Last week I went to my friendly neighborhood Noguchi Museum to look at the Akari Light Sculptures (for my current table lamp search). Unfortunately, they didn't have either of the models I was interested in (the two most popular!) in stock. I looked at some other lamps (including the many printed models) and left unconvinced. But recently I feel like I've been seeing these lamps everywhere! And they tend to look good in photos!

The top photo (with that gorgeous floor and cool cement storage unit) has one of the lamps I'm interested in. The bottom photo shows a printed model.

from OWI (top) and Design*Sponge (bottom)