Flos spotlights two new lighting collections ? one inspired by a 16th century toy, the other by ceramics ? during Milan Design Week 2023.

Of the eight lighting designs revealed by renowned Italian lighting manufacturer Flos for Milan Design Week 2023 at Euroluce, two share a similar approach to illumination in both form and function: Philippe Malouin’s playful, adjustable table lamp draws inspiration from a classic French toy, while Ronan Bouroullec’s trio of lamps emphasize the designer’s ongoing affinity for utilizing ceramics to draw connections between manufactured forms and a material associated with the organically handcrafted.
Malouin may have tapped memories of yesterday’s plaything, but he notes the light was conceived to appeal and serve the lifestyles of Millennials and Gen Z. Bilboquet is an adjustable table lamp brought to life by London-based designer Philippe Malouin, his first effort for the brand. The design is rather simple, but effective in its execution. You may remember playing with a bilboquet as a child. Composed of a perforated wooden ball tied with a string to the middle of a stick that was pointed at one end and equipped with a concave plate at the other, the challenge was to toss the ball upwards to attempt to catch it into the saucer or precisely reseat it into the stick.
Each of the main components of the Bilboquet table lamp can be disassembled if in need of repair, replacement, or disposal of separate parts, in...