Beautiful Lighting by Flos

I have been looking at these lights for ages but never seen them in real life. Then, a couple of weeks, ago on a trip to Paris, there was one in my hotel room. Seriously, if I’d had a bigger suitcase… Anyway since then I have been searching for some great images so you can see them too.

Now that I’ve found them, what do you think? They are, sadly, somewhat out of my current price range what with a loft to pay for and all that but one day… the only problem is I can’t decide which I like best. The floor light is not too high so it just sort of peers over your shoulder as you read, which is a comforting sort of light height I find.

They were designed by the Cypriot London-based Michael Anastassiades for Flos and make up the IC collection. That is all relevant if you carry on reading.

The white globes appear to balance on their rods even when hanging from the ceiling. The collection is, appropriately enough, all about balance. Anastassiades says: “I came across an online video clip of a contact juggler. He was spinning a set of spheres, moving them around on his arms and edge of his fingers. And, as I got mesmerised by the magic of his skill, suddenly the spheres look perfectly still.

“I wanted to capture that exact moment. This was my starting point. The initials IC come from the codes that English police use to define the perceived ethnicity of a person they stop in the street when reporting back to the station. IC1 means white person or Northern European type, IC2 means Mediterranean European/Hispanic, IC3 indicates an African/Afro-Caribbean person, and so on, so this is a playful story to define the different designs.

If you’re thinking of splashing out then you can buy them from Amara where the floor light is £430, the table lamp is £285 and the wall light £235. And if you’re not you can just admire the pictures. Or go to his website where you can see more of his work.

Here it is in my hotel room, La Tamise in Paris. Loving the colour of that chair too.