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M+, Hong Kong, © Kazuki Takahama, son of Kazuhide Takahama, Nemo Lighting
Kazuhide Takahama 高濱和秀
Kazuki 2
1975
This 1976 lamp by the Japanese-born designer Takahama Kazuhide is made of white fabric stretched over an aluminium frame. Named after one of his children, the Kazuki was made in three sizes—1, 2, and 3—by the Italian lighting company Sirrah. Takahama moved to Italy after producing the Japanese Pavilion for the 1953 Milan Triennale, eventually establishing ties with significant artists, designers, and manufacturers during intensely productive decades for design in the country. The Kazuki is a freestanding version of Takahama’s Saori series, both of which use stretched fabric in reference to the paintings of Lucio Fontana.
The lamp takes on the simple profile of its frame. Two arches—one taller and wider, another shorter and thinner—are set off perpendicular to one another, creating a base at the four points they touch the ground. The blank fabric that covers them is pulled taut. The frame’s edges appear hard until the lamp is lit, when its delicate curves are visible. In this way, the Kazuki combines a sculptural solidity with a ghostly lightness, bringing a contemporary Japanese sense of abstraction to the lively, pop-infused Italian design of this period.
The lamp takes on the simple profile of its frame. Two arches—one taller and wider, another shorter and thinner—are set off perpendicular to one another, creating a base at the four points they touch the ground. The blank fabric that covers them is pulled taut. The frame’s edges appear hard until the lamp is lit, when its delicate curves are visible. In this way, the Kazuki combines a sculptural solidity with a ghostly lightness, bringing a contemporary Japanese sense of abstraction to the lively, pop-infused Italian design of this period.
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