DCW Mantis BS2 Mini Wall Lamp

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About DCW Mantis BS2 Mini Wall Lamp

The latest addition to the renowned Mantis collection from designer Bernard Schottlander. Like an acrobat suspended in midair, the Mantis BS2 Mini is made from aluminium using spinning and chasing techniques that are part of the metalworker’s inventory of skills but with a sculptors eye. It is said that the inspiration behind this iconic design was the praying mantis and the end result is an intriguing and gracious wall lamp.

Dimensions: Span : 71,5 cm | Width : 27,2 cm

Rotation: 180°

Materials: Steel and Aluminium

CLII - LED integrated 3W

About the Designer

Bernard Schottlander was born in Germany in 1924 but moved to Leeds as a 15-year-old in 1939. During the war, he worked in a factory as a welder, before studying at the Leeds College of Art. Soon after, he studied sculpture for a year in London where he found that his experience of welding worked to his advantage. Schottlander described himself as a designer for interiors and a sculptor for exteriors.

Fast-forwarding to the creation of the Mantis collection. In 1951 Schottlander created the Mantis series of lamps. It is said that this is where his two professions interconnected. His designs for lamps created sleek cultural forms and functionality evidently seen in the Mantis Wall Lamp.

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.