"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 ...

In a viral clip which aired last month from the Las Culturistas podcast, Mariah Carey took aim at a common enemy: overhead lighting. “I’m the one that gets the most tortured by the hideous lighting in ...

As iconic design objects go, perhaps none is more simple—and so universally beloved—as the paper lantern. This month, an inspired and beautiful exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design ...