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Akari 26A / 21A / 15A

by Isamu Noguchi, 1951 — from 379,00 €
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Akari 26A / 21A / 15A

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The Akari ceiling lamp was designed by Isamu Noguchi and is available in the versions Akari 26A, Akari 21A and Akari 15A. The ceiling lamp is part of the Vitra collection of Akari Light Sculptures, a product line of more than 100 original lamps which are all handmade from shoji paper.

Please note: If your desired Akari lamp is not currently in stock, we are unfortunately unable to tell you a specific delivery time. Due to the difficult circumstances on the world market regarding the procurement of raw materials and stagnating supply chains, as well as the fact that the Akari lamps are handmade in Japan by only a few specialists, waiting times of several months can unfortunately occur. If in doubt, please ask our friendly service team about availability before buying to avoid disappointment.

Details

Product type Ceiling lamp
Dimensions

Dimensions in mm
Cable length: 220 cm
Material Shoji paper
Structure: bamboo/steel wire
Cable: textile
Variants Available in 3 sizes
Function & properties Socket E 27, max. 75 W
Assembly Please click on picture for detailed information (ca. 0,4 MB).
Manufacturing
Delivery includes With electrification set including supply line, canopy and illuminant (energy class A++)
Care Protruding fibres (lint) are possible, and normal.
The lamp can be dusted with a feather duster.
Exposure to oil and grease vapours should be avoided as these can stain the paper shade
Warranty 24 months
Product datasheet Please click on picture for detailed information (ca. 0,4 MB).

Popular versions

Akari 26A / 21A / 15A, 280 x 650 x 650 mm (21A)
Akari 26A / 21A / 15A, 250 x 450 x 450 mm (26A)
Akari 26A / 21A / 15A, 330 x 880 x 880 mm (15A)

Design Story

The Vitra Akari 26A, 21A and 15A lights are part of the famous collection of Akari Light Sculptures which the Japano-American artist and designer Isamu Noguchi designed in 1951. Comprising a collection of over 100 different ceiling lamps, pendant lamps, floor lamps and table lamps, all of which were hand-made from shoji paper, Vitra today sells only a small part of his designs; adheres however in production to Noguchi's traditional handcraft manufacturing process. Thanks to the special material the Akari lamp emits a soft, pleasant light which discreetly, yet effectively, illuminates your living room. The Vitra Akari lamps 26A, 21A and 15A are all oval models and vary in terms of their dimensions. Since 1957 Vitra has produced designer furniture by international designers such as, for example, Charles and Ray Eames, Antono Citterio, Verner Panton or George Nelson and has developed on over the years and cooperations into one of the most respected and important producers of high quality contemporary furniture.

Designer Isamu Noguchi

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Lost Furniture Design Classics: Model 9 Table Lamp by Isamu Noguchi for Knoll Associates

...Isamu Noguchi's most popularly known work is inarguably his Akari lamps, yet before Akari there came a lamp which in many regards exists more in context of the man and his art than its more famous relations... In addition, and without any evidence beyond a gut feeling, the fact that the first Akari were offered for sale in America in 1953 may have left the much simpler Model 9 looking a little less interesting...

5 New Architecture & Design Exhibitions for March 2018

...Geburtstag opens at Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln, An der Rechtschule, 50667 Cologne on Saturday March 17th and runs until Sunday July 1st "Akari: Sculpture by Other Means" at the Noguchi Museum, Queens, New York, USA The Akari light sculptures by Isamu Noguchi are arguably amongst the most challenging of design objects to explain, largely because there is so much Isamu Noguchi in them... There is therefore something very satisfying about the fact the Noguchi Museum have chosen largely to ignore the Akari themselves and instead present a series of installations which promise to allow for a more fundamental interaction with the objects than simply as lamps...

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...The Akari Skirt As a phenomenon fashion exists in a state of continual revival and reinvention, something perfectly demonstrated by the hooped skirt: the farthingale of the 16th and 17th centuries, becoming the 18th century pannier before evolving into the 19th century crinolines, and achieving its most contemporary guise as the Akari Skirt, an object inspired by Isamu Noguchi's 1951 light sculptures... Replacing the willow, whalebone and steel of past generations with rings of bamboo, the Akari skirt offers a lighter, more sustainable version of the genre, and thereby one more in tune with contemporary ecological considerations...

(smow) blog Design Calendar: November 17th 1904 – Happy Birthday Isamu Noguchi!

...And increased his creative repertoire to include furniture design and lighting design; his most famous works being without question his Coffee Table for Herman Miller, his Rocking Stools for Knoll and above all his Akari light sculpture family...

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