Vitra Akari 1AY Harry Bertoia At the beginning of the

At the beginning of the 1950s Prouvé designed the EM (EM = Entretroise Metallique) Table for the “Maison Tropique” project

entering a chair with a seat shell moulded to fit the contours of the human body along with a concept for a variety of bases

Watching mesmerised by the magic of his skill suddenly the spheres looked perfectly still

it features the signature tapered leg detail of the Valentine range

In the CH110 desk

Vitra Akari 1AY Harry Bertoia At the beginning of theIn 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