Vitra - Akari BB3-55DD Floor Lamp

Vitra Akari BB3-55DD Floor Lamp.

The Akari BB3-55DD floor lamp is a design by Isamu Noguchi for the Vitra label.

The timeless Akari BB3-55DD floor lamp is the ideal lighting source for your home, it has a beautiful design where the paper lantern appears to hang upside down from the floor. The elegant floor lamp is 185 cm high and is made of traditional Japanese paper and stands on a cast iron base with a bamboo style. This combination of materials not only guarantees durability, but also ensures maximum efficiency.

Due to its generous height and strength, this lamp can be taken outside for your garden parties on the veranda or terrace.

Colours: natural paper
Materials Shade: shoji paper, structure: bamboo/steel wire, legs: steel wire
Dimensions Height: 185cm / Diameter: 53cm. Fitting E27.

About the designer:

Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988) was a Japanese-American artist and landscape architect best known for his sculptures and furniture, such as the iconic Noguchi table. Isamu, son of the Japanese poet Yone Noguchi and the American writer Leonie Gilmour, was born in Los Angeles, lived in Japan in his youth and studied at Columbia University and the Leonardo da Vinci Art School in New York. In 1927 he founded his first studio and received the Guggenheim Fellowship. Noguchi also spent long periods traveling and studying in Asia: he studied brush painting in China and pottery in Japan.