FLOS launches 'Tatou'

by Patricia Urquiola

London

On the occasion of the London Design Festival, FLOS has announced the international launch of Tatou, the new family of lamps designed by Patricia Urquiola.

After Chasen, the famous suspension light designed for FLOS in 2007, the East was once again Patricia’s source of inspiration in the creative genesis of Tatou. Classic antique Japanese armour becomes a model of resistance and strength, but also of dynamism, lightness and flexibility. Hence the idea of a luminaire made up of four identical elements, interwoven to form a unified dome which diffuses direct light either upwards or downwards, as well as allowing light to pass through and discretely out of it, so creating a harmonic play on light and shadow through the pattern’s perforated sections.

The name Tatou is the French word for ‘armadillo’, the surprising mammal with a horny protective shell. Likewise, Tatou’s shell protects against annoying direct light in your eyes, but at the same time it is slender and light. Tatou is presented in floor, table and suspension models, in two different sizes and three finishes: white, black or plum dome, combined with a base that is white, black or metallic in shades of pink.

Tatou by by Patricia Urquiola

Tatou by by Patricia Urquiola

Tatou by by Patricia Urquiola

Tatou by by Patricia Urquiola