Wästberg Launches w181 Linier Pro: Dirk Winkel's High-Efficiency Spotlight

The w181 Linier Pro by Dirk Winkel for wästberg enhances the acclaimed Linier family with professional-grade performance.

Maintaining the original’s slim profile and elegant proportions, this advanced spotlight introduces a custom microlens system delivering exceptional efficacy (136 lm/W) while ensuring comfortable, glare-free illumination (UGR < 19).

Fully compliant with DIN EN 12464-1 standards, the w181 Linier Pro is optimized for demanding professional environments such as office workstations. Berlin-based designer Dirk Winkel’s commitment to formal purism and technical innovation is evident in this sophisticated lighting solution that combines aesthetic refinement with superior performance.

Dirk Winkel is a Berlin-based product designer who graduated from the Royal College of Art London, MA Design Products in 2010. Specialized in lighting and furniture design, he set up his design office in Berlin in summer 2011. Driven by the idea of formal purism as a basic principle of sustainability, his great interests are the exploration of pushing the boundaries of mass production techniques, the rethinking of light and lighting paradigms, and the investigation of new materials and their ecological and design potential. Since 2012 he has been teaching Design Construction at the Industrial Design course of the UdK Berlin. In 2022, he was appointed guest professor for product design at the HBKsaar. His work has won numerous awards and nominations like the Swedish Design Award (Svensk Form), Designs of the Year (London Design Museum), the German Design Award (Special Mention) and the Editors‘ Choice Award (Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair).