Description
Tatou began life as a luminaire that crosses a traditional dome style with a surface that is interpreted through a creative language to screen and let the light filter through from inside.
The first prototypes were suspension models, but they immediately bred into a family. Development in various sizes and situations in the domestic environment came naturally.
The process began by looking for different ways to reconstruct membranes, conceived like Japanese armour: a series of metal buckles cleverly united by tapes with a powerful emotional value.
There was then a process of simplification into overlapping, perforated, vertical bands riveted
together.
We translated the design into a mass production process by transitioning to injection moulding. The overlapping of these bands has been crystallised in three-dimensional leather, a variable section mould and by the geometric pattern.
With Flos, the challenge was to obtain a mass produced product, while retaining strong artisan connotations.
Technical Info
Ø: 28 cm x (Base Ø 19.5) x H:50 x (Shade H:17.8) cm
Material: Polycarbonate, steel
Finish: White, Black, Ochre-grey
Cord length: 150 cm
Light source: 1 x MAX 70W E27 HSGS or 1 X MAX 23W E27 FBT (L. max 112mm) (not included)
Diffused light table lamp. Exterior diffuser in Polycarbonate. Internal diffuser in injection printed opal polycarbonate. Support and base in painted steel.
Tatou T1 table lamp
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Description
Tatou began life as a luminaire that crosses a traditional dome style with a surface that is interpreted through a creative language to screen and let the light filter through from inside.
The first prototypes were suspension models, but they immediately bred into a family. Development in various sizes and situations in the domestic environment came naturally.
The process began by looking for different ways to reconstruct membranes, conceived like Japanese armour: a series of metal buckles cleverly united by tapes with a powerful emotional value.
There was then a process of simplification into overlapping, perforated, vertical bands riveted
together.
We translated the design into a mass production process by transitioning to injection moulding. The overlapping of these bands has been crystallised in three-dimensional leather, a variable section mould and by the geometric pattern.
With Flos, the challenge was to obtain a mass produced product, while retaining strong artisan connotations.
Technical Info
Ø: 28 cm x (Base Ø 19.5) x H:50 x (Shade H:17.8) cm
Material: Polycarbonate, steel
Finish: White, Black, Ochre-grey
Cord length: 150 cm
Light source: 1 x MAX 70W E27 HSGS or 1 X MAX 23W E27 FBT (L. max 112mm) (not included)
Diffused light table lamp. Exterior diffuser in Polycarbonate. Internal diffuser in injection printed opal polycarbonate. Support and base in painted steel.
Designed by Patricia Urquiola

The Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola, a complete unknown in her own country, is warranted by experts to become one of the big names in architecture and interior design in the future. She was born in Oviedo and studied at the
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