Vitra Akari lights are one of the first popular designs that combined ancient paper lanterns with electric lighting, creating a new form of illumination for the home. These table lights are small compact designs perfect for adding light to a shelf, table or any surface off the floor. A concept that is now ubiquitous, started in 1951 when American/Japanese artist and designer Isamu Noguchi began to design the Akari Light Sculptures. Noguchi created over 100 hand-made Shoji-paper models for table lights, standard lamps or ceiling luminaires. For the name of this lighting series he chose the word "akari", the Japanese term for brightness and physical lightness. The light of Akari is like the light of the sun filtered through the paper of shoji. "The harshness of electricity is thus transformed through the magic of paper back to the light of our origin – the sun – so
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AKARI 3X - Table lights from Vitra
Vitra Akari lights are one of the first popular designs that combined ancient paper lanterns with electric lighting, creating a new form of
Akari Table Lights by Vitra