Designed by Bernard Schottlander
As admirer of Alexander Calder, in 1951 Schottlander created the Mantis series of lamps. Movement is intrinsic to all of Schottlander’s work: an artist, an engineer and in no small measure a handyman, he devised a clever system of counterweights combined with a series of strong, and flexible metal bars. The shade also is unique of its kind. Like an acrobat suspended in mid-air, it is made from aluminium using spinning and chasing techniques that are a part of the metalworker???Ǩ?Ѣs inventory of skills, but to which he has brought his sculptor???Ǩ?Ѣs eye to create a helical movement in which the symmetrical and the asymmetrical are in opposition.
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$2,020
A silhouette that naturally evokes a praying mantis in weightlessness, the Mantis floor lamp has now been structurally tweaked and improved just as designer Schottlander envisioned in his time. Still composed of a long steel rod topped by a black shade pivoting on a ball joint, resting on its round base, the BS8 L floor […]
$1,970
As admirer of Alexander Calder, in 1951 Schottlander created the Mantis series of lamps. Movement is intrinsic to all of Schottlander’s work: an artist, an engineer and in no small measure a handyman, he devised a clever system of counterweights combined with a series of strong, and flexible metal bars. The shade also is unique […]
$890
Bernard Schottlander was inspired by the praying mantis to create this intruiging and gracious wall lamp. His prototype was done in small size. We have decided to publish it.
$1,840
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The Hashira Collection is a modern, Nordic take on the traditional Japanese rice paper lantern. Conceived for Audo by Norm Architects, the Hashira wall lamp perfectly balances aesthetics and proportion, simplicity and character. The translucent fabric shade ? available in white linen and raw slub linen ? acts as a diffuser, projecting the light in […]
$540
The In The Sun Table is a battery powered cordless table lamp, with a 5 positions switch allowing different levels of light intensity.
Designed in 1965 by Elio Martinelli, the lamp is made of methacrylate molding techniques innovative for the time in which it was designed and its geometric shape and dynamism revives the atmosphere of those years decisive for the success of the design Italian in the world.