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Designed by Bernard Schottlander
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 lamp has a new base and arm, swapping its original system of rack and counterweight for an ingenious “squaring of the circle” with suggestive graphics and voids. A true sculpture now adjustable by a dial, gaining a wide versatility of use.
Finishes:
Adjustable shade and stem, structure in steel and shade in aluminium in black
Dimensions:
H1740 mm
Wattage:
15W, E14
$2,060.00
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 […]
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Between 1951 and 1957, Le Corbusier designed the Sanskar Kendra Museum, a museum in the Indian city of Ahmedabad. The spiral shaped building contains all the fundamentals of his architecture. For this project, in 1954 Le Corbusier conceived a lighting system he named ?Projecteur?, installed in the structure to maximise the lighting effect
$770.00
Like a powder case or a precious box, the mechanical action of opening or closing makes the object reassuring and immediately understandable. The light is diffused by a thick glass pane, throughout its depththickness. Inside, the polished brass flap acts as a pivoting mirror thanks to a visible hinge.
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Alfa was the first lamp to feature in the Artemide catalogue the very year the company was founded.
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