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Established in 1962 in Merano, Italy, FLOS is recognised as a world leading manufacturer of innovative lighting solutions in the residential and architectural sectors, featuring high quality products and systems characterised by fine design. The company has grown significantly over more than sixty years in business, demonstrating its ongoing commitment to research and innovation in lighting, combined with an extraordinary ability to identify new creative talents. FLOS has a rich catalogue of iconic products by legendary designers including Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Philippe Starck, Antonio Citterio, Piero Lissoni, Marcel Wanders, Konstantin Grcic, Jasper Morrison, Patricia Urquiola, Ron Gilad, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Michael Anastassiades, Vincent Van Duysen, Formafantasma and many more. Today, through four divisions that operate in synergy – Decorative, Architectural, Outdoor and Bespoke, Flos continues to respect and carry forward its extraordinary heritage in the pursuit of the unexpected, manufacturing top-end designer lights and innovative lighting solutions for every living environment, indoors and outdoors. The brand’s creations have received numerous international awards and many of them are now featured in the permanent collections of leading international art and design museums.

B&B Italia is an internationally renowned Italian Group leader in the high-end designer furniture sector. The B&B Italia Group works in the residential and contract sectors (hospitality, retail, offices and nautical) with its four brands, B&B Italia, Maxalto, Arclinea and Azucena. The fruitful partnership between the company’s Research & Development Centre, a workshop for ideas and excellence, and the best international design professionals enabled the creation of iconic products which radically mark the history of design: Serie Up, Le Bambole, and Charles which are just some of the products originated from the creative union between B&B Italia and the most prestigious design names including Antonio Citterio, Piero Lissoni, Mario Bellini, Gaetano Pesce, Naoto Fukasawa, Patricia Urquiola, Barber & Osgerby, Doshi Levien, Michael Anastassiades and many others. Its headquarter in Novedrate (Como), was designed in 1971 by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers. The company has a total of 600 employees and a presence in more than 80 countries through 70 single-brand stores and 1000 specialised stores. Since December 2018, B&B Italia has been a part of Design Holding, the world’s largest European group in the high-end designer sector.Investindustrial and The Carlyle Group jointly own Design Holding which includes B&B Italia Group as well as leading lighting companies such as Flos and Louis Poulsen. Design Holding has consolidated revenues of more than 500 million Euros. www.bebitalia.com https://www.instagram.com/bebitalia https://www.facebook.com/BeBItalia https://twitter.com/beb_italia www.arclinea.com

Fabrica is a research centre for contemporary communication established in 1994 from a vision of Luciano Benetton and Oliviero Toscani. With a renaissance-inspired, learning-by-doing approach, Fabrica offers artist-in-residence programs of one year to creative talents under 25 who develop, led by experts, projects in the fields of photography, design, editorial, digital, video and music. It is based in Treviso, Italy, in a space restored and augmented by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. More info: fabrica@fabrica.it