Kalamazoo, MI – Landscape Forms President, Bill Main, has announced that The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, and The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, have awarded Landscape Forms a 2010 Green GOOD DESIGN™ Award for Hi-Glo and Lo-Glo lighting from the Metro40 collection of site furnishings designed by BMW Group DesignworksUSA. Hi-Glo, 12-foot pedestrian light and Lo-Glo, 3-foot pathway light, feature LED cartridge technology that delivers energy efficiency, high performance, longevity and economy. Innovations in light color and reduced light pollution support the circadian cycle and human health. Both lights meet lighting requirements and help define identity in settings such as business districts, campuses and parks, or can be used as stand alone lighting.
The GOOD DESIGN program was founded in Chicago in 1950. It remains the oldest and most important Awards Program worldwide. This is the second year a very specialized edition of the GOOD DESIGN was developed. Its purpose is to emphasize the importance of sustainable design and to develop a public awareness program to the international general public about which companies are concentrating on sustainable design for our world environments.
For Green GOOD DESIGN, thousands of submissions were received from over 46 nations. Members of The European Center’s International Advisory Committee – worldwide leaders in the design industry - served as the jury. They selected over 150 products, programs, people, government, environmental planning and architecture as outstanding examples of Green Design.
About Landscape Forms
Since its founding in 1969 Landscape Forms has earned a reputation for excellent design, high quality products and exceptional service. The Landscape Forms U.S. headquarters and manufacturing facility is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan with sales offices throughout North America, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Japan and Southern Europe. Landscape Forms collaborates with renowned industrial designers and consultancies, landscape architects, and architects to design and develop integrated collections of products that address emerging needs. The company has an installed based of products around the world. Clients include municipalities, transit centers, corporate, college and health care campuses; and familiar brand such as Boeing, Cisco Systems, Disney, Sprint, American Airlines, Herman Miller and Nike. Landscape Forms was recently named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the Top 15 Small Workplaces in the US. www.landscapeforms.com