Aki+Arnaud Cooren

Eyes on Talents member, artist duo Aki+Arnaud Cooren, is exhibiting with Carpenters Workshop Gallery in New York. Called Under the Reef, the exhibition features new meticulously hand-crafted works from their acclaimed Ishigaki Lamp series, inspired by freediving adventures off the coast of Ishigaki Island, southern Japan. The collection blends their Japanese and French design sensibilities into lighting sculptures that evoke a sense of connection with the natural world, by combining the organic elegance of bamboo with the harshness of metal and the delicate lightness of linen.
Through their minimalist Japanese-French aesthetic, Aki+Arnaud Cooren seek to integrate subtle references to nature into their designs of interiors and objects. Building harmonies that constantly evolve, just like nature, the duo gradually draws the audience into the present moment.