Britain's Tom Dixon & Austria's Prolicht launch new track lighting: CODE

Having spent months locked down in our homes, many of us may have come to realise the importance of having good lighting that work flexibly for our work-home combined life.

Now there is a new LED lighting product called Code, composed of bare LEDs mounted on printed circuit boards that can be arranged in numerous configurations to create “graphic lighting sculptures.” This will be welcome news for those who now probably make working from home a more permanent arrangement, and need inspirational lighting to help nurture productivity.


Code is a collaboration between British designer Tom Dixon who produces furniture, lighting and accessories under his eponymous brand, and Austrian architectural lighting specialists PROLICHT. Their  joint ambition was to rethink conventional track lighting systems, which typically conceal PCBs, and offer a stripped-back alternative that celebrates and exposes the devices.

Right, Walter Norz of Prolicht and Tom Dixon, outside Tom Dixon's headquarters in Coal Harbour,

 London Charing Cross, pre-Covid-19 lockdown.

All photos from Tom Dixon.

Designer Tom Dixon and Prolicht CEO Walter Norz recently spoke to Dezeen founder and editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about the stripped-back LED lighting to coincide with the launch of Code, which was featured in the product fair Virtual Design Festival (VDF), is composed of bare LEDs mounted on printed circuit boards that can be arranged in numerous configurations to create "graphic lighting sculptures", according to the brand.
You can watch the interview by clicking HERE.

“For the past year, we’ve been obsessed with printed circuit boards (PCBs). So flat, so efficient, and so very luminous! Our collaboration with Prolicht started high in the mountains of Innsbruck where we shared our first thoughts on a Minimal Track System that would attempt to remove the superfluous and reveal the light engine in all its naked glory,” said Dixon.

Last week, Tom Dixon unveiled their new Octagon at Design Shanghai at Xintiandi Design Festival, the leading art and design festival in Asia held from 25th May to 8th June.   

The exhibition, YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW showcased an innovative display, entitled Octagon, which was a flatpack structure that transforms into a pavilion of eight vitrines to display elements of our universe.