Kevan Shaw

Kevan Shaw is a British based internationally-known lighting design consultant. He is active in challenging the proposed legislation to ban incandescent lamps. He is also an authority on the use of LEDs in architectural lighting design. He was born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland and is the son of renowned tapestry weaver and stained glass artist Sax Shaw 1916-2000.
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Kevan is active in the development of the lighting design profession. He is Director of Sustainability at the Professional Lighting Designers Association (PLDA) and Chairman of the committee drafting LG8 Museum and Gallery Lighting for the Society of Light and Lighting. He has also held teaching positions on the Master of Architectural Lighting at Hochschule Wismar and Interior Architecture at Napier University Edinburgh
His career in lighting design began in Rock & Roll where he worked with bands including Steve Hackett, XTC, Ultravox, The Real Thing, Simple Minds, Roxy Music and Jethro Tull among many others.
He established Kevan Shaw Lighting Design in 1989 where his work has been intentionally varied in scale, type and location. He has spread his lighting design influence abroad and has projects in California, Oregon, Kuwait, Qatar and Singapore. He also retains an interest in stage lighting through occasional projects including short tours with Jethro Tull.
Lighting Design Awards
The St. Mungo Museum, Highly Commended in the LIF awards
The River and Rowing Museum Commended in the National Lighting Awards
The Public Institute for Social Security, Kuwait, Middle East Lighting Awards, Public Building Category
Royal Bank of Scotland World Headquarters, Landscape, Commended in the National Lighting Awards
Aspire Tower, Doha, Middle East Lighting Awards, Winner Exterior category, Highly Commended Public Buildings
ThePublic, West Bromwich, Lighting Awards, Winner Public Buildings category
Some Notable Projects
The Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. RIBA Regional Award, Civic Trust Award, EAA Silver medal
The Hub, Edinburgh Festival Centre. EAA Bronze Medal
Barcelona Nord Bus Station, The Design Awards
Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, RIBA Regional Award, Civic Trust Award
Scottish Poetry Library, RIBA Regional Award, Civic Trust Award, EAA Silver Medal
Rick’s Hotel, Edinburgh, Conde Naste Traveller: Top 25 Hotels In the World
Manchester Museum, RIBA Regional Award
The Radisson SAS Hotel, Glasgow. European Hotel of the Year, Glasgow Hotel of the Year, Scottish Business Hotel of the Year, RIAI Special Award
The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London
The Queen’s Gallery, Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh
Tigerlily, Edinburgh ‘World's Top 100 Hotels’ by Times Travellers Magazine

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