Flos - Glo-Ball C1 ceiling lamp
Ceiling mounted lamp providing diffused light. Diffuser consisting of an externally acidetched, hand blown, flashed opaline glass and of a die-cast aluminum threaded ring nut with alodine plating finish. 30% fiberglass reinforced injection-molded polyamide ceiling fitting; gray painted die-cast aluminum diffuser support.
Jasper Morrison
Jasper Morrison was born in London in 1959 and raised in New York in the United States, Jasper Morrison attended the Bryanston School. He graduated from Kingston Polytechnic Design School with a degree in Design in 1982 and obtained two masters in Design: one from the same Kingston Polytechnic Design School in 1982, the other from the Royal College of Art in London in 1985. He also studied at the Hochschule der Künste (HdK) in Berlin. Known for thinking outside the box, Jasper Morrison is one of the most successful industrial designers of the recemt decades. Along with his colleague Naoto Fukasawa, he defined the term “super normal”, which he believes answers the question of what “good design” should be. In his work, he try to create good examples of simple, useful and responsible design. He has worked for Alessi, Alias, Cappellini (for which he created the Three Sofa De Luxe sofa), FLOS, FSB, MAGIS, Rosenthal, Rowenta, SCP, Furniture, Vitra, Lamy (fountain pens), Schiffini. Furthermore, Morrison has developed several projects in collaboration with Vitra. Among the many, the All Plastic chair, the Soft Modular sofa and the HAL family of chairs. His drawings are represented in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and in other major museum collections around the world.
Flos, since 1962, thanks to its attractive collections of lamps and chandeliers has established itself among the leaders in the lighting sector.
Flos tells a 100% Made in Italy story, the result of passion and trust, expansion and experimentation.
The name "Flos" which means "Flower" in Latin, has as its origin a bright thought: the idea of giving birth to objects suitable for changing the way of living from a light bulb.
The Italian Company has designed icons in the design world, specialized in the production of lights and lighting systems.
Among all the Arco floor lamp, the Parentesi and Taraxacum suspension lamps (on the cover) by Achille Castiglioni, the famous Taccia lamp, the Aim, the Toio, collections of unmistakable elegance such as the String Light and other ultra-contemporary solutions, collaborating with the best known designers and architects on the national scene.
Among them, Philippe Starck and Antonio Citterio are respectively the fathers of the D'E-light table lamp and the Kelvin LED desk lamp.
