7.17.14 | New York NY | FLOS, the world-renowned lighting company, announces Jim Toole as Vice President and General Manager of the FLOS Architectural Division in the U.S. Toole will leverage his past experience in the architectural lighting field to deliver FLOS’s standard and custom architectural lighting solutions across North America. Toole’s expertise includes over 25 years serving the high-end decorative and architectural lighting markets. An industrial designer by training, his career has spanned leadership roles in product and lighting design, company management and more.

“At FLOS, we have robust architectural and decorative lines as well as the unique opportunity of offering high tech solutions with an artisanal flair,” said Jan Vingerhoets, CEO FLOS USA. “Jim Toole eats, sleeps and breathes lighting and really knows the North American market; he’s the right person to continue the growth of FLOS’s Architectural Division in the U.S.”

FLOS Architectural was established in 2005 and has over 50 exquisitely detailed product families by renowned designers including Piero Lissoni, Antonio Citterio and Patricia Urquiola. It is a point of reference for hotels, retail chains and work spaces, spread throughout the world, that needed an ideal source of lighting as well as design, quality and energy saving. Last year alone this division of FLOS completed over 5,000 projects across five continents. FLOS Architectural is the gold standard in lighting today.

For more information on the FLOS Architectural program and catalog visit: http://usa.flos.com/architectural.

About FLOS

Founded in 1962 in Merano, Italy, FLOS is an international company that offers a range of lighting products and systems for residential and architectural applications. Known for its creative and innovative lighting solutions, the company can boast a rich catalog of iconic products created by legends of design like Achille Castiglioni, Philippe Starck, Antonio Citterio, Marcel Wanders, Konstantin Grcic, Jasper Morrison, Patricia Urquiola, Ron Gilad, and many others. FLOS shows constant commitment to technological research and innovation, together with an extraordinary capacity to spot new creative talent. With the recent launch of the Soft Architecture collection, which has received top international awards, the company gave further proof of a well-established brand’s ability to look to the future without forgetting its own tradition. Flos has flagship stores in Rome, Milan, Paris, Hong Kong, Stockholm, London and New York.