Mantis BS8L Floor Lamp Black is part of an intriguing lamp collection with an industrial insert that is modern despite being created in 1951 and has a presence unlike any other. The lampshade, said by unreliable sources to be inspired by a woman’s chest, has a soft and rounded silhouette that forms a lovely contrast to the slender frame. Through the use of counterweights, the lamp can easily and elegantly shift between four different setups. Depending on the model, the head can spin between 180° and 360° as well as tilt. The black head on Mantis BS8L Floor Lamp Black can be paired with either a black or a grey body.

The light plays with the ideas of balance and imbalance and forces us to reassess what we mean by “fixed shape” and “empty”. Like the mobiles designed by Alexander Calder almost a century ago, the Mantis lamps looks like they’re defying gravity. The poetic core of these lamps is an invitation to step into a dreamworld of well-considered imbalanced elegance…