The range of Akari Light Sculptures from Vitra is the height of lighting sophistication, with the craft of the handmade rightly celebrated the world over.
Isamu Noguchi’s iconic lamps have been produced for nearly 70 years, and continue to be made by hand, by master crafts-people, in Gifu, Japan, where this particular type of paper lantern has been produced for generations. Noguchi has designed over 100 different models of the Akari since 1951, ranging in size from 24cm to 290cm, and the Vitra Akari 25N Floor Lamp sits somewhere in the middle of this range at 117cm tall. The height of the 25N impresses but never imposes, with the elegant shape carried on graceful, spindly legs.

