Ponctuelle firm: Over 25 Years of Lighting Design
1998
Creation
Birth of Ponctuelle, founded by Philippe Mombellet after 20 years of lighting design for live performances. The agency continued to innovate with creations in opera, dance, and theater. Massy and Dijon Opera: Don Carlos. Nantes Opera : La Bohème.2000
Exhibitions
Traveling exhibitions with IRSN
Tallinn Opera: Boris Godunov
Nantes Opera: Capriccio
Switzerland: Expo 02 event, Eden Pavilion
Exhibition projects with scenographers2005
Diversification
Key year marked by the diversification of projects: fashion shows, exhibitions, installations, events, offices. Sainte-Anne Chapel. Beginning of the collaboration in architecture for the Richemont group. First retail space completed.
2008
10 years !
Ponctuelle celebrates 10 years! Geneva: first International Salon of Haute Horlogerie (SIHH). First 100% LED development: Spot C with Loupi. Collaboration for the Cartier Foundation with David Lynch, Alessandro Mendini, Béatrice Milhazes. Fashion shows, exhibitions, retail spaces. Shanghai: World Expo, France Pavilion.
2012
Air France Lounge
Interpretation Center/Museum of Alésia. Roissy: Air France Lounge. Opera: La Vie Parisienne. Museum of Art and History in Saint Denis. Bookstore of the Opéra Garnier. 100% LED lighting charter for Richemont.
2015
Chauvet Cave
Replica of the Chauvet Cave. Exhibitions at Les Invalides and the Musée de la Marine. First 100% LED glass lens development with Ansorg. Paris: Hôtel Amastan. Basel: Dior Baselworld. Lalique Rue de la Paix. Musée de l’Armée: Churchill-De Gaulle. Grand Palais Museum: Gauguin.
2018
20 years !
Ponctuelle celebrates 20 years! Marseille Opera: Madame Butterfly. First development of the LED linear Cobra led with Formalighting. Jaeger-LeCoultre Manufacture Museum. First retail space for Chanel. New York, Hong Kong, etc.: first façades. Paris: Hôtel Le Collectionneur. Paris: Suites for Hôtel Meurice.
2020
The Magic Flute
Nice Theater: The Magic Flute. Paris: Hôtel MERMOZ. Exhibition at Clos Lucé. Paris: Moët Hennessy offices at Le Bon Marché. AXA offices. Development of Punch Line and Colosseo LED with Formalighting. Retail spaces: Chanel, Messika, Arije, Cartier.
2022
Saint Laurent and Tiffany
First retail spaces with Saint Laurent and Tiffany. Retail space projects: Chanel, Cartier. Vichy: D LAB factory. Cannes: Hôtel Le Marriott. First retail space with Tiffany. Development of Teatro LED spot with Formalighting.
2024
Transmission
Transfer of Ponctuelle Agency to Christophe Canadell
First retail space with Louis Vuitton. Paris Rue Royale: L’Oréal Hairdressing Academy. Retail spaces: Tiffany, Chanel, Messika, IWC, Arije, Cartier, Piaget.
The Team
Situated in a green space in Paris’s 19th arrondissement, the firm currently has around twenty
collaborators, mostly from the fields of architecture and performing arts.