Flos is an icon of the Italian lighting design, known for innovative and experimental ideas and true classics of lighting design. With pioneering designs by well-known designers, Flos has shaped the Italian and international design world over the course of its 50-year history.
Flos was founded in 1962 in Merano, in picturesque South Tyrol. In advance, the company founders Dino Gavina and Cesare Cassina, together with the Castiglioni and the designer couple Afra and Tobia Scarpa, developed furniture and soon also luminaires based on new materials and ideas. The Cocoon collection dates from this early period, a vivid example of the inventive spirit that drove the designers.