serien.lighting

serien.lighting is a German lighting manufacturer founded in 1983 by industrial designers Jean-Marc da Costa and Manfred Wolf, who met while studying at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach in the early 1980s. The company, originally named serien Raumleuchten GmbH, grew out of a shared ambition to design products and take responsibility for their entire development — from first idea to series production. From its base in Rodgau near Frankfurt, serien.lighting has developed over more than four decades into an internationally active company. The brand designs and produces intelligent lighting solutions with a reduced modernist formal vocabulary and sophisticated lighting effects. Its portfolio spans ceiling, pendant, wall, table and floor luminaires, developed for demanding architectural contexts. Products combine technical precision, formal clarity and craftsmanship, with metal as a core material alongside mouth-blown glass, ceramics, textiles and high-quality plastics. Recent introductions include the SLICE² PI Suspension pendant light in three sizes, four colours and three suspension variants, and the SLICE² PI Ceiling, a circular ceiling luminaire just 48 mm high that combines high light output with maximum glare control. serien.lighting positions itself as a partner for architects, interior designers and planners, offering project consultation and custom solutions under the serien.individual label. The company's working principle, expressed as "LIVING THE LIGHT", treats light as an integral part of architecture — structuring space, providing orientation and shaping atmosphere. Final assembly takes place at the company headquarters in Rodgau, with certain steps carried out together with inclusive workshops and regional partners. The brand presents its products at trade fairs such as Light + Building and ARCHITECT@WORK, and its luminaires are used in office, residential and education projects.

serien.lighting traces its origins to the early 1980s, when industrial design students Jean-Marc da Costa and Manfred Wolf met at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach. Both wanted not only to design products but to take responsibility for their development from the first idea to series maturity. Manfred Wolf brought the craft capabilities of his family's metalworking business, and the first prototypes and product ideas were created in a workshop in Rodgau. From the outset, construction, material and light were understood as an interconnected task — an approach that still shapes the company. In 1983, the two designers founded serien Raumleuchten GmbH, an unusual step for young industrial designers at the time: development, production and distribution were all in their own hands from the beginning. By 1985 the company was producing its first luminaires itself, independently of existing manufacturers, developing, engineering, manufacturing and marketing them. Construction as the starting point of form became a defining characteristic of the early designs and of the brand's work thereafter. Over the following decades, what began with a few luminaires grew into an internationally active company. The brand established itself as a specialist in design and architectural lighting, with a portfolio covering ceiling, pendant, wall, table and floor luminaires. Its products are characterised by a reduced modernist formal vocabulary, precise light guidance and the use of materials such as metal, mouth-blown glass, ceramics, textiles and high-quality plastics. The company's working principle, "LIVING THE LIGHT", reflects the conviction that light is an integral part of rooms — structuring, orienting and shaping atmosphere. serien.lighting remains based in Rodgau near Frankfurt, where final assembly takes place; individual work steps are realised together with inclusive workshops and regional partners. The company serves architects, interior designers and planners, offering project consultation and custom solutions under the serien.individual label, and presents its products at trade fairs including Light + Building and ARCHITECT@WORK. Its luminaires are used in office, residential and education projects, and recent product introductions include the SLICE² PI Suspension and the SLICE² PI Ceiling.

• 1985

  The company begins producing its first luminaires itself, independently of existing manufacturers.

• 1983

  serien Raumleuchten GmbH is founded by the two designers, with development, production and distribution in their own hands.

• 1980

  Jean-Marc da Costa and Manfred Wolf meet during industrial design studies at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach and develop their first joint luminaires.

• Recent product introductions include the SLICE² PI Suspension in three sizes, four colours and three suspension variants, and the SLICE² PI Ceiling, a circular ceiling luminaire just 48 mm high.

Design and architectural lighting with a reduced modernist formal vocabulary, technical precision and craftsmanship, aimed at demanding architectural and interior projects.

• SLICE² PI Suspension

  Pendant luminaire available in three sizes, four colours and three suspension variants in different lengths.

• SLICE² PI Ceiling

  Circular ceiling luminaire reduced to maximum functionality, combining high light output with maximum glare control at only 48 mm total height.

• REFLEX² Ceiling M 600

  Ceiling luminaire used to illuminate the studio of Häfelinger Design in Pullach near Munich.

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