- Size: L 95 x H 40 cm
- Designed in: 1971
- Material: Washi paper, bamboo ribbing, metal frame
- Further information: The AKARI 95EN lamp is delivered with no electrical wire kit.
AKARI, which means light in Japanese, diffuses a soft and solar light.
Each Akari is handcrafted, beginning with the making of washi paper from the inner bark of the mulberry tree. The paper is then glued and shaped on a supple frame of Higo bamboo ribbing, creating a delicate but powerful lighting sculpture.
The soft and warm glow of light casting through the paper transforms “the harshness of electricity back to the light of our origins – the sun – so that its warmth may continue to fill our rooms at night” as explained by Noguchi himself.


