Vitra Akari 1AY Harry Bertoia entering a chair with a

entering a chair with a seat shell moulded to fit the contours of the human body along with a concept for a variety of bases

A beautiful rug incorporating a cross stitch style pattern

Watching mesmerised by the magic of his skill suddenly the spheres looked perfectly still

such as the interlocking meeting point between the tabletop and legs

the back leg from another

Vitra Akari 1AY Harry Bertoia entering a chair with aIn 1951, American Japanese artist and designer Isamu Noguchi started to design the Akari Light Sculptures. A total of over 100 hand made Shoji paper models for table lights, standard lamps or ceiling luminaries were created. For the name of this lighting series he chose the word "akari", the Japanese terms for brightness and light, and also lightness. "The light of Akari is like the light of the sun filtered through the paper of shoji. The harshness