With nearly 50 years of combined experience between its partners, Nox Obscura is built on a shared understanding of lighting as both a technical discipline and a design tool.
The company draws on decades of global experience in lighting specification, sales, and project delivery to support complex projects across the UK and internationally. This depth of knowledge underpins a clear and considered approach to every brief.
Nox Obscura collaborates with lighting manufacturers from around the world, working closely with innovative, design‑led partners who prioritise quality, performance, and architectural integration. The focus is always on delivering lighting that serves the space, enhances architecture, and performs reliably over time.
Founded on principles of quality, service, and clarity, Nox Obscura positions light as a tool to support architecture rather than dominate it. We begin with darkness, and from there shape light with care, control, and intent.
We begin with darkness, and from there, shape light with care, clarity and control.
This is lighting placed with purpose.
Dave is the Founder and CEO of Nox Obscura. He began his career in lighting in 2004, following five years in the Royal Navy as an Electronic Warfare Specialist. Dave’s career has included periods working in Bristol and Australia, including Melbourne, before relocating to London in 2013. Since then, he has worked on projects across the UK and internationally. His experience spans commercial, residential, retail, hospitality, and high‑end residential sectors. Dave is driven by complex briefs and is particularly drawn to projects that challenge, inspire, and push creative and technical boundaries.
Sean is a lighting specification sales professional with 25 years of experience across design, architecture, and technology. He has worked closely with architects, lighting designers, and consultants to deliver considered, design‑led lighting solutions across commercial, residential, and hospitality projects. His background includes architectural, decorative, and technical lighting, with senior roles within design‑led studios, manufacturers, and architectural lighting practices. Sean is known for a consultative approach, strong specification relationships, and a clear understanding of the specification process from concept through to delivery.
Nox Obscura is derived from Latin, meaning “dark night.”
It reflects a philosophy that darkness is not a void to be filled but a space to be respected. In classical architecture and modern lighting design alike, shadow plays an equal role to light creating contrast, focus and mood. The name speaks to restraint, atmosphere and the belief that illumination should serve architecture, not distract from it. Just as in Latin, where form and order matter, every lighting decision within Nox Obscura is intentional, balanced and precise. We begin with darkness because only then does light earn its meaning.
