This year, the Noguchi Museum had a very stripped down booth that featured one new, reissued design - the 1AS - a painted version of the 1A that hasn't been seen since 1952. We always love their lamps and this one is no exception. It sells for $145. The print on the wall is an old advertising shot that they found in their archives.
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"In 1951 Isamu Noguchi visited the Japanese town of Gifu, know for its manufacture of lanterns and umbrellas from the mulberry bark paper and bamboo. Inspired by the lanterns illuminating night fishing on the Nagara River, Noguchi designed the first of his lamps that would be produced by the traditional Gifu methods of construction. He called these works Akari, a term meaning light as illumination, but also implying the idea of weightlessness."
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What a gorgeous form! I love the black stripes. There are a few Akari lamps that have a bit of color/pattern, but I think this model has more than I've seen on others. I have a large Noguchi lamp that I absolutely adore, although [or because?] it's sort of an absurd object:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/visualingual/2438785582/in/set-72157594505190197/
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I have been wanting to go to this museum. Must get off my butt...
view I Love Upstate's profile
cute but, $145! I can make it for $6
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So cute! My daughter would love something like this.. but not at $145. But how would you DIY something with this shape. I know you could probably use an existing paper lamp and probably paper mache black paper to it... just interested in how you might achieve this on your own. The shape is so cute.
Great booth, I bet this was a fun museum to see!
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Rice paper = 6
Bamboo = 8
Metal = 3
Lamp Kit = 15
Glue = 5
Ink for the design = 5
Custom jig to bend bamboo and glue paper into place = 50
Realizing that you aren't as handy as you think you are = Priceless
(you need special equipment to make something that precise)
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Don't know about the lamp, but if that advertising poster is available for $145, I'd buy it.
Love the photo's artistic composition: immaculate hair pulled up in a neat bun so focus can be on long V-back, which in turn draws your eyes to model's soft curve. Since the model is facing away, attention is not on another pretty face but on the circular mat and the unusual lamp sitting next to her.
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I agree - I would kill for that poster.
view miss_amandaa's profile
Agreed. Lamps are fine, but poster is awesome.
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I have three Noguchi lamps including a large floor lamp and absolutely adore them. Nothing creates a mood better.
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I agree that the poster is awesome! Those lamps are so great though... they seem to have a life to them. I love the shape and the legs. I bet the floor lamps are great!
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the museum is worth the trip! It's awesome!
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I've been looking for a Noguchi poster for years to no avail. And I'm sure the museum will not sell the ad (especially not at a price I could stomach. Any leads on a Noguchi poster of any type?
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We recently downsized from a large (for us - 700sf) to 560sf; one thing we could not let go was a very large Noguchi floor lamp. We had to plan the new living room around it. Well worth it. If it wouldn't look really peculiar, I'd love one of these.
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These are really cute....but a little pricey. I love the wall picture they used.
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i have a large noguchi floor lamp and i see it as sculpture not just a lamp.
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Lovely. My favorite is still the N1 lamp, though... it looks so anthropomorphic, like a lopsided egg with legs.
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