FLOS LIGHTS
FLOS stands for timeless design classics that are sophisticated and simple at the same time. The lighting objects from FLOS are as functional as they are graceful. Internationally renowned designers such as Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Tobia Scarpa, Philippe Starck, Jasper Morrison and Michael Anastassiades are the creators of the outstanding designs, realized with exclusive materials.
FLOS offers lighting solutions for both indoor and outdoor use. The product range for interiors extends from the home to the office to furnishing hotels and stores. Private and business customers will also find a wide selection of high-quality lights for outdoor use.
FLOS lights range
New products from FLOS
FLOS stands for innovation and the courage to take risks - the portfolio is regularly expanded with exciting new products from trendy designers. Re-editions of famous classics by the designer legends of lighting history can also be found regularly among the new products.
FLOS - History & Milestones
The lighting manufacturer FLOS was founded in 1962 by Dino Gavina and Cesare Cassina in Merano, Italy. Shortly afterwards, the founders were joined by the designer brothers Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni and Tobia Scarpa, followed by Sergio Gadini as a member of the management board in 1964. In the same year, the company's headquarters were moved to Brescia near Milan. In 1971, the Italian lighting manufacturer opened its first international branch in Germany. To date, FLOS has opened showrooms and subsidiaries all over the world.
FLOS - Company philosophy
For over 50 years, FLOS designers have been creating lighting objects, expressing new ideas and bringing unexplored emotions to light. The creatives' aim is to keep the fire of provocation alive with the search for a new poetics of functionality. From the very beginning, FLOS has created products that are now considered icons.
The company's philosophy has always focused on bringing new talent on board and having technical and technological authority. The company was keen to experiment with revolutionary materials - such as Cocoon - and apply the latest technological solutions. FLOS positions itself on the borderline between art and design, between craftsmanship and industrial production, between limited editions and mass production, between the thoughts of the individual and the idea of community. In this environment, FLOS is constantly reinventing the language of light, always focusing on freedom of life and a new look.
FLOS - Designers and their luminaires
Ever since the FLOS lighting manufacturer was founded in 1962, the designers and their innovative designs have been at the heart of all its work. The FLOS range includes classics that have achieved world fame as well as modern new creations that will continue to inspire future generations. The designers behind those luminaire creations are now legends of luminaire design. For example, the Castiglioni brothers designed the revolutionary Arco arc lamp, which is still in production today, in the year the company was founded.
FLOS Arco lamp
Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni The Arco is one of FLOS' best-known luminaires. In 1962, the FLOS Arco established a new category of luminaires: the arc lamp. Arco consists of a wide curved frame made of shiny stainless steel and a solid base made of Carrara marble, which ensures stability. The Arco by FLOS is part of the permanent exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art.
About the designers:
Achille (1918-2002) and Pier Giacomo (1913-1968) Castiglioni came up with the idea for the Arco arc lamp when they noticed that street lamps have a large lighting radius. The world-famous designer legends also wanted to make use of this characteristic for interior lighting.
FLOS Aim
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec The cable as a customizable design element: the Aim from FLOS adapts precisely to the room situation and the user's wishes thanks to its swivelling luminaire body made of coated aluminium. A diffuser made of optical polycarbonate ensures glare-free, pleasant light. The luminaire was designed in 2013.
About the designers:
Light creates atmosphere and creates unique moments - with this understanding of light, the two brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec from Paris create luminaire designs that surprise and inspire.
FLOS Parentesi
Achille Castiglioni and Pio Manzù The dimmable Parentesi pendant light is an adjustable light source for direct light. It moves vertically by sliding a painted steel tube on a steel cable. There is an electronic dimmer on the cable that allows the light brightness to be adjusted. The Parentesi 50 is an eye-catcher in the living area thanks to its unusual design.
About the designers:
The Parentesi is a collaboration between legendary designer Achille Castiglioni and the Italian designer Pio Manzù (1939-1969), which was not made public until 1971, two years after Manzù's death.
Wall light 265
Paolo Rizzatto The 265 wall light from FLOS has a projecting arm for flexible positioning of the light source. The innovative joint allows the 2-meter-long arm to swivel to both sides and up and down. 265 is not only a room designer for the living room, but also an extravagant and highly functional alternative for the home office, for example.
About the designer:
Paolo Rizzatto (*1941) is an internationally renowned architect and designer who has won every coveted design award. His background as a trained architect always gives his luminaires a use-related aspect. The 265 wall light is his first luminaire.
IC luminaire series
Michael Anastassiades The IC luminaire series from 2014 proves that minimalist, geometric shapes can be used to develop unique lighting creations every time. Thanks to the hand-blown glass diffuser, the luminaire emits glare-free, pleasant light.
About the designer:
Designer Michael Anastassiades (*1967) was inspired to create the IC luminaire series when he watched a juggler rolling balls over his arms. This gives IC the impression that the glass ball is floating on the thin, differently colored metal rod or that it adheres to it with ease.
