Full-Time
Manufacturing Team Member
Landscape Forms
201-500 employees
Global outdoor furniture and lighting provider
Compensation Overview
$17/hr
Kalamazoo, MI, USA
In Person
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- A High School Diploma or GED is required.
- Basic computer skills are required.
- Basic math skills are required.
- The ability to read work instructions and follow production processes is required.
- A reliable work history is required.
- The role requires lifting up to 50 pounds, standing and moving throughout the shift, and performing repetitive tasks using hands and arms.
- The role requires working safely in a manufacturing environment.
- The employee must be able to work overtime when production demands require it.
- Perform material preparation, powder coating, woodworking, assembly, and packaging as assigned.
- Safely use tools, machines, and required protective equipment.
- Move materials and work around production equipment, including hot ovens.
- Check parts and products to ensure they meet quality standards.
- Support different work areas as needed to help keep production running.
- Keep the work area clean, safe, and organized.
Landscape Forms designs and manufactures outdoor furniture, LED lighting, and related accessories for public and private spaces. Its products come in integrated collections developed in collaboration with renowned industrial designers, landscape architects, and architects, to address evolving needs and help create a sense of place in outdoor environments. The company serves municipalities, transit centers, campuses, and brands worldwide, emphasizing durable, well-designed solutions backed by a global network of sales and manufacturing in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Landscape Forms differentiates itself through its long-standing heritage (founded in 1969), global reach, and close collaborations with leading designers to deliver cohesive outdoor environments for clients like Boeing, Nike, Disney, and others. The company’s goal is to provide thoughtful, durable outdoor furniture and lighting that improve outdoor spaces and support the identities of organizations and communities worldwide.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Grant
Total Funding
$2.5M
Headquarters
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Founded
1969
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- September 2026 lighting representation expansion in Idaho broadens distribution across the Intermountain region.
- Great Place To Work certification in June 2026 supports hiring and retention in skilled manufacturing.
- Lighting Road Show and EPD program strengthen specifier engagement and sustainability differentiation across 2026.
What critics are saying
- Forms+Surfaces, Victor Stanley, and Maglin pressure margins across premium site furnishings now.
- A 2028 Kalamazoo buildout risks execution slippage, cost overruns, and distracted management.
- No disclosed layoffs or litigation is reassuring, but a demand shock would hit a single-site manufacturer hard.
What makes Landscape Forms unique
- Designworks collaboration and Typology catenary ring lights create distinctive high-design outdoor lighting.
- July 2026 Site Planner moves Landscape Forms from products to full-space specification workflows.
- Kalamazoo manufacturing expansion and family brands strengthen integrated furniture, lighting, and structures offerings.
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Benefits
Health Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Family Planning Benefits
Tuition Reimbursement
Wellness Program
Paid Vacation
Hybrid Work Options
Growth & Insights and Company News
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↑ 11%Landscape Forms introduces the Typology Catenary Ring Light, the inspired evolution of a modern classic. Landscape Forms, North America's leading designer and manufacturer of high-design site furniture, structures, and lighting, proudly introduces the Typology Catenary Ring Light, an ethereal luminaire that transforms urban environments into unforgettable visual experiences. Designed in collaboration with Designworks, a BMW Group Company, the catenary ring light represents a bold evolution in pedestrian-scale lighting - one that prioritizes artistry and presence as much as illumination. "The original ring design emerged from a joint desire to create something that transcends traditional luminaire form," says Jordan Agustin, President of Lighting at Landscape Forms. "We wanted to create an element that could be recognized at a distance yet still feel intimate and welcoming when experienced up close. The catenary mounting style expands on the original 'floating ring' design and allows for unique arrangements to be created above a space." "The collaboration between Landscape Forms and Designworks, a BMW Group company, brought together two organizations deeply committed to pushing the boundaries of what's possible in urban design," says Ryan Heiser, Director of Design at Landscape Forms. "This evolution of the ring light represents our shared belief that functional infrastructure can - and should - inspire wonder. We approached this project with the understanding that lighting in public spaces is about creating moments that resonate emotionally with the people who experience them." Ring light is an integral component of the larger Typology collection, an innovative and visually cohesive approach to lighting