The fabrication of Akari in Japan at Ozeki & Co. since 1951 follows the traditional methods for Japanese Gifu lanterns. Each Akari is handcrafted beginning with the making of washi paper from the inner …

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Akari lamps are paper lanterns designed by American artist and furniture designer Isamu Noguchi. The lamps are made of washi paper and bamboo, and have been popular since the 1950s.

He adopted the term Akari, a Japanese word meaning ‘light,’ with associations to both illumination and weightlessness.

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Learn more about the history of Akari, one of Isamu Noguchi’s most successful efforts “to bring sculpture into a more direct involvement with the common experience of living.”

Akari Light Sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are considered icons of modern design. Designed by Noguchi beginning in 1951 and handmade for a half century by the original manufacturer in Gifu, Japan, the …

The Noguchi Museum Shop offers Akari light sculptures and furniture by Isamu Noguchi, as well as a selection of publications, design objects, jewelry, and gifts.

Feb 28, 2018 · ‘Akari: Sculpture by Other Means’ allows visitors to experience ways that Isamu Noguchi’s Akari—a modular ecosystem of lightweight, collapsible paper lanterns—can create and …