Louis Poulsen's lighting philosophy is renowned and admired around the world...
They are proud of this, and owe much of the honour to Poul Henningsen, who initiated what later developed into their lighting philosophy back in the late 1920s.
The essence of thier work is to create human-friendly lighting – comfortable lighting which makes people beautiful and creates an excellent atmosphere. Put briefly, they want people to feel they are in good company with Louis Poulsen's lighting solutions.
Louis Poulsen's lighting philosophy consists of three elements: Function, comfort and ambience. They use the abbreviation FCA© (function, comfort and ambience) in international contexts when telling the world about the values which define their lighting.
Each of these describe an aspect they consider to be vitally important to lighting. Together they provide the foundation for unique and comfortable lighting solutions.
Their passion is to design and sell outstanding lighting statements through products that provide ambience to people and architecture
By unique lighting they mean lighting in close accord with their lighting philosophy. Lighting which undergoes extensive testing to optimise comfort and ambience. These are elements Louis Poulsen closely associates with human well-being in artificially lit areas, and which help optimise what we call the Feel Good Factor of the light fixture.
They design products in strict accordance with our product philosophy. This means that all products are tested in relation to their function, comfort and ambience.
We produce lighting for people and for their well-being. Louis Poulsen's lighting philosophy therefore develops in step with the available light sources, which have always been the foundation for the development of our products. Energy consumption, general human well-being and our values together provide the basis for Louis Poulsen's product development.
Louis Poulsen's close cooperation with architects has been key to its market position throughout the years. The combination of the architects' approach, Louis Poulsen's lighting philosophy and the accumulated expertise has led to impressive and innovative world-class lighting solutions.
Louis Poulsen's partner focus entails unique cooperation during the product development phase and technical support in relation to specific projects. Such collaboration has frequently resulted in products that have become part of Louis Poulsen's standard range due to their unique design and great versatility.
Louis Poulsen is an international lighting manufacturer and part of the Targetti Poulsen Industries lighting group. Louis Poulsen targets the professional and private lighting markets and produces and develops lights and solutions for indoor and outdoor applications.
Louis Poulsen's approach to lighting lies in a very strict and uncompromising product philosophy grounded in simplicity. There must be no elements which do not serve a light related purpose.
This results in products with a very simple and discreet design, ideally suited to all types of architecture, both new and old, across cultural styles.
Louis Poulsen's product designs are also admired for their unique quality and lasting appeal, with the result that projects remain contemporary year after year.
