# Paul Thames

> A lighting house on three levels: architectural essentials, engineered statement pieces
> and fully bespoke fixtures. Built for superyachts, ready for shore.

Paul Thames designs, sources and delivers lighting for superyachts, architecture,
hospitality and residential projects, working factory-direct rather than through
distribution. Maritime work is where the standard was set; the same grade is applied
ashore. Based in Amsterdam, working internationally.

The three levels are equal in standing and differ in what the project needs, not in
quality or in rank. One conversation covers all three.

## Pages

- [The Collection](https://paulthames.com/collection): Architectural essentials: LED downlights, panels and linear systems above standard grade, configured to spec. Quotation within days, delivery in 4–6 weeks.
- [Signature](https://paulthames.com/signature): Engineered showpieces — holographic transparent screens, circular LED displays and similar — delivered complete: hardware, software, content and commissioning.
- [The Atelier](https://paulthames.com/atelier): Fully bespoke fixtures designed with owner and designer, from first sketch through engineering, content and programming to handover.
- [About](https://paulthames.com/about): The two founders, the company's history, and who the direct line to the source actually runs to.
- [Testimonials](https://paulthames.com/testimonials): Captains, owners' representatives and yard directors on working with Paul Thames, across new build and refit.
- [Contact](https://paulthames.com/contact): Address, phone and email. One conversation covers all three levels.

## Writing

- [Blog](https://paulthames.com/blog): Practical notes on architectural and custom lighting, written from project experience.
- [Paul Thames becomes a House of Light](https://paulthames.com/blog/paul-thames-becomes-a-house-of-light): After some time of bringing other people's technology to superyachts, Paul Thames is refocusing on light. Here is what we learned and why lighting stood out.
- [Pixel LED and architectural lighting control](https://paulthames.com/blog/pixel-led-architectural-lighting-control): How to connect pixel LED to architectural lighting control: the protocols, three levels of integration, network planning and control hierarchy.
- [Why Custom Lighting Needs More Than a Good Idea](https://paulthames.com/blog/why-custom-lighting-needs-more-than-a-good-idea): Custom pixel LED sits between design, engineering and control systems. Getting from render to reality takes the right expertise, involved early.

## Collection categories

- [LED Strip Light](https://paulthames.com/collection/category/led-strip-light): Flexible linear LED supplied on a reel, or cut to length and terminated to order. Run through coves, handrails and joinery detail for beautiful indirect lighting, or mount them visibly, for striking light features.
- [LED Sheets](https://paulthames.com/collection/category/led-sheets): A lit surface rather than a lit line: LED arranged across a thin flexible panel, used to backlight stretch fabric, onyx and other translucent materials. The sheets can be cut to match your design, you are no longer bound to rectangular shapes.
- [LED Downlight](https://paulthames.com/collection/category/led-downlight): Built-in luminaires giving directional light from a small aperture, specified for general and accent lighting. A wide array of beam angles, colour temperatures and accessories. If you want further customisation, just let us know.
- [LED Display Technology](https://paulthames.com/collection/category/led-display-technology): Modular LED tiles assembled into a continuous video surface, specified for signage, feature walls and interiors where the screen is part of the architecture. SMD, COB and MIP solutions available in a wide range of pixel pitches.

