Jesse Rudolph and Joëlle Kütner, the creators behind Ome Dézintotally agree. The Los Angeles-based design studio has incorporated several paper lamps into its projects. “We’ve noticed that many people are starting to prefer low-light options over traditional overhead lighting,” Rudolph and Kütner say in an email, whether it’s a pendant, a street lamp or other.

As Bomi Jin However, as we’ve already pointed out, people today seem hungry for different styles of lighting beyond the classic Noguchi lantern (or their many dupes). And indeed, over the past year, I’ve noticed more and more modern iterations of these paper-thin lamps appearing in galleries, design fairs like the one in New York. Collector’s item and that of Copenhagen 3 days of conceptionin homes and showrooms. While they share some of the same qualities as previous space icons (ambient warmth, light feel, handmade construction, and translucency), they’re a little looser around the edges, more playful, more experimental with shape and color.

A pair of Ingo Maurer Lamp lamps complete this room inside a Giancarlo Valle-designed townhouse in Manhattan.

Photo: Stephen Kent Johnson

Two notable examples are Bennet Schlessingerwasp nest style paper lamps and Minjae KimThe fiberglass plant works of, both exhibited at the Marta gallery. Unlike the geometric, gridded style of a Noguchi lamp, Critton says Schlessinger’s work is characterized by more cocoon-like, organic shapes that “escape the grid,” while Kim’s lights manipulate fiberglass to create shapes sculptural.