About IP44.DE

Outside lights by IP44.DE – putting every architecture in the right light

IP44.DE outside lighting is one of the internationally recognised top design brands in the outdoor luminaire segment. Since the company was founded by light planner Bernd Schmalhorst in 1993, IP44.DE has exclusively developed luminaires for outdoor use that stand out with their innovative design. Their reduced design language lets them blend easily with different styles of architecture. The broad colour range also includes shades such as cool brown, pure white or bright bronze and can be used to set many different accents in the design of façades and outdoor areas. The collection includes wall, ceiling and ground luminaires together with portable and solar luminairers, as well as the systems IP44.DE connect and IP44.DE solar join for flexible connections between all movable outdoor luminaires. Numerous awards have reinforced IP44.DE's reputation with its international client base. IP44.DE develops its luminaires with designers in Germany and sells them through specialist retail partners all over the world. In its 30th anniversary year, IP44.DE has modified and extended its premises with a new warehouse building and a showroom, as well as an outside area for presenting the luminaires in the right setting.

History
IP44.DE's story begins in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, East Westphalia, where the company today still has its roots. For three generations now, the family business has been advising customers about lighting and light planning. It soon transpired that there were no really recommendable luminaires for outside use. And so in 1993, Bernd Schmalhorst founded IP44.DE outside lighting. The company with its innovative luminaires enthrals customers not only from Germany: today it sells its products all over the world. IP44.DE's success is based on cautious growth while clearly focusing on the company's core expertise: developing aesthetically perfect, technologically pioneering outside lights. As an independent medium-sized company, IP44.DE remains uncompromisingly true to this creed.

Design and material
Clear shapes, precious materials, filigree design: all this is much more demanding when used for outside applications than in building interiors. IP44.DE's creative activities involve contributions from inhouse designers and external specialists, for whom an outside light has to be at least as perfect as an excellent interior luminaire. IP44.DE's position as design brand among providers of outside lighting has been confirmed by numerous awards. Together with a clear, reduced design language, the conception focuses on materials with convincing design possibilities combined with a long service life. Anodized aluminium, stainless steel and aluminium die-casting are characteristic features of the luminaires by IP44.DE. As innovative manufacturer of outside lighting, IP44.DE also gives the aluminium housings the additional protection of an elaborate anodized finish. This provides that special resistance to all kinds of weather conditions that is simply indispensable for long-life outside lights.

Technologies
The team works constantly to improve the electronic components of the outside lights. IP44.DE guarantees a high degree of light quality and efficiency together with a long service life for LED outside lights. Instead of integrating efficient LEDs in conventional housings, IP44.DE develops thermal, technological and functional systems optimized in a holistic manner. Conceived without ballast technology and transformers, the luminaires offer the same filigree aesthetic appearance as in indoor settings. Every part is designed with individual optimization and coordination in terms of colour rendering, heat control and electronic components. The PCBs reduce the temperature in the luminaires, lengthening the service life many times over. A long-term practical test under laboratory conditions permits a reliable performance forecast of 50,000 hours (L70) service life. The 20% greater efficiency of the present LED generation converts into 10% more light output and 10% less current feed. The luminaires work for more than two decades without needing to change the lamps.