## Products

- [Liet6 Replacement](https://paulthames.com/collection/liet6): The Collection. Drop-in replacement for the discontinued Liet6 downlight
- [Active matrix LED display](https://paulthames.com/collection/active-matrix-led-display): The Collection. Active-matrix-driven LED displays, the next generation of LED panels.
- [ALPS](https://paulthames.com/collection/alps): The Collection. Indoor/Outdoor recessed downlight, low glare, for even, soft lighting in gardens, landscapes and public spaces.
- [ARCUS](https://paulthames.com/collection/arcus): The Collection. Outdoor linear wall washer in aluminium, IP66, with DALI and DMX512 control and glare-control accessories, for architectural and landscape accent lighting.
- [ARKE](https://paulthames.com/collection/arke): The Collection. Neon-style LED strip, IP67, in single-colour and colour-changing versions with optical lens options and 3D bending, for architectural accent lighting.
- [ASTA](https://paulthames.com/collection/asta): The Collection. Outdoor in-ground adjustable light, IP67, in plated aluminium or stainless steel, with beam angles from 10° to 50°, for garden and landscape lighting.
- [COB LED display](https://paulthames.com/collection/cob-led-display): The Collection. Modular COB LED tiles assembled into a continuous video surface, in a range of pixel pitches, for signage, feature walls and interiors.
- [COB LED strip](https://paulthames.com/collection/cob-led-strip): The Collection. COB LED strip in single-colour, RGB, tunable white and RGBW pixel versions, freely cut to length or supplied reel to reel, with continuous runs to 30 m.
- [DIAMOND](https://paulthames.com/collection/diamond): The Collection. Recessed downlights from 75 to 200 mm, in fixed, adjustable, trimless and tunable white versions, for hospitality, offices and commercial spaces.
- [FOLLO](https://paulthames.com/collection/follo): The Collection. Compact spotlights for track, surface and recessed mounting, for focused accent and directional lighting in interiors.
- [GLEAM](https://paulthames.com/collection/gleam): The Collection. Outdoor recessed foot light, IP65, with five interchangeable light-hole caps, for low-level accent and safety lighting in gardens and landscapes.
- [HERMIT](https://paulthames.com/collection/hermit): The Collection. Track-mounted focusing spotlights and profile spotlights in several sizes, for focused accent lighting.
- [KLEE II](https://paulthames.com/collection/klee-ii): The Collection. A chandelier for suspended ambient lighting.
- [KONANE](https://paulthames.com/collection/konane): The Collection. Outdoor projector in three sizes, IP65, with interchangeable louvers and lenses, for floodlighting in gardens and landscapes.
- [LED sheet, RGBW](https://paulthames.com/collection/led-sheet-rgbw): The Collection. A flexible RGBW LED sheet on DMX or SPI, cut to your design, for backlighting translucent materials in colour.
- [LED sheet, tunable white](https://paulthames.com/collection/led-sheet-tunable-white): The Collection. A flexible tunable-white LED sheet, cut to your design, for backlighting translucent materials where the colour temperature needs to change.
- [LED sheet, white](https://paulthames.com/collection/led-sheet-white): The Collection. A flexible white LED sheet, cut to your design and used to backlight stretch fabric, onyx and other translucent materials.
- [LINA H](https://paulthames.com/collection/lina-h): The Collection. A family of linear luminaires, surface-mounted, suspended, up-and-down and rigid, with high colour rendering (Ra above 90), for ambient and accent lighting in hospitality, offices and commercial spaces.
- [LINA S](https://paulthames.com/collection/lina-s): The Collection. LED strip in extruded and silicone versions, in several widths and brightness levels, from IP20 to IP67 with dimming from phase-cut to DALI and DMX512. For architectural accent and ambient lighting.
- [LINNOU](https://paulthames.com/collection/linnou): The Collection. Recessed downlights in a compact, low-profile design, in fixed and adjustable versions and several aperture sizes. For ambient lighting in hospitality, residences, offices and public spaces.
- [LUSTER](https://paulthames.com/collection/luster): The Collection. Recessed downlights in several sizes, with vanity, gypsum, tunable white and full spectrum versions, for ambient and accent lighting in hospitality and commercial spaces.
- [MASTER](https://paulthames.com/collection/master): The Collection. Adjustable recessed downlights with round pin-hole, square and trimless versions, tilting 30° and rotating 355°, for directional accent and ambient lighting.
- [MIP LED display](https://paulthames.com/collection/mip-led-display): The Collection. Modular MIP LED tiles assembled into a continuous video surface, in a range of pixel pitches, for signage, feature walls and interiors.
- [MIZAR](https://paulthames.com/collection/mizar): The Collection. Ground-mounted outdoor linear wall washer, IP65, for accent lighting of facades and landscape.
- [MULAN II](https://paulthames.com/collection/mulan-ii): The Collection. Spotlights for track, magnetic track, surface and recessed mounting in five sizes, for accent and directional lighting.
- [Neon LED strip](https://paulthames.com/collection/neon-led-strip): The Collection. Neon-style LED strip with a 360° free bend and continuous runs to 18 m, in RGB and tunable white on DMX or SPI, with an IP68 version for pools.
- [NICOLE](https://paulthames.com/collection/nicole): The Collection. Outdoor garden light in powder-coated aluminium, IP65, with a choice of reflector, diffuser, louver and disc heads and three heights, for garden and landscape lighting.
- [POYO](https://paulthames.com/collection/poyo): The Collection. Outdoor surface-mounted luminaire that rotates 350° horizontally and tilts 30° vertically, IP65, for directional lighting from small to high spaces.
- [Silicone extrusion LED strip](https://paulthames.com/collection/silicone-extrusion-led-strip): The Collection. Silicone-extruded LED strip in white, RGBW and tunable white, with a red version and a sauna version.
- [SILK](https://paulthames.com/collection/silk): The Collection. Fixed recessed wall-washer downlights in round and square versions, for accent lighting and washing walls with light.
- [SMD LED display](https://paulthames.com/collection/smd-led-display): The Collection. Modular SMD LED tiles assembled into a continuous video surface, in a range of pixel pitches, for signage, feature walls and interiors.
- [Uncoated SMD LED strip](https://paulthames.com/collection/uncoated-smd-led-strip): The Collection. Uncoated SMD LED strip in white, RGBW and tunable white, with an S-shape version and pixel versions on SPI or DMX.
- [VIRTUE](https://paulthames.com/collection/virtue): The Collection. Recessed downlights in standard, adjustable, trimless and vanity versions, for general lighting and for mirror lighting in bathrooms.

## Signature showpieces

- [Alchimia](https://paulthames.com/signature/showpieces/alchimia): A display hidden in stone. Switched off, Alchimia blends into the finish as one continuous surface, with no black rectangle, even as the light changes.
- [Circular LED Display](https://paulthames.com/signature/showpieces/circular-led-display): Seamless circular direct-view LED in multiple diameters and pixel pitches, indoor or outdoor. A round canvas for ambient scenes, generative art or live content.
- [Holographic Transparent Screen](https://paulthames.com/signature/showpieces/holographic-transparent-screen): A display that reads as glass until it lights. Content appears to float in mid-air; switched off, the glass is simply glass.
- [Video Dance Floor](https://paulthames.com/signature/showpieces/video-dancefloor): An LED video floor set flush into the floor. It reacts to music in real time and runs anything from ambient patterns to full-colour visuals.
- [Pixel Games Floor](https://paulthames.com/signature/showpieces/pixel-floor): An interactive pixel gaming floor turns any entertainment space into an immersive playground of fast-paced games, challenges and multiplayer fun.

## Atelier highlights

- [Sports Bar Pixel Lighting](https://paulthames.com/atelier/highlights/sportsbar): The bar that never gets boring. Custom RGB pixel panels shift from serene ambient scenes to all-out party modes, with sound-to-light and video-to-light effects.
- [Starry Night Ceiling](https://paulthames.com/atelier/highlights/starry-night): A crafted starry night ceiling with recognisable constellations, a subtle twinkle and occasional shooting stars, made for gazing up at from the pool.