{"id":11619,"date":"2025-10-17T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/the-history-of-the-arco-lamp-by-flos-why-the-castiglioni-brothers-created-a-design-icon\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T04:00:00","slug":"the-history-of-the-arco-lamp-by-flos-why-the-castiglioni-brothers-created-a-design-icon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/en\/the-history-of-the-arco-lamp-by-flos-why-the-castiglioni-brothers-created-a-design-icon\/","title":{"rendered":"The history of the Arco lamp by Flos: why the Castiglioni brothers created a design icon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"1106\"> At the beginning of the Sixties, Italy experienced its <strong data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"613\"> economic boom <\/strong> and, with it, the birth of industrial design as a form of culture and innovation. <br data-start=\"697\" data-end=\"700\" \/> Lighting companies begin to collaborate with architects and designers, in a dialogue that merges <strong data-start=\"802\" data-end=\"847\"> craftsmanship, technique and serial production <\/strong>. <br data-start=\"848\" data-end=\"851\" \/> In this creative ferment, in 1962, <strong data-start=\"890\" data-end=\"898\"> Flos <\/strong> &#8211; founded by <strong data-start=\"912\" data-end=\"944\"> Dino Gavina and Cesare Cassina <\/strong> in Merano &#8211; became an experimental laboratory for a new way of thinking about light: no longer a simple instrument, but <strong data-start=\"1061\" data-end=\"1090\"> an architectural component <\/strong> of living. <\/p> \n <p data-start=\"1108\" data-end=\"1526\"> It is in this scenario that <strong data-start=\"1133\" data-end=\"1171\"> Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni <\/strong> conceived the <strong data-start=\"1188\" data-end=\"1204\"> Arco lamp <\/strong>, a project destined to redefine the very concept of domestic lighting. <br data-start=\"1287\" data-end=\"1290\" \/> An object that was created as a response to a real need &#8211; <strong data-start=\"1347\" data-end=\"1414\"> bringing light to the center of the room without piercing the ceiling <\/strong> &#8211; and which, in doing so, inaugurates a new design language: <strong data-start=\"1477\" data-end=\"1523\"> functional, poetic and radically modern <\/strong> . <\/p> \n <h2 data-start=\"1533\" data-end=\"1617\"> <strong data-start=\"1536\" data-end=\"1617\"> The history of the Arco lamp by Flos: an intuition that became a design myth <\/strong> <\/h2> \n <p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/storia-lampada-arco-Achille-e-Pier-Giacomo-Castiglioni.jpg\" alt=\"storia lampada arco Achille e Pier Giacomo Castiglioni\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/storia-lampada-arco-Achille-e-Pier-Giacomo-Castiglioni.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/storia-lampada-arco-Achille-e-Pier-Giacomo-Castiglioni-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/storia-lampada-arco-Achille-e-Pier-Giacomo-Castiglioni-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/storia-lampada-arco-Achille-e-Pier-Giacomo-Castiglioni-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/storia-lampada-arco-Achille-e-Pier-Giacomo-Castiglioni-370x247.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> <\/p> \n <p data-start=\"1619\" data-end=\"2001\"> It is said that, while walking through the streets of Paris in the early 1960s, <strong data-start=\"1699\" data-end=\"1737\"> Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni <\/strong> stopped to observe a street lamp. <br data-start=\"1784\" data-end=\"1787\" \/> That gesture, apparently casual, was the origin of one of the <strong data-start=\"1849\" data-end=\"1896\"> most revolutionary ideas of Italian design <\/strong>: bringing light from above &#8211; like an urban street lamp &#8211; into houses, <strong data-start=\"1968\" data-end=\"1998\"> without fixing it to the ceiling <\/strong>. <\/p> \n <p data-start=\"2003\" data-end=\"2428\"> From that intuition was born, in 1962, the <strong data-start=\"2045\" data-end=\"2070\"> Arco lamp for Flos <\/strong>, one of the most recognizable works in the history of contemporary design. <br data-start=\"2144\" data-end=\"2147\" \/> The project starts from a concrete need: to illuminate a dining table with a suspended light, but without structural or installation constraints. <br data-start=\"2286\" data-end=\"2289\" \/> The result is an object that combines <strong data-start=\"2326\" data-end=\"2349\"> function and sculpture <\/strong> , <strong data-start=\"2351\" data-end=\"2373\"> industry and poetry <\/strong> , with a balance so perfect as to make it eternal. <\/p> \n <p data-start=\"2430\" data-end=\"2791\"> The base in <strong