challenge of creating innovative lighting solutions that set rooms and objects in the perfect light.
Our guiding principle is to provide light for people, planning and designing our lighting solutions accordingly. We use the simple effect of intelligently placed lighting to intensify architecture and the ambience of a room. With our intelligent lighting solutions, we want to positively influence people’s biorhythms, which are influenced by light.

We demand and expect high quality: our internationally experienced, multidisciplinary team works with the latest computer programmes and uses innovative technology. We develop uniquely distinctive, forward-looking lighting solutions at the highest technical level for discerning customers, architects and investors. We exploit the possibilities of the latest lighting technology and combine it with good design. Technically, there are hardly any limits to what we can do. We select optimal products for convincing results, independent of manufacturers.

To protect the environment, we take care to avoid light pollution. We attach great importance to energy-saving lighting management. By choosing optimal equipment, we help to reduce electrical network pollution.

Felix Kessler
  • 4-year study and degree in precision mechanics at the Physics Institute of the University of Zurich
  • 3.5-year training as a classical ballet dancer in London at the Central School of Ballet
  • Simultaneous training as lighting designer in London
  • 7.5 years stage experience at all levels up to first lighting designer at the State Opera in Pretoria, South Africa
  • At the same time freelancer for open air and film productions
  • Return to Europe
  • 4-year study and graduation as lighting technician at the Hanseatic Academy in Hamburg
  • Since 1.7.1992 – proprietor of the brand
    LIGHT ON

THE HISTORY OF LIGHT ON

 

The history of LIGHT ON is inextricably linked with that of its founder Felix Kessler: He graduated as a precision mechanic from the Physics Institute at the University of Zurich. During his further training as a lighting designer, which he completed at the same time as his classical ballet training in London, his special talent for light became clear. He sees and feels the subtlest nuances of light, intuitively combining natural light and artificial light into a coherent whole.

Thanks to various sponsors, this special talent led him to the State Opera of Pretoria in South Africa. At the age of 24, he was already responsible for the lighting of his first opera. During his 7.5 years there, he worked his way up to the position of first lighting designer. In his spare time he lit open air concerts and film productions. After returning to Europe, his passion for classical music and perfectly lit productions led him to the Salzburg Festival in Austria. He then studied to become a lighting technician at the Hanseatic Academy in Hamburg.

At a time when few architects and clients were aware of the importance of light for architecture and the ambience of rooms, Felix Kessler founded LIGHT ON in 1992 – Switzerland’s first full-service architectural lighting company. His decades of experience, his pioneering spirit when it comes to the use of innovative technologies and his extensive professional network have made Felix Kessler and his brand LIGHT ON one of the top Swiss addresses for projects that are demanding in terms of lighting design and lighting technology.

„Painting with light and enhancing the special features of a room or architecture is like designing a stage set for me“.

Felix Kessler