- Akari Light Sculptures – The Noguchi Museum
He called these works Akari, a term meaning light as illumination, but also implying the idea of weightlessness The fabrication of Akari in Japan at Ozeki Co since 1951 follows the traditional methods for Japanese Gifu lanterns
- Akari (game) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia
Akari (Japanese: ショウ Shō) is the female player character of Pokémon Legends: Arceus, and acts as a friend character in the same game if the player chooses to play as her male counterpart, Rei
- History of Akari Light Sculptures - The Noguchi Museum
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 E | Official Vitra® Website UN
Akari E Isamu Noguchi, 1951 The Akari Light Sculptures (1951) by Isamu Noguchi are a series of luminaires, handcrafted from traditional washi paper by Japanese artisans ‘The harshness of electricity is thus transformed through the magic of paper back to the light of our origin – the sun ’ (Noguchi)
- Is Isamu Noguchis Akari the Most Ubiquitous Sculpture in the World?
Senior curator Dakin Hart of New York’s Noguchi Museum likes to call Akari—which can be folded up, flat packed, and shipped for virtually nothing—"the most ubiquitous sculpture on earth "
- Isamu Noguchi’s Iconic Akari Cast in a New Light - Modern Mag
The Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi’s Akari light sculpture has long been a beloved design staple in many a modern home The artist developed the idea of light sculptures in 1951 in Gifu, Japan at the Ozeki Co , where the washi paper, bamboo, and metal lamps are still in production today
- The birth of Akari : myth, auto-fiction and reality
The Akari are undoubtedly the most personal creations of Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988): they are reinterpretations of traditional Japanese lanterns, made of paper, bamboo, metal and take on countless forms
- Akari Table Lamps – The Noguchi Museum
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
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