'Taiyo' pendant light, mod. PTL-32
Designer
Ryutaro Yoshida
Manufacturer/Maker/Editor
Time & Style
Origin
Japan
Design Museum Section
Japanese Design Icons
Categories
Pendant lights
Usage
Residential
Hospitality
Designheroes ID
345362
Brand
Time & Style
Headquarter
Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Brand Type
Family-owned and operated
Availability
made to order
Condition
New
Production Method
Handmade
Product Origin
Japan
Rarity
open edition
'Taiyo' pendant light, mod. PTL-32
Washi Paper: Plain
Width: 1130 mm
Depth: 1130 mm
Height: 1275 mm
Catalog note
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Catalog essay
Among the implements of illumination handed down in Japan from long ago are lanterns made from bamboo strips and Japanese washi paper. These can be carried with a lit candle or folded away compactly when not in use.
'Suifu lanterns' are made in one of a few producing areas that carry forward old-fashioned handmade manufacturing methods using bamboo strips and washi. Doing so creates shadows from uniformly thin and beautiful strips, but bamboo strips lend an expression to the shadows they throw, creating a soft impression for the lantern as a whole.
'Sekishu washi (paper)' is made in the only place where its source material, kozo pulp, is cultivated in the same area. Th
'Suifu lanterns' are made in one of a few producing areas that carry forward old-fashioned handmade manufacturing methods using bamboo strips and washi. Doing so creates shadows from uniformly thin and beautiful strips, but bamboo strips lend an expression to the shadows they throw, creating a soft impression for the lantern as a whole.
'Sekishu washi (paper)' is made in the only place where its source material, kozo pulp, is cultivated in the same area. Th
Object
'Taiyo' pendant light, mod. PTL-32
Designer
Ryutaro Yoshida
Manufacturer/Maker/Editor
Time & Style
Origin
Japan
Design Museum Section
Japanese Design Icons
Categories
Pendant lights
Usage
Residential
Hospitality
Designheroes ID
345362
Brand
Time & Style
Headquarter
Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Brand Type
Family-owned and operated
Availability
made to order
Condition
New
Production Method
Handmade
Product Origin
Japan
Rarity
open edition
