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THE RELENTLESS ACHILLE CASTIGLIONI

To celebrate the centenary of Achille Castiglioni, one of the most important Masters of Italian design, Flos, in collaboration with Studio Urquiola, had created an ironic and at the same time poetic site-specific installation entitled ‘Traparentesi’.

A party of 100 Parentesi lamps which, like 100 candles, were activated

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