Sustainability has been one of our company's most important value since the beginning. For us, responsibility means choosing sustainable materials, transparent production processes, maintaining the art of craftsmanship and supporting small businesses.
Our mission is to create long lasting future classics - easily recognizable high-quality design lighting that become looked-after valuables that run in the family.
Responsibility and sustainability guide our operations and take our production methods forward -
from the product idea to the final product.
We pay attention to minimizing waste. Our main material is wood, which has a lot of properties related to responsibility. Wood is a renewable natural material and easily recyclable. Wood and packaging waste are delivered for reuse. We also think is important to think the whole life cycle of a product. All our products are easy to disassemble, the materials are separable and recyclable. Lights can also be easily reused by replacing new parts.
The wooden parts of our lights are handmade from FSC-certified ash wood in Finland.
They live from Hollola as big blanks and travel to Sievi in Northern Ostrobothnia, where they will be molded into bigger and smaller balls. These wooden components with their unique patterns are results of professional craftmanship.
The unique glass spheres get their shape by mouth blowing from recycled Iittala glass at a family business in Sastamala, Finland.
Recycling not only reduces the use of virgin raw materials, but also energy consumption. Remelting finished glass requires much less energy than making new glass from virgin raw materials. The glass blower is a member of Finnish eco-entrepreneurs.
There are no machines or molds and glass balls are shaping entirely by hand, which makes them unique.
The glass blower values the thousand year old traditions of the Tortensson family since the 1600s.
We believe in quality and responsible choices.
All our lights are locally produced in Finland from sustainable and
solid materials in cooperation with well-selected Finnish craftsmen.
Our wood components get their beautiful and shiny color in a paintshop in Vaajakoski, Central Finland. Every component needs three layers of paint and time to dry. Between every paint layer, the surface is wiped from paintdust and made smooth so the end results will be as even as possible. All this made by hand of course.
We use only Tikkurila's water-borne paints (made in Finland) that are safe for both people and the environment.
The lights are finished in Vaajakoski, Central Finland by a local electrician. A local certified electrician assembles the combonents as a fully functional light. All the electric chords, bits and pieces find their spark through the hands of a professional.
QUU lights truly are a beautiful combination of Finnish craftmanship from start to finish.
By supporting us you are supporting several small busineesses around Finland.
Finally, we quality check all products at our warehouse In Jyväskylä Finland, from where they are shipped to their new homes.
Before your QUU design lighting is shipped to you, it has been in the tender loving care of 5 small businesses in Finland.
The little things you do daily can have a big impact on our planet –
our QUU lights are made with that in mind.
The Association for Finnish Work has awarded our products the Key Flag- and Design from Finland symbols as a recognition of Finnish labour, design and contribution for social good.