Glo-Ball luminaire series
Jasper Morrison The Glo-Ball from 1998 is one of the modern classics from FLOS that has achieved particular popularity in living spaces around the world - thanks to its simplicity and finesse. The shade is made of shuttered, mouth-blown opal glass with an etched outer surface. The material ensures maximum, aesthetic and glare-free light distribution.
About the designer:
Jasper Morrison (*1959) is an English product and furniture designer whose Glo-Ball lighting series has inspired countless designers to reinterpret the sphere. Simplicity and aesthetic sensibility characterize the work of the designer, who was also responsible for the design of the Hanover light rail system.
Design icon Miss K
Philippe Starck The Miss K is the successor to the design icon Miss Sissi from 1991. It is characterized by its diffuse light and striking design, which combines a fully transparent, injection-moulded frame made of polymethyl methacrylate with an inner diffuser made of opal, injection-moulded polycarbonate and an outer diffuser made of transparent or coloured, injection-moulded polycarbonate.
About the designer:
Philippe Starck (*1949) sees his role as a designer as subversive, ethical, ecological, political and humorous. The result is innovative luminaires with that certain something extra, which are memorable and create interiors with pleasant light and aesthetic design.
FLOS Snoopy
Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni Designed in various bright colors, the Snoopy table lamp from FLOS has an enameled metal reflector in the shape of the world-famous cartoon character. It is also equipped with an elegant base made of white Carrara marble. Snoopy from FLOS has an E27 socket. The corresponding light source shines directly downwards, e.g. onto the desk.
About the designers:
As with their revolutionary cult luminaire Arco, the Castiglioni brothers also used Carrara marble for the FLOS Snoopy, which was created in 1967. With the Snoopy, the two master designers demonstrate their sense of humor as well as excellent design.
Taccia table lamp
Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni Unmistakable lighting design is one of the brand qualities of FLOS. The design classic Taccia from the early years of FLOS has an adjustable diffuser made of transparent, hand-blown glass and a body made of continuous cast aluminum.
About the designers:
The prototype for the Taccia was developed back in 1962 by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni. Today, many years after its time, the design classic has been honored with an LED version. The highly efficient LED light source is located in the base of the luminaire, creating atmospheric, indirect light.
Taraxacum pendant light
Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni The Taraxacum was created in 1960 and implements the innovative idea of a resin-coated metal frame in the form of an extravagant luminaire design. The sprayed-on cocoon resin serves as a striking diffuser. The inner steel structure is also white for a homogeneous design. To this day, the design and the homely light have lost none of their appeal.
About the designers:
With the Taraxacum, the Castiglioni brothers took up an idea from FLOS founder Dino Gavina (1922-2007), which was developed in conversation with the inventor Arturo Eisenkeil from Merano. Arturo Eisenkeil used a technique called Cocoon, which opened up new design possibilities for the FLOS luminaire designers.
Mayday
Konstantin Grcic Work efficiently - with style! The Mayday work light from FLOS is a design interpretation of a classic work light. The practical hook ensures that it can be attached exactly where it is needed, e.g. in workshops.
About the designer:
"FLOS is rock and roll," says industrial designer Konstantin Grcic (*1965), praising the company for which he designed the Mayday task light. With his work, the German designer of Serbian descent inspires numerous young talents, who often work as assistants for Grcic and then become well-known designers themselves, e.g. Nitzan Cohen or Ascan Mergenthaler.
Skygarden
Marcel Wanders The Skygarden by Marcel Wanders is an elegant room designer between classic and modern. The inside of the hemispherical pendant light attracts attention with its relief-like, white inner surface.
About the designer:
Marcel Wanders (*1963) is a Dutch designer. One of his best-known products is the Knotted Chair, an innovative chair that combines handmade tactile design with high-tech industrial processes.
Foglio wall light
Tobia Scarpa With its elegantly curved metal body, the Foglio wall light, designed in 1966, embodies an architectural masterpiece of simplification. The rounded edges are highlighted with particularly high contrast when the light is switched on.
About the designer:
Tobia Scarpa (*1935) is the son of the famous architect Carlo Scarpa and was born into the profession of architect. Tobia Scarpa is a lateral thinker whose main driving force is to amaze others with ideas that are considered impossible or non-commercial but turn out to be winners in the end.
Toio ceiling washlight
Achille Castiglioni The unique and almost eccentric lighting object Toio was created in 1962. A car headlight serves as the light source for this legendary ceiling washlight - a real eye-catcher and at the same time extremely functional due to its very high luminosity.
About the designer:
Legendary designer Achille Castiglioni was inspired by the French artist Marcel Duchamp for the Toio uplighter. His "ready-mades" - the artistic misappropriation of everyday objects - led Achille Castiglioni to rethink a car headlight as a light object.
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About FLOS
Country of origin: Italy (Merano)
Year of foundation: 1962
Awards: Compasso d'Oro | Red Dot Design Award 2013
Address:
Flos S.p.A.
Via Angelo Faini 2
25073 Bovezzo (Brescia), Italy
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