News release

The design of BÄRO luminaires is often praised – by retail designers, retailers from a wide range of industries and product design experts. It was most recently recognised with two awards for outstanding design quality at the renowned German Design Award, which is presented every year by the German Design Council.

With professional performance and compact dimensions, the XR luminaire series has already convinced numerous planners and users of retail lighting. Now BÄRO is further expanding the series: Ontero XR surface-mounted luminaires now come with flush-mounted in-track adapters, while Intara XR recessed luminaires complete the system for even more versatile and differentiated lighting concepts.

The logo of the Ametller Origen restaurant "CoMMons" on the menu proclaiming "Est. 1830" draws attention to the long tradition. We are in the base of the "World Trade Center", in a prominent location right at Barcelona's harbour. But a look around this new restaurant shows that the ambience is anything but traditional: the Catalan trading company Ametller Origen has realised a trendsetting restaurant concept here.

A buzzword is electrifying the construction industry and architects: BIM stands for Building Information Modeling i.e. digital building data modelling. In future, the BIM method will be indispensable for efficient planning and construction. From now on BÄRO will provide data that enable realistic and vivid light planning in digital models.

A simple cylinder with an eye-catching, U-shaped cut-out – Pendiro IC suspended luminaires from BÄRO have already convinced the design jury of the "Iconic Awards - Interior Innovation" with their high formal quality. The award-winning design featuring new innovative technologies has now been further developed to create a complete product series, which has already been recognised by the German Design Council. The most important German design and brand authority has nominated the new Ontero IC track-mounted spotlight for the "German Design Award 2020".

Supermarket, bakery, butcher's shop: new "Spotlight" brochures from BÄRO give valuable tips for planning retail lighting.

The traditional bakery Vreugdenhil in Maasdijk (NL) focuses on quality and is growing organically – the space for this is created by an extension that interprets the values of the family business in a modern and appealing way. BÄRO lighting underlines the clear store concept.

Clear commitment to design as a strategic instrument of brand management: BÄRO, the specialist for retail lighting and Clean Air Technologies, has been accepted as a foundation member of the German Design Council. The company is now one of the sponsors of the most important German design and brand authority.

In retail design lighting technology always assumes several functions at once: light ensures that products are perfectly presented and perceived, as a design tool it makes a decisive contribution to the atmosphere in the room.