OUR SERVICES
Architectural lighting design for considered homes
“LIGHTING DESIGN IS A PROCESS THAT CREATES THE BEST POSSIBLE LIGHT FOR YOUR HOME USING THE RIGHT LIGHT FITTINGS FOR YOUR AESTHETIC AND BUDGET.”
— Adele Locke
WHAT WE DO
Every home deserves beautiful light
Good lighting supports the way you live in your home. It brings comfort to everyday spaces and allows architecture and interiors to be experienced as they were intended.
At MINT Lighting Design, we create residential architectural lighting designs that are carefully planned and tailored to each home. We consider how light is layered, where it is placed, and how it changes throughout the day, so your home feels balanced and resolved from morning through to night.
Our designs favour discreet light fixtures and thoughtful placement. The result is light that enhances mood and visual interest, and spaces that feel calm, functional, and intentional after dark.
When you work with MINT, you engage us for clear advice and considered ideas grounded in experience. We provide a complete lighting design package, including documentation, specifications, and budget guidance, so your lighting can be confidently implemented on site, whether we support your project from early planning through to completion or provide a clear concept for you to develop further.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
Lighting should never be a decorative afterthought
Most homes are beautiful by day… and flawed by night. You’ve considered the layout, the finishes, the furniture. But the lighting is… Downlights?
Lighting is often left to the last minute. A few pendants. A couple of wall lights. Dropped into a grid of downlights in the ceiling, with little thought for how the room will actually be used.
The result? Ceilings full of lights that are never turned on. Floor and table lamps added later to try and create mood. Pendants hung slightly off-centre from where they should have been.
At MINT, our sole focus is light.
We notice how it falls. Where it glares. Where it leaves a room flat. That obsession allows us to design lighting that feels considered, not scattered.
Layered lighting that supports how you live. Bright where you need function. Softer where you want to exhale. Light that highlights what you love and creates a natural flow of light and shade throughout your home.
And just as important as the ideas is the documentation. Clear, highly detailed plans mean your builder and electrician can install everything properly the first time. No guesswork. No endless questions. No expensive variations.
Lighting should never be a decorative afterthought.
With planning and design, it becomes part of the architecture, shaping how your home feels long after the sun goes down.
OUR PROMISE
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MINT
INTEGRITY
Our advice is honest, considered, and transparent. As professional members of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), we work to a strict code of conduct and always act in your best interest.
INDEPENDENCE
Our lighting designs are brand agnostic and product-neutral. This allows us to recommend solutions based solely on what is right for your home and your project, without influence from suppliers or product sales.
EXPERIENCE
With over 1,200 residential lighting designs completed across Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, the USA, and the UK, our experience brings clarity and confidence to every project and helps avoid costly mistakes before they are built in.
PROFESSIONALISM
Architectural lighting design is our sole focus. We stay current with advances in lighting, controls, and automation to ensure your lighting is thoughtfully designed, technically sound, and ready to implement.
OUR DESIGN PROCESS
what we can do for you
Flexible Lighting Design Process
Every project starts with a concept. From there, we tailor exactly what you need to get your perfect lighting design installed—mapping every fitting, switch, circuit and location into one crystal-clear, highly detailed document suite, guided by a single expert team.
Fixed Scope Lighting Design
A streamlined design process that will guide you from concept through a detailed budget and design evaluation to the critical documentation required for your build team to implement your design effectively.
home restorations
Our Restoration Design process is designed to provide clear, actionable advice for homeowners looking to upgrade their lighting within an existing home and garden. You’ll receive innovative and specific lighting solutions to re-invigorate your home through carefully considered placement of different types of light.
BOOK YOUR CONSULTATION
choosing your design approach
We appreciate many people have very little experience with light design and may never have heard of our design discipline before. You may be starting from “I know I don’t want Downlights everywhere – but what else is there? rather than knowing what you do want.
That’s where most of our clients start.
Our process guides you through from ???? to the lighting design of your dreams with our team providing the technical know how, creativity and experience to make that light your reality.
If you are not sure how lighting design is going to work for you, please reach out - we’re here to help you explore what you want and help you decide what you need.
OUR TESTIMONIALS