Vitra Akari UF3-Q Floor Lamp
Manufacturer: Vitra | Designer: Isamu Noguchi, 1951
The Akari UF3-Q is a floor lamp of generous scale and warm, diffused presence. Its broad washi paper shade distributes light evenly and softly — a considered piece that anchors a living room or reading corner with quiet authority. Designed by Isamu Noguchi in 1951.
Each Akari luminaire is meticulously handcrafted at the Ozeki workshop, a traditional family-run company based in Gifu, Japan. Bamboo rods are stretched across Noguchi's original wooden forms to create the framework, before strips of washi paper — derived from the bark of the mulberry tree — are glued to the bamboo ribbing. Once dry, the wooden form is removed and the shade folded into its final shape. Every piece carries a stylised sun-and-moon logo as a guarantee of authenticity.
Specifications
- Dimensions — W56 × D56 × H145cm
- Cable — 300cm
- Shade — Handcrafted washi paper over bamboo ribbing
- Structure — Bamboo and steel wire; legs in painted steel wire
- Light source — E27, max. 12W (not supplied; 4W LED recommended)
- Collection — Vitra Design Museum Collection
Part of the Vitra Akari collection and the Floor Lamps collection.
Manufacturer: Vitra | Designer: Isamu Noguchi, 1951
The Akari UF3-Q is a floor lamp of generous scale and warm, diffused presence. Its broad washi paper shade distributes light evenly and softly — a considered piece that anchors a living room or reading corner with quiet authority. Designed by Isamu Noguchi in 1951.
Each Akari luminaire is meticulously handcrafted at the Ozeki workshop, a traditional family-run company based in Gifu, Japan. Bamboo rods are stretched across Noguchi's original wooden forms to create the framework, before strips of washi paper — derived from the bark of the mulberry tree — are glued to the bamboo ribbing. Once dry, the wooden form is removed and the shade folded into its final shape. Every piece carries a stylised sun-and-moon logo as a guarantee of authenticity.
Specifications
- Dimensions — W56 × D56 × H145cm
- Cable — 300cm
- Shade — Handcrafted washi paper over bamboo ribbing
- Structure — Bamboo and steel wire; legs in painted steel wire
- Light source — E27, max. 12W (not supplied; 4W LED recommended)
- Collection — Vitra Design Museum Collection
Part of the Vitra Akari collection and the Floor Lamps collection.
Original: $1,196.48
-65%$1,196.48
$418.77Description
Manufacturer: Vitra | Designer: Isamu Noguchi, 1951
The Akari UF3-Q is a floor lamp of generous scale and warm, diffused presence. Its broad washi paper shade distributes light evenly and softly — a considered piece that anchors a living room or reading corner with quiet authority. Designed by Isamu Noguchi in 1951.
Each Akari luminaire is meticulously handcrafted at the Ozeki workshop, a traditional family-run company based in Gifu, Japan. Bamboo rods are stretched across Noguchi's original wooden forms to create the framework, before strips of washi paper — derived from the bark of the mulberry tree — are glued to the bamboo ribbing. Once dry, the wooden form is removed and the shade folded into its final shape. Every piece carries a stylised sun-and-moon logo as a guarantee of authenticity.
Specifications
- Dimensions — W56 × D56 × H145cm
- Cable — 300cm
- Shade — Handcrafted washi paper over bamboo ribbing
- Structure — Bamboo and steel wire; legs in painted steel wire
- Light source — E27, max. 12W (not supplied; 4W LED recommended)
- Collection — Vitra Design Museum Collection
Part of the Vitra Akari collection and the Floor Lamps collection.
