Bottega Veneta and Flos launch woven-leather version of Gino Sarfatti lamp
Fashion brand Bottega Veneta has partnered with lighting design company Flos on a special edition of designer Gino Sarfatti's Model 600 table lamp. More
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Design Holding rebrands as Flos B&B Italia Group
International group Design Holding has rebranded to Flos B&B Italia Group to strengthen the identity of the group, which contains brands Flos and B&B Italia. More
Designer Jasper Morrison shares his five favourite "super normal" projects
British designer Jasper Morrison has joined Dezeen Awards 2024 as a judge. Here he selects five projects that best reflect his work. More
Lissoni Architecture creates expansion for Design Holding with "melting pot attitude"
Local studio Lissoni Architecture has expanded the Design Holding flagship in New York City, creating an entirely new floor outfitted with light displays and curving metallic installations. More
Formafantasma cloaks Stockholm Design Week installation in dusty pink Maharam curtain
Stockholm Design Week guest of honour Formafantasma has created Reading Room, an interactive installation at the Swedish furniture fair that uses "minimal resources". More
Flos appoints Barbara Corti to new CCO role
Italian lighting brand Flos has promoted Barbara Corti from chief marketing officer to become its first-ever chief creative officer, leading its creative and design team. More
Piero Gandini leaves Flos after 22 years following "different views" with new owners
Piero Gandini has resigned as CEO of Flos, the Italian lighting brand founded in 1962 by his father, following a clash of views with its new parent company Design Holding. More
Nendo, the Bouroullecs and Patricia Urquiola launch new lamps with Flos
Lighting suspended from belts and lamps that appear to grow out of tables were launched as part of Flos' extensive collection at this year's Salone del Mobile. More
Design Holding makes Salone del Mobile debut with "probably the biggest" stand ever at the fair
Design Holding, the new furniture and lighting group made up of B&B Italia, Flos and Louis Poulsen, has marked its first show at Salone del Mobile by presenting the biggest stand the Milan fair has seen in decades. More
Formafantasma's Wire Ring lamp turns the power cable into a design feature
Italian design duo Formafantasma's Wire Ring lamp, unveiled at Milan design week, has a flattened power cord that forms a sculptural support for the light. More
Vincent van Duysen designs concrete LED lamp for Flos
Milan 2016: Belgian architect Vincent Van Duysen has created a cast-concrete lamp as part of a range of designs for Italian brand Flos (+ slideshow). More
Michael Anastassiades' Copycat lamp for Flos comprises a pair of balanced spheres
London designer Michael Anastassiades has continued his use of circular shapes and balanced elements in lighting designs to create a new lamp for Italian brand Flos. More
Philippe Starck's "simple" ceiling light can be rotated with a broom
Designer Philippe Starck has created a spotlight that can be adjusted with a broomstick. More
European design brands target America amid booming demand for luxury design
The American market for high-end design is "growing incredibly" according to European brands, who are opening showrooms and restructuring their US businesses to take advantage of booming sales. More
"Wires will disappear" as lighting goes cordless, say Starck and Gandini
Milan 2015: advances in lighting and battery technologies mean that lighting cables could disappear within a few years, according to designer Philippe Starck and Piero Gandini, CEO of lighting brand Flos (+ slideshow). More
Lighting has "passed from electricity into electronics" says Piero Gandini of Flos
Interview: last week Italian lighting brand Flos was sold to a private equity fund. Dezeen spoke to Flos CEO Piero Gandini about the future of his company, of Italian design and of lighting (+ slideshow). More
Piero Gandini to sell Italian lighting brand Flos to private equity fund
News: Flos, the Italian lighting brand that produces iconic products including the Castiglioni brothers' Arco light, is to be sold to a private equity fund for around €400 million. More
Aim lamps by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for Flos
Product news: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec's minimal suspension lamps that create a tangle of wires to produce a climbing plant effect have gone into production. More
String Lights by Michael Anastassiades for Flos
Milan 2013: London designer Michael Anastassiades presented lamps strung between walls on fine cables for Italian lighting brand Flos last week. More
OK lamp by Konstantin Grcic for Flos
Milan 2013: Achille Castiglioni's iconic Parentesi lamp has been updated with a flat LED light source by designer Konstantin Grcic, who presented his redesign at Euroluce in Milan last week. More