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For fifty years, Flos has been creating objects of light and igniting generations of dreams. Founded in Merano in 1962 by Dino Gavina and Cesare Cassina, it had a period of strong growth starting in the 1970s: it acquired Arteluce, a historic Italian lighting company, inheriting the designs of Gino Sarfatti, still produced today. In the following decades it absorbed other companies and increasingly expanded the already very rich portfolio of designer lamps. The principles of Flos have always been to identify with the masters of design, to discover new talents, to have technical and technological authority and to integrate into mass culture. Flos has always been a cutting-edge company: experimentation has made it possible to adopt revolutionary materials, such as the cocoon in the past, and more advanced technological solutions, represented today by OLED and sustainable materials.

Guglielmo Poletti, born in 1987, is an Italian designer. He founded his studio in Milan in 2016 after graduating from Design Academy Eindhoven, earning a master's degree in contextual design. His designs are distinguished by their elegance and apparent simplicity, which actually conceals a complex study of form. His work has been awarded internationally and in 2019 he was named "Young Talent of the Year" by Elle Decor Italia. He collaborates with several brands, including Flos.