Isamu Noguchi’s Akari Light Sculptures

Isamu Noguchi’s Akari Light Sculptures

  In 1951 Isamu Noguchi visited the town of Gifu, Japan, known for its manufacture of lanterns and umbrellas from mulberry bark paper and bamboo. Noguchi designed the first of his lamps that would be produced by the traditional Gifu methods of construction. He...
Ingo Maurer Uchiwa インゴ・マウラーうちわ

Ingo Maurer Uchiwa インゴ・マウラーうちわ

Born on Reichenau Island in Lake Constance, Germany in 1932, Ingo Maurer trained as a graphic designer between 1954 and 1958. In 1960, he moved to the U.S., where he worked as a freelance designer at Kaiser Aluminum and IBM for three years. He returned to Germany and...