Ray Pendant

FLOS was founded in 1962. The very same year Flos lighting began producing a number of lamps that were to become classics in Italian industrial design. From the very outset, Flos has been distinguished by its high quality approach to lamp design and production. Many of the numerous lamps designed for Flos are undoubtedly some of the best-known and most successful products of industrial design. They have won awards and historical-critical accolades, and are included in all the most important collections and design museums around the world.Some significant product examples over the last forty years are: Parentesi (1970), Brera (1992), Fucsia (1996), Rosy Angelis (1994), the Romeo Moon (1996), Archimoon (1998) series and the recent Diabolo (1998). Throughout the nineties the work of Achille Castiglioni and Philippe Starck has been flanked by a series of products from new and other designers. This reflects a desire to keep the attitude to discover the most talented designers to maintain Flos leadership in innovation.

Born in Milan, Rodolfo Dordoni graduated from the University of Milan with a degree in architecture in 1979. After his graduation, Dordoni began a career in architecture and design, working for such big names design companies as Artemide, Foscarini, Flos Lighting, and The Rug Company. Dordoni has designed all sorts of products from light fixtures to yachts to showrooms to entire residential complexes. His versatility as a designer is matched by few others, making his style of design in lighting influenced by his experience designing boats and buildings. This gives his fixtures a very urban, industrial design that attempts to be sleek and solid without becoming overwhelming.