FLOS
Parentesi

Year of design: 1971 | Design: Achille Castiglioni, Pio Manzú

Lamp providing direct light. Lamp moves vertically via sliding of a painted or nickel-plated shaped steel tube on a ceiling-to-floor steel cable (4000 mm long). Fixture head made of injection-molded black elastomer housing a switch. Length of power cord from lamp-holder 4000 mm. Net weight 3 kg.

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Roberta Silva has been CEO of the traditional Italian company Flos since 2019. In an interview she talked to Stylepark publishers about how she is dealing with the lighting manufacturer's successful past and what her plans for the future look like.

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With the "Almendra" pendant lamp, Patricia Urquiola has created a modular organism for Flos whose design is based on the poetic aesthetics of an almond tree.

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FLOS offers its successful "Coordinates" collection by Michael Anastassiades in a new colour: Argent Moon.

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FLOSParentesi

Mellow mood

Nostalgia and drive

FLOS 2023: BILBOQUET

Flos 2023: MY CIRCUIT

Stylepark Selected Award 2022

Looking Ahead

FLOS 2022: ALMENDRA

FLOS 2021: ARGENT MOON

FLOS 2021: PARENTESI 50

FLOS 2021: POINTBREAK

FLOS 2021: BELLHOP FLOOR

Brilliant contrasts

FLOS 2020: LAST ORDER

FLOS 2020: BELT

FLOS 2020: FLAUTA

Glowing structures

Shining anniversary

Form and Structure

FLOS 2020: WALKSTICK/WALLSTICK

FLOS 2020: MILE

FLOS 2020: IN VITRO

FLOS 2020: CAULE

Cutting it cordless

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