A miniseries by Flos celebrating their most iconic lighting designs. In each episode, the designers behind the products, Formafantasma, Nendo, Michael Anastassiades, Achille Castiglioni, speak about their work and the ideas that shaped it.

Workroom handled motion direction and design for the full series, developing the visual language and animation system across all episodes.

Episode 1
Superloon—Jasper Morrison

“Design makes things seem special, and who wants normal if they can have special? And that’s the problem. There are better ways to design than putting a big effort into making something look special. Special is generally less useful than normal, and less rewarding in the long term”

Episode 2
Taccia—Achille & Pier Giacomo Castiglioni

Taccia was initially designed by the Castiglioni brothers with a transparent plastic bowl reflector but, to their surprise, they found that intense heat flattened the bowl. Watch the video and hear the original story from achille’s own words.

Episode 3
Wirering—Formafantasma

Lamps are designed to illuminate the world with brightness, but also with the intimacy of shadow: discover WireRing by Formafantasma and the technology behind its essential design.

Episode 4
Gaku—Nendo

A frame (this is the meaning of ‘gaku’ in Japanese) hosting and interacting with lamps and a variety of matching objects, which is conceived as something in between accessories and furniture.

Episode 5
Coordinates—Michael Anastassiades

A collection of lights with a strong visual impact, originally designed for the legendary Four Seasons restaurant in New York. Characterized by firmly intertwined linear LED bars, its shape seems to be inspired by the mathematical precision of a Cartesian grid.