If Infra-Structure makes the lighting system part of the architectural drawing, The Running Magnet does the opposite. It disappears into it. Where one system asks to be seen, the other asks only to do its work — and stay out of the architecture’s way.
A total fusion with architecture
The Running Magnet is built around a 35mm magnetic profile available in three installation types: recessed flush into plasterboard, surface-mounted, or suspended. The recessed version is the system’s defining gesture — the profile sits within the ceiling plane itself, with only a narrow black or white line visible. The light fittings, when not in use, can disappear entirely into the surface.
The Boutek Offices in Italy, showing the recessed system reading as graphic black lines on white walls and ceilings.Caption: Boutek Offices, Italy. The recessed profile becomes part of the architectural drawing.
This restraint is the point. The Running Magnet is designed for projects where the architecture should carry the visual weight, and the lighting should serve quietly from within it. A retail interior where the merchandise leads. A workplace where the materials and proportions do the talking. A residential project where calm is the brief.
A space that keeps changing
What makes the disappearance liveable is the magnetic system underneath it. Light modules clip onto the profile by magnet alone, with hot-handling — fittings can be repositioned while the system is still powered. As a space’s programme evolves, the lighting can evolve with it, without dismantling anything.
The module range supports this adaptability. Spot, Spot 120, and Light Shadow Spot (with FLOS’s patented dual-focus lens) handle accent work. The Anthony Spot, designed by Antonio Citterio, offers a more sculptural alternative. Light Stripe, available in four lengths and joinable without visible breaks at corners, provides ambient linear light. Find Me Suspension and Mini Glo-Ball — adapted from the FLOS Home Collection — bring decorative gestures where the brief calls for them.
Control is equally flexible. The Running Magnet supports on-board dimming, DALI, 1-10V, and Casambi, with the FLOS Control® application managing scenes and groups through Bluetooth.
Where it earns its place
The Running Magnet suits projects where the architecture should be read first — and where the building’s use will keep evolving. Workplaces undergoing reconfiguration. Galleries rotating exhibitions. Retail interiors refreshed by season. Residential schemes where restraint is the design language.
FLOS has since taken the Running Magnet’s logic to its narrowest expression. The Micro Running Magnet is a slimmed-down evolution of the system — an ultra-miniaturised profile of just 5mm, available in recessed and surface versions, into which micro-luminaires integrate by magnetic fixing until they almost completely disappear. FLOS positions it as the definitive solution for exhibition lighting: where the object on display should hold all the attention, and the light reaching it should leave no visible trace of its source.
William Artists is bringing The Running Magnet to architects, designers, and developers across Hong Kong and China — supporting specification, supply, and commissioning, including the Casambi integration that lets each space adapt as its programme demands.