Mantis Floor Lamp BS1 B Christiane Lemieux pronounced ‘i-o-i

pronounced ‘i-o-i

Individually bench-made by a Nordic craftsman in Finland

Dimensions: 19

Designer: Björn Hultén

A combination of functional and compositional sobriety

Mantis Floor Lamp BS1 B Christiane Lemieux pronounced ‘i-o-iMantis BS1 B Floor Lamp by Bernard Schottlander for DCW Editions As an 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 is also unique like an acrobat suspended in midair, it is made from