Vitra Akari 9AD Floor Light Thomas Bentzen the Domus Lounge Chair remains

the Domus Lounge Chair remains as striking and relevant today as it was nearly 80 years ago

For the name of this lighting series he chose the word "akari"

elegant Bertoia bench of wood slats spanning a metal frame

smoked oak and American walnut

Vitra Akari 9AD Floor Light Thomas Bentzen the Domus Lounge Chair remainsIn 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