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Carpenters Workshop Gallery presents Komorebi, an exhibition of new lighting by Paris-based studio Aki+Arnaud Cooren. Known for serene, dreamlike designs rooted in nature, the duo expand their ongoing Ishigaki collection—lamps inspired by memories of freediving off Japan’s Ishigaki Island.
The exhibition takes its name from komorebi, the Japanese word for sunlight filtering through leaves. This shifting interplay of light and shadow shapes the Ishigaki lamps, where bamboo, metal and linen merge in an abstract dialogue of fabric, liquid and light. A carbon-metallic base supports a bamboo stem and delicate linen shade, casting an upward glow that creates a soft, ocean-like halo across the ceiling. Each piece is meticulously handcrafted and uniquely sculptural.
Seven new floor lamps in sunset coral hues—drawn from coral formations around Ishigaki—introduce warm reddish-pink tones. Shadows drift across their surfaces like slow-moving water, blurring the boundaries between forest and sea.
Minimal yet poetic, the exhibition marks the latest evolution of Aki+Arnaud Cooren’s Ishigaki collection—where nature, memory and light quietly converge.
