Achille Castiglioni’s iconic Parentesi lamp has been updated with a flat LED light source by designer Konstantin Grcic. Created for Italian lighting brand Flos, which has produced the Parentesi lamp since 1972, Konstantin Grcic’s OK lamp comprises a flat LED disc that slides up and down a steel cable and rotates 360 degrees. The design is an update of Castiglioni’s classic Parentesi lamp, itself a version of a 1969 concept by his friend Pio Manzù, who died before it could be realised. The cylindrical weight hanging at the bottom of Castiglioni’s design has been replaced with a conical weight that’s easier to install, but the small spun metal ceiling rose remains exactly the same.

In detail:

Variation : Black

Brand : Flos

Designer : Konstantin Grcic

Type : Floor lamp

Colour : Black

Material : Head gloss varnished die-cast aluminum – Body injection-stamped with cover in gloss varnished die-cast aluminium

Dimensions : L 27 cm x W 5,2 cm – Diffuser : Ø 20 cm – Base : Ø 9,5 cm – Cable : L 400 cm max

Weight : 2.2 lb

Characteristics : Award : Compasso d’Oro 2016 – Bulb (included) : 1 x edge lighting technology CRI85 23W 1035 lm (not replaceable) – Edge lighting technology – Soft touch technology for the on/off switching – Directionable head – Adaptor on plug connector with interchangeable plugs – Supplied with EU plug: EU to UK plug adapter included

Country of Manufacture : Italy