data-start=\"2441\" data-end=\"2461\"> Carrara marble <\/strong>, heavy but refined, acts as a counterweight and symbol of stability; the curved, telescopic steel stem projects the light over two meters away, freeing up the space below. <br data-start=\"2652\" data-end=\"2655\" \/> A technical and poetic gesture at the same time, which summarizes the Castiglioni philosophy: <strong data-start=\"2736\" data-end=\"2788\"> form as a direct consequence of function <\/strong> . <\/p> \n <p data-start=\"2793\" data-end=\"3087\"> Arco is not just a lamp: it is <strong data-start=\"2824\" data-end=\"2859\"> a manifesto of modern design <\/strong> . <br data-start=\"2860\" data-end=\"2863\" \/> An object which, more than sixty years later, continues to illuminate houses, galleries and museums all over the world with the same ease with which it was born: <strong data-start=\"3011\" data-end=\"3084\"> from a daily observation, transformed into the architecture of light <\/strong> . <\/p> \n <h2 data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"399\"> <strong data-start=\"316\" data-end=\"399\"> The design idea of the Castiglioni brothers: design as a response to need <\/strong> <\/h2> \n <p> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/progetto-storia-lampada-arco-Achille-Pier-Giacomo-Castiglioni.jpg\" alt=\"progetto storia lampada arco Achille Pier Giacomo Castiglioni\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/progetto-storia-lampada-arco-Achille-Pier-Giacomo-Castiglioni.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/progetto-storia-lampada-arco-Achille-Pier-Giacomo-Castiglioni-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/progetto-storia-lampada-arco-Achille-Pier-Giacomo-Castiglioni-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/progetto-storia-lampada-arco-Achille-Pier-Giacomo-Castiglioni-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/progetto-storia-lampada-arco-Achille-Pier-Giacomo-Castiglioni-370x247.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> <\/p> \n <p data-start=\"401\" data-end=\"722\"> Behind the lamp <strong data-start=\"419\" data-end=\"435\"> Arco by Flos <\/strong> there is not a formal research, but a <strong data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"491\"> precise question <\/strong> . <br data-start=\"492\" data-end=\"495\" \/> The brothers <strong data-start=\"506\" data-end=\"544\"> Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni <\/strong>, always interested in the relationship between objects and human behavior, designed by observing real life: how people move, use spaces, react to light. <\/p> \n <p data-start=\"724\" data-end=\"1017\"> Arco was born like this &#8211; from an almost ethnographic reflectionica in the newspaper. <br data-start=\"794\" data-end=\"797\" \/> How to illuminate a central table without installing a ceiling light point, and without having to run wires or invasive interventions? <br data-start=\"924\" data-end=\"927\" \/> The answer is a light, mobile architecture, <strong data-start=\"974\" data-end=\"1014\"> capable of bringing light where it is needed <\/strong> . <\/p> \n <p data-start=\"1019\" data-end=\"1428\"> The project is a perfect example of the Castiglioni method: <strong data-start=\"1077\" data-end=\"1109\"> function, reduction and irony <\/strong> . <br data-start=\"1110\" data-end=\"1113\" \/> Every element has a reason: marble is not an aesthetic quirk, but a technical counterweight; the arch is not decorative, but the result of a geometric calculation of balance. <br data-start=\"1284\" data-end=\"1287\" \/> Yet, in its iron logic, the object maintains a natural grace &#8211; as if rationality had found a way to be poetic. <\/p> \n <p data-start=\"1430\" data-end=\"1760\"> The true strength of Arco is this: <strong data-start=\"1462\" data-end=\"1509\"> it is not designed to amaze, but to serve <\/strong> . <br data-start=\"1510\" data-end=\"1513\" \/> It is an empathetic object, designed to accompany gestures and moments, closer to architecture than to an industrial product. <br data-start=\"1637\" data-end=\"1640\" \/> And in this ability to interpret real needs &#8211; even before fashions &#8211; lies its timeless modernity. <\/p> \n <h2 data-start=\"378\" data-end=\"454\"> <strong data-start=\"381\" data-end=\"454\"> Materials, technology and construction: the invisible perfection of Arco <\/strong> <\/h2> \n <p> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/storia-lampada-arco-flos.jpg\" alt=\"storia lampada arco flos\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/storia-lampada-arco-flos.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/storia-lampada-arco-flos-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/storia-lampada-arco-flos-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/storia-lampada-arco-flos-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/storia-lampada-arco-flos-370x247.