Landscape Forms is proud to announce that its Profile lighting family, Typology ribbon
bench, Typology lighting, and Take-Out connected seating have all won Red Dot Awards in
Product Design in 2023.
One of the most prestigious design recognitions, the Red Dot Award: Product Design is
an international competition honoring excellence across 51 categories ranging from fashion and
accessories to consumer electronics, vehicles and furniture. To accurately and professionally
appraise such a wide range of submissions, Red Dot brings together a diverse, independent jury
panel, which in 2023, consisted of 43 design experts hailing from 20 different nations.
“What’s so special about Red Dot is that, in many ways, they set the standard for all other
design awards,” says Ryan Heiser, Director of Design at Landscape Forms. “And looking at the
types of products that win Red Dot awards, you notice a very clear harmony between form and
function—the solutions have to be beautiful, but they also have to work. This is a philosophy we
adhere to very closely in our design process and is one of the many reasons that make these
particular recognitions so meaningful.”
Embodying this combination of beautiful, sculptural form and innovative function, the
highly awarded Profile family of lights celebrates yet another as a winner in the Red Dot
Lighting Systems category. Consisting of an area light, accent light, column light, and trio of
bollards, Profile stands out both as a modular lighting solution and as an artful way to present
intentional illumination. Designed with Linnaea Tillett and Tillett Lighting Design Associates,
the collaborative endeavor brings together expertise in all aspects ranging from lighting
technology, to engineering, to manufacturing and high-quality craftsmanship. Of the design
process Linnaea Tillett, Ph.D., Founder & Principal of Tillett Lighting Design Associates,
describes, “We start with quality of light—how we make the experience of light feel right, how
we can make light do what we want it do in an ecologically responsible way—and then we build
form around that,” she says.
Another highly awarded product family, the Typology Collection was honored with two
2023 Red Dot awards, one for its centerpiece ribbon bench in the Urban Design category and one
for its luminaires in the Lighting Systems category. Created with Designworks, a BMW Group
company, Typology is a systematic collection of streetscape elements that intelligently addresses
real world needs in urban design while also introducing aspects of public art. Its ribbon bench is
a modular system of seating segments, configurable backs, arms and surfaces, and integral
lighting that introduces new ways of defining and activating public outdoor space. Typology
lighting—consisting of the ring light, the stick light, and the path light—focuses on breaking
away from traditional lighting design vernacular to bring a wholly unique and immersive
experience to the category. Enveloping the observer, Typology lighting elements play with space
and shadow, joining the sky and ground with a signature, unmistakable design language.
Celebrated for its elegant evolution of the fixed-seat dining table, Take-Out was also
recognized with a Red Dot award in the Urban Design category. The group of five
complementary seats and surfaces expands on the connected seating concept with simplified
lines and improved versatility. Light enough to be picked up, arranged and rearranged, Take-Out
opens up new ways for people to experience and connect in outdoor spaces. Designed by
Rodrigo Torres, Take-Out joins the eponymous Torres lighting line as the designer’s second Red-
Dot-Award-winning collaboration with Landscape Forms.
