Spotlight on Isamu Noguchi’s Innovative and Iconic Paper Lanterns
Akari, the massively popular collection of paper lanterns by Isamu Noguchi, is a bridge between age-old craft and modern innovation.
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For Japanese-American designer Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988), using washi, or paper, was a way to sculpt with light.
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