Isamu Noguchi

Vitra - Akari A Suspension Lamp oval
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Akari A Suspension Lamp oval
4-6 weeks
from € 379,00
Vitra - Noguchi Coffee Table
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Noguchi Coffee Table
4-6 weeks
from € 2.590,00
Vitra - Akari 10A Floor Lamp
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Akari 10A Floor Lamp
Estimated in stock: 2024-11-08
€ 819,00
Vitra - Akari A Suspension Lamp Round
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Akari A Suspension Lamp Round
4-6 weeks
from € 379,00
Vitra - Akari 1N Table Lamp
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Akari 1N Table Lamp
4-6 weeks
€ 339,00
Vitra - Akari YA2 Table Lamp
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Akari YA2 Table Lamp
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€ 389,00
Vitra - Akari 13A Floor Lamp
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Akari 13A Floor Lamp
4-6 weeks
€ 989,00
Vitra - Akari 1AD Table Lamp
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Akari 1AD Table Lamp
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€ 379,00
Vitra - Akari D Suspension Lamp
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Akari D Suspension Lamp
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€ 1.019,00
Vitra - Akari 16 A Suspension Lamp
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Vitra - Akari 1A Table Lamp
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Akari 1A Table Lamp
Estimated in stock: 2025-01-31
€ 339,00
Vitra - Akari YP1 Suspension Lamp
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Vitra - Akari UF3-Q Floor Lamp
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Akari UF3-Q Floor Lamp
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€ 1.259,00
Vitra - Akari EN Suspension Lamp Oval
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Akari EN Suspension Lamp Oval
4-6 weeks
from € 459,00
Vitra - Akari 14A Floor Lamp
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Akari 14A Floor Lamp
4-6 weeks
€ 1.239,00
Vitra - Noguchi Dining Table
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Noguchi Dining Table
4-6 weeks
€ 4.480,00
Vitra - Prismatic Side Table
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Prismatic Side Table
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€ 649,00
Vitra - Akari 23A Suspension Lamp
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Vitra - Akari BB3-55DD Floor Lamp
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Akari BB3-55DD Floor Lamp
4-6 weeks
€ 2.369,00
Vitra - Akari 1AY Table Lamp
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Akari 1AY Table Lamp
4-6 weeks
€ 379,00
Vitra - Akari 3A Table Lamp
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Akari 3A Table Lamp
4-6 weeks
€ 649,00
Vitra - Akari 20N Table Lamp
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Akari 20N Table Lamp
4-6 weeks
€ 509,00
Vitra - Akari UF4-L8 Floor Lamp
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Akari UF4-L8 Floor Lamp
4-6 weeks
€ 2.049,00
Vitra - Akari 9AD Table Lamp
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Akari 9AD Table Lamp
4-6 weeks
€ 719,00
Vitra - Akari E  Suspension Lamp
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Akari E Suspension Lamp
Available from October 2024
€ 2.679,00
Vitra - Akari 1AG Table Lamp
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Akari 1AG Table Lamp
4-6 weeks
€ 379,00
Vitra - Akari UF1-H Table Lamp
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Akari UF1-H Table Lamp
4-6 weeks
€ 499,00
Vitra - Akari UF4-33N Floor Lamp
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Akari UF4-33N Floor Lamp
4-6 weeks
€ 2.049,00
Vitra - Akari 3X Table Lamp
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Akari 3X Table Lamp
Estimated in stock: 2025-01-24
€ 319,00
Vitra - Akari UF4-L10 Floor Lamp
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Akari UF4-L10 Floor Lamp
4-6 weeks
€ 2.095,00
Vitra - Akari 7A Table Lamp
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Akari 7A Table Lamp
4-6 weeks
€ 689,00
Vitra - Akari 33N Suspension Lamp
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Akari 33N Suspension Lamp
4-6 weeks
€ 1.049,00
Vitra - Akari 45X Suspension Lamp
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Isamu Noguchi was born in Los Angeles in 1904 as the illegitimate son of Yone Noguchi, a Japanese poet, and Leonie Gilmour, an American writer who edited much of his work. It was the cultural divide between his parents, between East and West, between two distinct histories of art and thought, that engaged him his entire life. He was a sculptor, designer, landscape architect, and craftsman whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward.

In 1917 Noguchi began a training as cabinetmaker in Chigasaki/Japan. In 1918 he moved to the United States. His mother sent him to Indiana to attend a progressive boarding school. After high school Noguchi enrolled in Columbia University to study medicine, while at the same time taking sculpture classes on the Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City.
Afterwards he founded his own studio. While in Manhattan he became acquainted with the work of the Surrealists and with contemporary abstract sculpture. These interests conducted him to Paris on a Guggenheim Fellowship, where he met and worked with the great modernist sculptor, Constantin Brâncuşi.
Between 1930 and 1932 Noguchi studied brush painting in China and pottery with Jinmatsu Uno in Japan.

Isamu Noguchi was considered as a all-round talent and designed among sculptures, furniture, lighting, interior, also public squares and gardens. So he created as an architect the Billy Rose Sculpture Garden, Israel Museum, Jerusalem(1960-1965) and designed a bridge in Peace Park, Hiroshima, Japan (1951-1952).
Furthermore he created abstract sculptures consisted of bronze, granite, marble and wood.
As a designer Noguchi collaborated with the Herman Miller company creating the "Coffee Table" (1945). Among chairs and tables (for Knoll International) he designed the famous lamp "Akari" (1952).
His final project was the design for Moerenuma Park, a 400 acre (1.6 km²) park for Sapporo, Japan. Created in 1988 shortly before his death, it was completed and opened to the public in 2004.

In 1984 Isamu Noguchi received the honorary doctorate of the Columbia University and in 1987 the National Medal of Arts from the president of the United States.