Designed 1960s
"Akari" Lamp
This handcrafted paper lamp--its design based on traditional Japanese lanterns--reflects the lifelong interest of Isamu Noguchi in the integration of light and sculpture. Given the name Akari, which Noguchi says "suggests lightness as opposed to weight," the lamp is from a series of some eighty paper lamps designed by the sculptor that range from simple spheres to columns of prismatic shapes and stacked blocks.
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