that creates immersive three-dimensional environments. Unencumbered from vertical support, the Typology catenary ring light floats above and transforms open space, complementing pedestrian scale pole mounts serving multiple purposes on the periphery. The catenary suspension system allows for flexible installation configurations, adapting seamlessly to diverse urban contexts. Coordinated spacing strategies and variable pole heights allow both pole and catenary applications to work together, creating a rhythmic and unifying visual language across busy plazas and transit hubs to more intimate pedestrian walkways and park paths. The engineering behind the catenary ring light reflects Landscape Forms' commitment to technological innovation and manufacturing excellence. "The ring light challenges conventional approaches to urban lighting by prioritizing emotional impact alongside performance," Jordan adds. "It creates a sense of place that's immediately recognizable and deeply memorable. People interacting in the spaces lit by Typology ring experience a connection to place that elevates the entire environment." About Landscape Forms Landscape Forms is a global leader in shaping premium outdoor spaces, delivering design driven solutions that elevate public and private environments. Today, the company collaborates with leading designers and landscape architects to create enduring environments defined by purpose and connection. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Landscape Forms is supported by a family of brands, including Kornegay Design, Loll Designs, and Summit Furniture, with sales representation spanning five continents. Landscape Forms' outdoor solutions have received international recognition and can be found across municipal, transit, corporate, education, recreation, healthcare, and hospitality environments, including installations for well-known organizations such as Harvard University, LinkedIn, Google, Coca Cola, Nike, Hudson River Park's Pier 26 in New York, Intuit Dome, Ford Experience Center, Adidas, Salesforce, Microsoft, and Uber. A people-first culture and commitment to excellence are reflected not only in the work itself, but also in honors such as Fortune magazine's Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production and by Great Place To Work(R). For more information, visit www.landscapeforms.com. About Designworks, a BMW Group Company Designworks is the design innovation studio for the BMW Group. As an independent studio working for a large bandwidth of industries, Designworks stimulates ambitious visions of the future through practical design strategies and explorations. It pushes future experiences that are as ambitious as relevant. Designworks is 'the architect of future' - designing holistic systems that impact and improve the world. With studios in North America, Europe and Asia, Designworks is a powerful tool supporting the BMW Group to be at the very forefront of design, technology and innovation.
Typology catenary ring light. 11th August 2026 Typology catenary ring light transforms outdoor environments with a luminous floating form that balances architectural expression and high-performance illumination. Designed by Landscape Forms in collaboration with Designworks, a BMW Group Company, the suspended ring creates memorable visual experiences while supporting flexible installation across plazas, transit hubs, parks, and pedestrian pathways. Working in harmony with Typology pole-mounted luminaires, it establishes a cohesive, human-scaled lighting language that defines place.
Landscape Forms launches a new Site Planner for complete outdoor spaces. Landscape Forms goes beyond single-product configuration with a new Site Planner that lets specifiers compose entire outdoor environments - benches, tables, shelters and umbrellas - in one shared 3D scene. Landscape Forms - the US designer and manufacturer of premium site furnishings - has taken the next step in its digital specification journey. After bringing its product line into 3D, the brand has now launched a full Site Planner: a tool that lets landscape architects, designers and dealers lay out entire outdoor spaces, not just individual pieces. Where a product configurator answers "what does this bench look like in my finish?", the Site Planner answers a bigger question: "how does the whole space come together?" Users start from ready-made layout starters, drop in furniture families, pair tables with the right chairs, and place products beneath shelters and large-format umbrellas - building a complete, true-to-scale scene as they go. A few of the things that make it feel effortless: * Layout starters so no one begins from a blank canvas. * Smart pairings - tables and chairs that belong together stay together. * Placement under shelters and Mega Max and Cantilever umbrellas, so shaded zones are designed the way they are actually used. * Search by product or module name, so finding the right piece takes seconds. * Save, share and PDF export, so a plan can move straight into a specification conversation. For a category like site furnishings - where projects are large, multi-stakeholder and highly visual - moving from product-level configuration to space-level planning is a real leap. It gives Landscape Forms' partners a single place to design, validate and share an outdoor environment before a single item is quoted. Built on The Planner Studio - the same platform powering 40+ configurators across 9+ markets.
