Production of the Akari Light Sculptures, Isamu Noguchi, 1951

Each Akari Light Sculpture is meticulously crafted by hand in the Ozeki workshop, a traditional family-run company based in Gifu, Japan. This film provides a brief insight into the complex fabrication of the luminaires designed by Isamu Noguchi.
Discover more at www.vitra.com/akari

[@BIUMfurnitureacademy]

"The other day, I went to the Noguchi Museum in Takamatsu, and it was very impressive."
It was a good opportunity to get a glimpse of his spirit.

[@mr2981]

Beautiful. When you consider how much goes into making them, they are worth every penny.

[@laurelavie5586]

You bet I’m going to try and make my own

[@Luv4AIandScience]

So beautiful! 😍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@lordlandbeast]

Wow, that takes so much work! Beautiful 😱

[@iliapetrovic3582]

So beautiful at every stage of the making process.

[@YoursTrulyMew]

🤯 amazing work🤩

[@jordansferie8103]

Very satifsying video you have made here, I enjoyed it very much. Best regards - Magnus from Denmark

[@christopherbrown9206]

Beautiful

[@StudioEdna]

Kind of behind the scene we love

[@Shaun.is.typing]

Good idea 💡

[@leobrent7926]

I really wanted to see how they take the form out.

[@Largepapa2]

The most interesting part was missed. Wanted to see how he gets the form out.

[@albertovernillo8048]

straordinario

[@albertovernillo8048]

and then????

[@pointthree3]

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[@madaxe]

The same way it was put together, but each piece gets slid out through the hole in the lantern.

[@annalisazimmermann4019]

same... came here for that cuz i'm trying to design a form that i'll preferably be able to get out once it's finished XD

[@lolaland_arch147]

w o n d e r f u l 🌸

[@user-zq5ev1sh8c]

Amazing artist. Thank you for sharing this with me. I watch every video i find of these lanterns being made. I do have a question, though. Is the cord done in a continuous wrap, or are the different sizes cut as you go?

[@mynameisyasmeen]

Wow

[@lensadereje1539]

Woww

[@voiceprint101]

any videos on how to repair this type of shade or proper paper type?

[@chompers11]

Did you ever find out what kind of paper it is

[@mia____]

shoji paper

[@mia____]

@@chompers11shoji paper

[@grecow3484]

I wonder if the ones at Ikea are made the same way.....🙂

[@A.Netizen.Since.2010]

..Is that tissue paper they were gluing on the frames & what kind of glue they use to make these great lanterns? 🤔

[@chompers11]

What kind of paper is it it?

[@annalisazimmermann4019]

i think it's washi paper and methyl cellulose... from what i've heard... (doesn't mean it's the only way tho)

[@chompers11]

What kind of paper is he using

[@Yapostadodat]

Hypnotic; a device like a prism it reassembles energy back into a light we are drawn to.

[@maynorroque8791]

Que tipo de papel y que tipo de pegamento es?

[@StarBelarus]

What is the paper? Should it be wet in something?

[@gvkl09palakkad]

Why?

[@misterhope5241]

That still doesn’t explain why they’re so unbelievably expensive

[@quentillatrawick7907]

Stop making my name into products