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> <\/p> \n <p data-start=\"456\" data-end=\"776\"> Observed from afar, the <strong data-start=\"481\" data-end=\"497\"> Arco lamp <\/strong> seems like a fluid gesture, a curved line that arises from the ground to suspend the light in the air. <br data-start=\"591\" data-end=\"594\" \/> But behind that absolute simplicity lies an <strong data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"680\"> exemplary technical complexity <\/strong> &#8211; the same one that has made the object a masterpiece of Italian engineering applied to design. <\/p> \n <p data-start=\"778\" data-end=\"1250\"> The Castiglioni brothers chose for the base a <strong data-start=\"825\" data-end=\"855\"> 65-kilo <\/strong> block of Carrara marble, dug with a cylindrical hole used to insert a handle: an apparently ironic detail, but in reality ingenious. <br data-start=\"990\" data-end=\"993\" \/> That hole allows you to lift the lamp with a simple metal rod, <strong data-start=\"1069\" data-end=\"1100\"> without touching it directly <\/strong> and without damaging the stone. <br data-start=\"1131\" data-end=\"1134\" \/> It is the symbol of a design conceived not only for use, but for the <strong data-start=\"1198\" data-end=\"1247\"> maintenance and life of the object over time <\/strong>. <\/p> \n <p data-start=\"778\" data-end=\"1250\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/blocco-marmo-lampada-arco-flos.jpg\" alt=\"blocco marmo lampada arco flos\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/blocco-marmo-lampada-arco-flos.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/blocco-marmo-lampada-arco-flos-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/blocco-marmo-lampada-arco-flos-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/blocco-marmo-lampada-arco-flos-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/blocco-marmo-lampada-arco-flos-370x247.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> <\/p> \n <p data-start=\"1252\" data-end=\"1692\"> The long arm in <strong data-start=\"1272\" data-end=\"1299\"> brushed stainless steel <\/strong>, made up of three telescopic elements, allows you to adjust the range of the light and its distance up to over two meters from the support point. <br data-start=\"1444\" data-end=\"1447\" \/> The hemispherical dome in perforated aluminum &#8211; adjustable and perforated for heat dispersion &#8211; reflects the light downwards creating a <strong data-start=\"1592\" data-end=\"1632\"> soft and scenographic lighting <\/strong>, capable of defining the atmosphere without invading the space. <\/p> \n <p data-start=\"1694\" data-end=\"1995\"> Every detail of Arco is designed to <strong data-start=\"1731\" data-end=\"1772\"> last and dialogue with the architecture <\/strong>: the marble base as a foundation, the stem as a load-bearing structure, the diffuser as a lamp and street lamp together. <br data-start=\"1887\" data-end=\"1890\" \/> A balance so precise as to be invisible: technology does not impose itself, but disappears in the gesture. <\/p> \n <p data-start=\"1997\" data-end=\"2235\"> And precisely in this invisibility lies the greatness of the project. <br data-start=\"2064\" data-end=\"2067\" \/> Arco never shows the technical effort: it <strong data-start=\"2109\" data-end=\"2124\"> implies <\/strong> it. <br data-start=\"2125\" data-end=\"2128\" \/> It is an object that functions like a miniature building \u0097 statically perfect, poetically essential <\/p> \n <h2 data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"502\"> <strong data-start=\"446\" data-end=\"502\"> Curiosities and details that make Arco a unique icon <\/strong> <\/h2> \n <figure id=\"attachment_8154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8154\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/versione-Arco-K.jpg\" alt=\"versione Arco K\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/versione-Arco-K.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/versione-Arco-K-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/versione-Arco-K-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/versione-Arco-K-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/versione-Arco-K-370x247.