The KTribe family is Philippe Stark's biggest commercial success for Flos. The KTribe range, counting floor lamps, pendant lamps, table lamps and wall lamps, was designed shortly after the designer’s first big success, the small Miss K. lamp, with which the family shares an obvious ressemblance.
For all the different family-members, the PMMA diffuser is available in transparent, silver, bronze, smoked and with a beige pleated fabric. In its transparent, silver, smoked and bronze versions, the lampshade reveals the interior diffuser in opal white polycarbonate, which disappears when the lamp is switched off.
Materials Base and rod support in molded zamak alloy, polished and chrome-plated. Rod, arm and diffuser support in polished aluminum tube. Counterweight in galvanized cast steel. Internal diffuser in polycarbonate injection molded in opaline color. External PMMA injection molded diffuser. Upper ring in injection molded polycarbonate.
Light source 1 x E27 (max 100W) – dimmer included
Dimensions H112 cm – lamp shade H18,7 x Ø24 cm – base 25 x 25 cm – weight 4,3 kg
From the left to the right: smoked / silver / bronze / fabric / clear
KTribe F1
820 > 738 €
Light source 1 x E27 (max 150W) – dimmer included
Dimensions H162 cm – lamp shade H30 x Ø39,5 cm – base 29 x 29 cm – weight 6,7 kg
From the left to the right: smoked / bronze / fabric / silver / clear
KTribe F2
from 890 > 801 €
Light source 1 x E27 (max 250W) – dimmer included
Dimensions H183 cm – lamp shade H44,5 x Ø55 cm – base 40 x 40 cm – weight 14 kg
From the left to the right: smoked / fabric / bronze / silver / clear
KTribe F3
from 1550 > 1395 €
Light source 1 x E27 (max 75W)
Dimensions H18,7 x Ø24 cm – cable 270 cm – weight 1 kg
From the left to the right: smoked / silver
KTribe S1
from 285 > 256.50 €
Light source 1 x E27 (max 150W)
Dimensions H30 x Ø39,5 cm – cable 4 m – weight 2,5 kg
Light source 1 x E27 (max 250W)
Dimensions H44,5 x Ø55 cm – cable 4 m – weight 4,5 kg
From the left to the right: smoked / silver / bronze / clear
KTribe S2
Ø39,5 cm
from 460 > 414 €
KTribe S3
Ø55 cm
from 675 > 607,50 €
Light source 1 x E27 (max 100W) – dimmer included
Dimensions H56 cm – lamp shade H22,2 x Ø31,5 cm – base 20,6 x 20,6 cm – weight 3,1 kg (PPMA) / 3,8 kg (verre)
From the left to the right: smoked / clear / verre
KTribe T1
from 650 > 585 €
Light source 1 x E27 (max 150W) – dimmer included
Dimensions H69 cm – lamp shade H30 x Ø39,5 cm – base 25 x 25 cm – weight 5,9 kg
From the left to the right: smoked / clear / silver / fabric / bronze
KTribe T2
from 780 > 702 €
Light source 1 x E27 (max 100W) – dimmer included
Dimensions H35 x P42 cm – lamp shade H18,7 x Ø24 cm – base 15 x 15 cm – weight 1,7 kg
From the left to the right: smoked / fabric / bronze / silver / clear
KTribe W
from 410 > 369 €
Philippe Starck
“Subversive, ethical, ecological, political, humorous... this is how I see my duty as a designer.”
Philippe Starck was born in Paris in 1949. He graduated from the École Missim de Camondo in 1967 and founded his first design firm in 1968.
In 1982, Philippe was commissioned by the then-president of France, Francois Mitterrand, to design the interior space for the private apartments in the Elysée Palace. Following that incredible achievement, he designed the famous Café Costes, cementing his position in the design world.
Philippe also designed the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and the control tower at Bordeaux airport.
Philippe believes that objects should “good” before being beautiful. The designer also believes in the concept of “democratic design,” meaning that quality objects should be available at lower prices so that more people can enjoy the best. He considers it his duty to share his ethical and subversive vision of a fairer world. The designer has created a wide range of objects from furniture to mail order homes, motorbikes, mega-yachts, outdoor furniture, interiors, floor lamps, and he has even developed artistic direction for space-travel projects.
FLOS favorites include a wide assortment of table and floor lamps by Philippe Starck: Ara, Archimoon K, Guns Table, Guns Lounge, K Tribe, Romeo, Rosy Angelis, Superarchimoon.
