Being a great admirer of Alexander Calder, the sculptor and designer Bernard Schott Lander created a series of lamps called MANTIS in 1951. The source of inspiration is the movement, which is reflected in all works of Schott Landers. As an artist and engineer he developed an ingenious system of... Read more
Being a great admirer of Alexander Calder, the sculptor and designer Bernard Schott Lander created a series of lamps called MANTIS in 1951. The source of inspiration is the movement, which is reflected in all works of Schott Landers. As an artist and engineer he developed an ingenious system of counterweights, combined with rigid and flexible metal rods. The unique lampshade hovers between symmetry and asymmetry. The poetry of the object is an invitation to enter into a dream world of complete, balanced elegance. It is the love for objects that persuaded Philippe Cazer & Frédéric Winkler to found DCW éditions. Objects that accompany us through the daily life, reliable in use, suitable, well-designed and perfectly made. Objects that we treat with respect and that we love. It is a way of living and perceiving. The MANTIS collection of Bernard Schott Lander, elegant lights designed in fragile balance between balance and imbalance as a mobile, weightless grace, an object full of poetry that invites to dream. Read less