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FLOS Home Stories - Mario Bellini and Chiara

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In 1969, Italian architect Mario Bellini debuted Chiara,
a flat-packable floor lamp for Flos that wore a shiny cloak
of stainless steel.









Fifty years after its introduction, Flos is reissuing the icon
in a range of sizes and finishes. To honour the occasion,
Flos design curator Paolo Brambilla talks with the legend about what inspired Chiara,
how design has changed since the ‘60s, and how it hasn’
Mark