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arco K version<\/figcaption><\/figure> \n <p data-start=\"504\" data-end=\"900\"> Behind its light silhouette, the <strong data-start=\"541\" data-end=\"565\"> Arco lamp by Flos <\/strong> hides aseries of technical details and fascinating stories that explain its longevity. <br data-start=\"657\" data-end=\"660\" \/> Produced <strong data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"699\"> continuously since 1962 <\/strong> , Arco has entered the <strong data-start=\"722\" data-end=\"796\"> permanent collections of the MoMA in New York and the Milan Triennale <\/strong> , becoming one of the few Italian industrial objects to have obtained this double recognition. <\/p> \n <p data-start=\"902\" data-end=\"1227\"> Its block of <strong data-start=\"919\" data-end=\"956\"> Carrara marble weighs approximately 65 kg <\/strong>, but thanks to the famous through hole created by the Castiglionis it can be moved by inserting a simple handle or stick. <br data-start=\"1075\" data-end=\"1078\" \/> A gesture of irony and functional intelligence that tells the whole philosophy of Milanese rational design: <strong data-start=\"1186\" data-end=\"1224\"> form as a consequence of use <\/strong> . <\/p> \n <p data-start=\"1229\" data-end=\"1765\"> In 2006, a lawsuit between <strong data-start=\"1253\" data-end=\"1272\"> Flos and Semeraro <\/strong> for a copy of the lamp (\u0093Fluida\u0094) ended with a historic ruling: the Milan court recognized Arco <strong data-start=\"1391\" data-end=\"1431\"> with copyright protection as a work of art <\/strong>, establishing that a design object can possess artistic value on a par with a sculpture. <br data-start=\"1522\" data-end=\"1525\" \/> In 2020, for its sixtieth anniversary, Flos celebrated the anniversary with the <strong data-start=\"1600\" data-end=\"1619\"> Arco K version <\/strong>, produced in a limited edition with <strong data-start=\"1655\" data-end=\"1676\"> crystal base <\/strong> \u0097 a contemporary homage to the transparency and original lightness of the project. <\/p> \n <p data-start=\"1767\" data-end=\"1981\"> Today, an original Arco is sold worldwide for between <strong data-start=\"1844\" data-end=\"1869\"> $2,500 and $3,500 <\/strong> , and continues to be one of the most recognized and desired lighting products in the history of design. <\/p> \n <h2 data-start=\"500\" data-end=\"547\"> <strong data-start=\"503\" data-end=\"547\"> Useful questions about the Arco lamp by Flos <\/strong> <\/h2> \n <p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3687\" src=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/I-migliori-marchi-di-illuminazione-Flos-Arco.jpg\" alt=\"I migliori marchi di illuminazione - Flos Arco\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/I-migliori-marchi-di-illuminazione-Flos-Arco.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/I-migliori-marchi-di-illuminazione-Flos-Arco-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/I-migliori-marchi-di-illuminazione-Flos-Arco-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/I-migliori-marchi-di-illuminazione-Flos-Arco-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/I-migliori-marchi-di-illuminazione-Flos-Arco-370x247.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> <\/p> \n <h3 data-start=\"549\" data-end=\"619\"> <strong data-start=\"553\" data-end=\"617\"> Where can you buy the original Arco lamp from Flos? <\/strong> <\/h3> \n <p data-start=\"620\" data-end=\"1137\"> The Arco is still today <strong data-start=\"641\" data-end=\"670\"> in production at Flos <\/strong>, according to the original specifications of 1962. <br data-start=\"713\" data-end=\"716\" \/> It can be purchased in <strong data-start=\"735\" data-end=\"759\"> official Flos Stores <\/strong>, in design showrooms and on <strong data-start=\"791\" data-end=\"817\"> authorized e-commerce sites. <\/strong> <br data-start=\"875\" data-end=\"878\" \/> The average selling price varies between <strong data-start=\"915\" data-end=\"934\"> \u00802,200 and \u00802,800 <\/strong>, depending on the version (classic or Arco K Limited Edition with crystal base). <br data-start=\"1019\" data-end=\"1022\" \/> Be careful with copies: authenticity can be recognized by the <strong data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1134\"> Flos logo engraved on the base and the numbered certificate <\/strong>. <\/p> \n <h3 data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1194\"> <strong data-start=\"1148\" data-end=\"1192\"> Are there variants of the Arco lamp? <\/strong> <\/h3> \n <p data-start=\"1195\" data-end=\"1638\"> Yes. <br data-start=\"1198\" data-end=\"1201\" \/> In addition to the classic model in <strong data-start=\"1230\" data-end=\"1257\"> white Carrara marble <\/strong>, Flos has produced some limited variants over time, including the <strong data-start=\"1323\" data-end=\"1335\"> Arco LED <\/strong> (with low consumption source) and the <strong data-start=\"1372\" data-end=\"1382\"> Arco K <\/strong> (2022), in a celebratory edition for the 60th anniversary of the project, with <strong