"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When it comes to mid-century lighting, few designs are as iconic as Isamu Noguchi’s Akari light ...

Celebrate the Lantern Festival and Chinese New Year by making your own paper lanterns with riddles. The Lantern Festival signifies the end of the Chinese New Year celebration and falls on the 15th day ...

Chinese sky lanterns, or Kongming lanterns, are decorative paper lanterns that create stunning light displays at weddings, festivals and parties. When choosing lanterns for an event, there are a few ...

CONCORD, N.H. — Thin paper sky lanterns, lit from inside by candles that send them floating aloft, have been popular for centuries at Asian festivals, but U.S. fire officials want them banned. The ...

TOKYO -- Several hundred years ago during the Edo period (1603-1867), towns bustling during the day were suddenly enveloped in pitch darkness at nightfall. At a time when electricity was still not in ...