Ventosa meets Bar Basso: a story of design and fun

Flos brings back an icon of design in a special re-edition, together with the unmistakable spirit and joyful mood of its designers.
Ventosa by the Castiglioni Brothers lands at the Bar Basso, during Salone del Mobile 2018, where design meets fun

Photography Luca Caizzi
Art Director Enrico Magistro
Place Bar Basso, Milan

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Bulbo was designed for an installation at the XI Triennale in Milan in 1957. A large industrial bulb deprived of its screw cap and with a shortened neck to take the shape of a bubble, with a filament inside as the distinguishing feature. The 2019 edition by Flos reproduces the classic filament in tungsten with an LED source, preserving the same color and intensity of the light as in the original

Ventosa meets Bar Basso: a story of design and fun

Bulbo57 by A. and P.G. Castiglioni