Lumen-8 is a mature, independent “niche” lighting agency that has successfully served the Los Angeles and Southern California markets for over 34 years (since 1976).  Specialization, focus, integrity, and comprehensive product knowledge are the cornerstones of the agency's growth and longevity, as are the strong relationships with all the key design firms in Southern California, from Santa Barbara to San Diego.

Lumen-8 is very selective in the relatively small number of lines we choose to represent and share with our extensive network of specifier clients.  High quality products, realistic value, and solid business ethics are primary considerations from our factory partners.  Actual product types are limited to interior and exterior architectural specialty lighting, contemporary interior lighting, high performance decorative site luminaires and poles (classical, historical, and contemporary), commercial grade landscape lighting (12v & 120v), classical & contemporary site amenities, and underwater lighting for fountains and water features.

In today’s energy conscious environment, we provide an emphasis on sustainable design solutions and have embraced the rapidly expanding LED and Solar lighting product segments.  With highly specialized product comes the need for highly specialized product knowledge -- all the agency personnel are seasoned lighting professionals who can answer the most demanding technical and design questions about our products with integrity and unbiased expertise.

Lumen-8 collectively has over a hundred years of lighting experience, and all key personnel or managers have 20+ years of direct commercial lighting sales experience.  Knowledge is not limited to specialty agency sales or current product lighting technologies.  Our agency personnel have extensive previous work experience in product design, large package agencies, electrical distribution, lighting manufacturing, marketing and cutting edge internet technologies.  This mature pool of knowledge continually proves to be an invaluable asset to specifers looking for the “perfect” lighting solution, and to manufacturers wishing to improve or develop products and stategies for current market needs.

Our long-standing personal and professional relationships with the top regional specifier offices and studios -- including lighting designers, architects, interior designers, engineers, and landscape architects -- enable us to assist them in choosing appropriate products for all types of projects -- ranging from large themed commercial, hospitality, resort, retail, and civic/municipal developments; to the most sophisticated and intricate residential estate projects.  By giving our full attention to an elite, select group of product lines, we can provide timely, detailed answers to their most demanding technical and design questions.

Though based in Los Angeles, Lumen-8 is routinely asked by our specifiers to become involved in projects around the world because of our level of service and broad knowledge of national and international lighting requirements, This includes, but is not limited to; retail, hospitality, and theme park developments in Las Vegas, Tokyo, Paris, and Hong Kong. We have also helped place major specifications on numerous projects in Europe, the Middle East, Egypt, and Asia.

Lumen-8 believes in “Win-Win-Win” business relationships.  We believe our specifiers “win” when we can help them more quickly select and specify the optimal product for a project.  We believe our manufacturers “win” when we can enable them to be successful and profitable in the highly competitive and crowded Southern California marketplace.  Lastly, we believe Lumen-8 “wins” when we can bring together quality products in quality specifications where our specifers and our manufacturers both achieve a lasting and mutually profitable partnership.