data-start=\"1447\" data-end=\"1480\"> transparent crystal base <\/strong> . <br data-start=\"1481\" data-end=\"1484\" \/> All maintain the original Castiglioni design, but adopt more efficient lighting technologies and updated components for electrical safety. <\/p> \n <h3 data-start=\"1645\" data-end=\"1727\"> <strong data-start=\"1649\" data-end=\"1725\"> How to combine the Arco lamp in a contemporary interior project? <\/strong> <\/h3> \n <p data-start=\"1728\" data-end=\"2226\"> Arco&#8217;s strength is its <strong data-start=\"1750\" data-end=\"1777\"> scenographic neutrality <\/strong>: it works both in minimalist environments and in eclectic contexts. <br data-start=\"1842\" data-end=\"1845\" \/> In modern interiors it dialogues perfectly with <strong data-start=\"1893\" data-end=\"1934\"> tables in marble, glass or light wood <\/strong> , light seats and natural materials. <br data-start=\"1972\" data-end=\"1975\" \/> In the most classic projects, it becomes <strong data-start=\"2010\" data-end=\"2045\"> focal point and visual contrast <\/strong>: an architectural gesture that defines the hierarchyia of space. <br data-start=\"2111\" data-end=\"2114\" \/> To enhance it, it must be left <strong data-start=\"2144\" data-end=\"2162\"> visual breathing space <\/strong> around: Arco does not love crowds, but the relationship with the void. <\/p> \n <h3 data-start=\"2233\" data-end=\"2311\"> <strong data-start=\"2237\" data-end=\"2309\"> What is the ideal size to place it in the house or in a room? <\/strong> <\/h3> \n <p data-start=\"2312\" data-end=\"2695\"> The Arch measures <strong data-start=\"2326\" data-end=\"2357\"> approximately 2.40 meters in height <\/strong> and reaches a maximum opening of over <strong data-start=\"2399\" data-end=\"2428\"> 2.20 meters horizontally <\/strong>. <br data-start=\"2429\" data-end=\"2432\" \/> It is perfect for <strong data-start=\"2447\" data-end=\"2481\"> dining tables or large living rooms <\/strong>, but also for contract environments, lounges and hotel lobbies. <br data-start=\"2537\" data-end=\"2540\" \/> The minimum recommended space to enhance it is <strong data-start=\"2591\" data-end=\"2619\"> 2 meters of free radius <\/strong> around the base: only in this way can its light curve fully express itself. <\/p> \n <h3 data-start=\"2702\" data-end=\"2763\"> <strong data-start=\"2706\" data-end=\"2761\"> How to distinguish an original Arc from a copy? <\/strong> <\/h3> \n <p data-start=\"2764\" data-end=\"3177\"> Copies (often called \u0093Arco-style\u0094) can be recognized by <strong data-start=\"2822\" data-end=\"2888\"> lighter materials, imprecise proportions and glossy finishes <\/strong> . <br data-start=\"2889\" data-end=\"2892\" \/> The authentic Flos Bow has a <strong data-start=\"2920\" data-end=\"2959\"> overall weight of more than 60 kg <\/strong> , satin steel arch, polished marble base with a perfectly cylindrical hole and <strong data-start=\"3046\" data-end=\"3068\"> manual finishing <\/strong> . <br data-start=\"3069\" data-end=\"3072\" \/> Each piece comes with <strong data-start=\"3101\" data-end=\"3135\"> Flos certificate of authenticity <\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"3138\" data-end=\"3163\"> serial number engraved <\/strong> on the base. <\/p> \n <h3 data-start=\"3184\" data-end=\"3259\"> <strong data-start=\"3188\" data-end=\"3257\"> Why does the Arco lamp remain a desired object even today? <\/strong> <\/h3> \n <p data-start=\"3260\" data-end=\"3627\"> Because it combines <strong data-start=\"3274\" data-end=\"3313\"> function, architecture and narrative <\/strong> . <br data-start=\"3314\" data-end=\"3317\" \/> It is not just a source of light, but a gesture in space: a way of inhabiting light. <br data-start=\"3403\" data-end=\"3406\" \/> Its presence is discreet and theatrical at the same time, and precisely for this reason it continues to be chosen by <strong data-start=\"3512\" data-end=\"3579\"> architects, collectors and interior designers from all over the world <\/strong> as a symbol of timeless Italian design. <\/p> \n <p data-start=\"3260\" data-end=\"3627\"> Read also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archieinteriors.com\/20-oggetti-di-design-italiani-iconici-e-famosi-in-tutto-il-mondo-che-un-amante-del-design-deve-conoscere\/\"> 20 iconic and world-famous Italian design objects <\/a> <\/p> \n\n  \n <p> <\/p> \n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the beginning of the Sixties, Italy experienced its economic boom and, with it, the birth of industrial design as a form of culture and innovation. Lighting companies begin to collaborate with architects and designers, in a dialogue that merges craftsmanship, technique and serial production . 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