11 new furniture & casegoods products for healthcare. Check out this roundup of new furniture and casegoods products from vendors and manufacturers that support healthcare environments. Published: May 13, 2026 Compiled by Robert McCune Healthcare Design presents a roundup of new furniture and casegoods products that vendors and manufacturers are introducing to support the design of healthcare environments. These products range from upholstered seating to desks and storage solutions. Visit Healthcare Design's Products page for more healthcare-specific products. Link Rail, landscape forms. Landscape Forms introduces Link Rail, a standing-height seating system with piano-key wood bench seats and optional seatbacks, created in collaboration with designer and sorelstudio founder Jess Sorel. Offered in two styles - a perch-friendly rail seat and a bar-height seat - Link Rail is designed to support leaning, perching, and elevated postures with inline, arced, circular, and serpentine seating shapes and configurations. Mason, KFI Studios. KFI Studios' Mason lounge chair features a sculpted three-piece shell that emulates smooth pebbles. Mason can be upholstered in a single textile or a mix of fabrics and is available with or without arms. Base options include a four-leg wood frame, metal sled base, or a metal four-star swivel. Apprise Collection, steelcase. Steelcase presents the Apprise Collection, with options for guest, lounge, bariatric, and tandem seating. The line's residential-inspired forms are shaped by contoured cushions, clean upholstery lines, and supportive ergonomics. The collection also includes an occasional table outfitted with power outlets. ERA, deskmakers. Deskmakers' ERA is a fixed-height and height-adjustable private office collection that includes desks, storage solutions, credenzas, wardrobes, and architectural wall panels. Flexible configurations, integrated wire management, and optional technology features support the needs of administrators, physicians, and healthcare staff. EZ Rest Sleep Sofa, Knú Comfort. La-Z-Boy Healthcare and Knú Comfort introduce EZ Rest Sleep Sofa. Designed for ease of use, EZ Rest's seat extends into a full sleep surface with a simple pull of the handle. Multiple seat widths and arm styles - including a newly designed barrel arm - allow flexibility to fit a range of spaces. Camber, stance healthcare. Stance Healthcare's Camber collection offers storage in multiple bedside table and wardrobe sizes. Cabinets feature 3/4-inch backs in laminate, seamless tops and fronts, and steel drawer boxes for increased durability. Style options include a solid-surface top, black or brushed-nickel pulls, and single-finish or two-tone white/gray front. Hi+Lo Lounge Collection, Trinity Furniture. The Hi+Lo Lounge Collection from Trinity Furniture offers a modular seating system designed, engineered, and manufactured in Trinity, N.C. Seating models include straight and curved benches in single, two-, and three-place units with optional backs in a variety of heights. The collection comes in laminate wood finishes and fabric or leather upholstery. Ryno Dining Chair 2.0, Pineapple Contracts. Available in 15 colors, the Ryno Dining Chair 2.0 by Pineapple Contracts features an organic silhouette and larger base to enhance stability and protect walls from damage. Subtle sensory ripples offer tactile engagement for users who benefit from sensory input. Zargen Metal Drawer System, grass America. Grass America's Zargen Metal Drawer System provides storage with an integrated slide-and-side design that promotes smooth operation and customization. Drawer sides and slides are coated with a white epoxy finish for easy cleaning, and the system has a 100-pound load capacity. Additional features include a built-in self-closing action. Carver Coffee Table, Room & Board. Crafted in New Hampshire from sustainably sourced wood, the Carver Coffee Table by Room & Board pairs a rounded top with a sculptural base. The table comes in walnut or oak wood finishes. Tables are available in 66-inch or 52-inch widths, with both options measuring 30 inches deep by 15 inches high. Mora System, herman Miller. Herman Miller's Mora System, designed by industrial designer and Collective Ten Founder Colin Nourie, features an updated casework collection that includes new configurations, hardware, and design details. Mora meets SCS Global Services' Indoor Advantage standards for emissions and has a prefabricated, modular design that allows cabinetry to be reconfigured.
Landscape Forms to spend $70 Million to occupy 30,000 square feet of space in Kalamazoo Michigan. Landscape Forms to spend $70 Million to occupy 30,000 square feet of space in Kalamazoo Michigan.Kalamazoo, Michigan — According to state and local development sources, Landscape Forms plans to invest $70,000,000.00 to build out 30,000 square feet of new space in Kalamazoo. The company plans to occupy the new space in Kalamazoo, on or about March 1, 2028. According to the company website Landscape Forms is the industrys premier global brand of outdoor furniture, LED lighting and accessories. 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