Over the course of more than fifteen years, Nathan Thompson and The Flaming Beacon have completed many projects in Asia, Africa, Australasia, North and Central America, South America and Europe, having collaborated with designers and architects such as Kerry Hill Architects, Denniston Architects and Planners, Layan Design Group, Northpoint Architects, Jaya Ibrahim, Carr Design Group, Swaney Draper Architects, Bates Smart Architects, BNN and many others.

Known for its lighting design leadership in international hospitality and tourism, The Flaming Beacon has worked on many niche hotel projects including properties for operators such as Aman Resorts and GHM as well as several individual signature projects like Hotel Lindrum in Melbourne and Flying Fish Restaurant in Sydney. The Flaming Beacon have also completed many hotel projects for large international operators like Hilton, Regent and Sol.

The Flaming Beacon has also participated in public planning and design, producing the Victoria Dock Lighting Master Plan at Melbourne's Docklands for Lend Lease and having lit The Field of Bells at Birrarung Marr parkland for The City of Melbourne. Nathan's ongoing dialogue with designer/artist Christian Moeller recently led to the development of lighting design guidelines for the Seattle Monorail, having grown from their ongoing collaboration on arts projects such as 'Audio-Grove', which received the prestigious Prix Ars Electronica.

The Flaming Beacon's commitment to the arts has led to performance projects with diverse groups including Chamber Made Opera, The Australian Ballet, the Institute for Complex Entertainment (Nathan is a founding member), the West Australian Ballet, Stelarc, Melbourne Opera, The Ennio Morricone Experience, Playbox Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company, Melbourne Festival and others and has crossed the spectrum of artistic endeavour from traditional performance forms to in-body sculpture and avant-garde visual installation work.