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The lighting brand GRAU stands for high-quality lighting for living and working areas, technologically up to date and not only functional, but also characterised by their strong emotional impact. Lighting design by GRAU is always focused on the people themselves. In every respect, the lamps are conceived to accompany their users through everyday life and to respond precisely to their needs. GRAU favours quality over quantity, with a well-thought-out range of timeless design lights that are not based on short-lived trends. Instead, GRAU develops real innovations and always works to improve the user-friendliness and environmental impact of its products.

The company was founded in 1986 by Tobias Grau, initially bore his name and produced his own lighting designs. He managed the company together with his wife Franziska Grau, eventually supported by their two sons Timon and Melchior, who also distinguished themselves as designers and light artists. In 2021, Melchior and Timon Grau took over management and repositioned the company. The new company name GRAU no longer refers to an individual person, but draws attention to the interdisciplinary, versatile team, focusing on collaboration, openness and innovation.

In its thinking, GRAU is not bound to conventions and is always interested in new ideas and other perspectives. Above all, light is valued for its emotional impact, so that light quality, ergonomics and aesthetics are consistently taken into account. Light is not understood as mere illumination, but as a social and emotional force. "There is something magical about light. With light we want to activate people's feelings and vision. Our ability to feel, to imagine and to change. In which light do you see life? That's the question we ask," GRAU formulates its objective.

The GRAU product range presents itself as a well-thought-out selection of high-quality products for modern offices and living spaces, for working from home, New Work and a young, flexible lifestyle. They are the result of 30 years of experience in lighting design: proven classics that are constantly being updated technologically, and new designs specifically for the needs of today's life, taking sustainability, smart technology and an intuitive lighting experience into account from the start.

The preferred design language is minimalist and clear, characterized by high-quality materials and elegant colours, which means that GRAU lamps fit almost universally into any furnishing style and can also be combined with each other as desired. Today, GRAU relies almost exclusively on permanently integrated high-performance LEDs, which not only improves the energy efficiency of the lamps, but also allows for compact or delicate designs without reducing the luminosity. GRAU also values the options to precisely control the LED light's colour temperature, thus creating different lighting moods for different activities. Functions such as Warm Dim, Color Tune or Sunset Dimming are now standard for many GRAU lamps. In combination with innovative light control systems and smart functions, they achieve GRAU's aims: to create unique lighting experiences, to ensure one's well-being and to bring a new feeling of light into the world. Light determines human perception and experience, shapes vision, emotion and biorhythm and is therefore an integral part of human existence.

GRAU relies on sustainable design made in Germany. Longevity, quality and social responsibility are decisive criteria in every phase of the production chain. All lights are created on the GRAU Campus, a modern, solar-powered facility near Hamburg. Here, all work steps, from the design to the manufacture of the final product, take place under one roof. GRAU works exclusively with high-quality materials and relies on cooperations with trusted long-term partners and local suppliers who follow the same social and ecological standards. The company strives to further reduce its ecological footprint, to optimize the use of production materials and to be able to work more efficiently thanks new technologies and improved processes.