Landscape Forms announces an expansion to Take-Out®, the award-winning family of lightweight, reconfigurable connected seating designed by Rodrigo Torres. The additions build on Take-Out’s hallmark simplicity, versatility and human-centered design, introducing new ways for people to gather outdoors across schools, corporate campuses, public spaces and hospitality settings.
The expanded offering includes a new tall with an integrated footrest, a mini ergonomically scaled for K–5 education environments, and a distinctive wedge that introduces fresh geometries and more interpersonal postures. The expansion also incorporates color-matched connector brackets to lock abutting units into stable configurations and a semi-circular umbrella hole option that creates a full standard umbrella opening when two units are placed face-to-face.
“Take-Out has always been about making it easy for people to come together outside—to pick it up, move it around and create a space that fits the moment,” says Ryan Heiser, Director of Design at Landscape Forms. “These new pieces build on that spirit and open up even more ways to connect. The wedge brings people into more natural, conversational postures while introducing even more interesting geometric possibilities in configuration. And the mini is a special milestone for us. It’s the first piece we’ve designed specifically for K-5 learning environments, and it reflects how much we value schools and the role outdoor spaces play in learning and community. We’re excited to help create those welcoming outdoor environments where kids can gather, explore and grow.”
Designer Rodrigo Torres emphasizes the expansion’s focus on shaping connection through form. “Design can gently guide relationships. With the wedge piece, a small break in the shape invites two people who might normally face the street to also turn toward one another,” says Torres. “You can enjoy what’s happening around you and still engage directly with the person beside you. Take-Out is about reclaiming the outdoors—helping people socialize, repopulate public space and feel part of the city again. And bringing this family to young children with the mini version is charming and poetic. It invites them to play, learn and connect outside, to become more conscious of their environment in a simple, joyful way.”
The expanded Take-Out line now spans singles, doubles, triples and wheelchair-accessible left and right triples, alongside the new tall, mini and wedge units. Each maintains Take-Out’s light weight, approachable character and wide-ranging configurability, enabling designers to create linear or staggered runs, communal picnic settings, edge- or sidewalk-oriented seating, and now radial arrangements, faceted arcs, and enclosed hexagons among a myriad of other configuration possibilities. When specified with the new umbrella-hole tops and connector brackets, face-to-face configurations can be secured as one unit and accommodate a standard umbrella.
Take-Out continues to pair minimalist silhouettes with user comfort and long-term durability. Gently curved edges eliminate pressure points and offer a warm, welcoming gesture. Craft manufactured in the USA, Take-Out’s construction includes sheet metal tops and extruded aluminum verticals, finished with a durable polyester powdercoat and equipped with nylon glides that support easy repositioning.