"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When it comes to mid-century lighting, few designs are as iconic as Isamu Noguchi’s Akari light ...

If you’ve noticed that paper lantern lights are seemingly everywhere these days, you’re not alone. These lights—often a single bulb that’s concealed within a paper shade—are definitely having a moment ...

70-some years after Isamu Noguchi made his formative visit to Gifu, Japan – where he fell in love with, and ultimately riffed upon, the town’s mulberry bark paper and bamboo lanterns – it’s hard not ...