by Brianna Crandall — July 13, 2015—The new FGP Collection is an integrated collection of site furniture and lighting from Milan-based designer Francisco Gomez Paz, and the latest addition to the Landscape Forms Global 45 Collections. These are products designed by international designers to have global appeal, with structural components manufactured by high-design site furniture manufacturer Landscape Forms and flat-shipped to partner vendors around the world who provide regionally sourced infill materials and assemble and deliver complete products to customers.
“We now have sales, service and assembly centers in the U.K., Brazil and Australia,” explains Landscape Forms President Richard Heriford. “Francisco Gomez Paz is an emerging design talent and a very fine industrial designer who understands the challenges of designing and manufacturing for a global marketplace. The FGP Collection adds another aesthetic point of view to Landscape Forms international expansion.”
The FGP Collection includes five elements: a bench, litter receptacle, bike rack and light-emitting diode (LED) pedestrian and path lights. The forms have a fluid simplicity with subtly curved structural frames that give them a soft appearance, points out Landscape Forms.
“The FGP Collection is really beautiful, with a visual language that is elegant and light,” declares Kirt Martin, Landscape Forms vice president of Design and Marketing. “While it is contemporary, it references familiar forms, especially in the bench. So it is welcoming but is also a very modern play. Good design comes out of constraints and FGP is proof that you can do great product with a great aesthetic at an attractive price point.”
The bench is offered in single and double lengths and is scalable. The back height of the bench was designed to allow a sitter to rest an arm on it, making it feel relaxed and welcoming, says the company. The top of the litter receptacle is hinged to swing up for easy servicing.
The 12-16′ pedestrian light and low path light are shaped by three stems that rise from the connection with the pole and base, respectively, forming a soft, triangular head holding LEDs in triangular arrays that cast illumination between the verticals in a clean footprint. The inclusion of pedestrian lighting enables the FGP Collection to create public spaces that are viable 24 hours a day.
The bike rack has a visually arresting shape that echoes the form of a bicycle frame, lending it fresh appeal. All parts come together elegantly, with no welding and minimized or hidden fasteners.
All structural parts of the FGP Collection are cast aluminum. Cast aluminum parts on the bench, litter and bike rack have a handsome anodized finish. Castings on lights are finished using Landscape Forms’ proprietary Pangard II powdercoat. Slats on the bench and litter receptacle are wood. The slats are offered in North America with Landscape Forms standard woods and in international markets with regionally sourced wood species.
For more information, contact Landscape Forms and see more FM-specific information on the company’s FMLink ad.
