Asia is very rich with culture and with rich culture comes rich style and design. Many western designers are inspired by Asian style and design. They oftentimes travel all over the orient to get ideas for their next winter, spring, fall and summer collection. This is not exclusive with haute couture but also in home furnishing and lighting fixture. One distinctly Asian design is the oriental lantern or oriental hanging lamps. If you’ve been to Japan or China, hanging lamps are commonplace. This kind of design is now growing and evolving into modern and contemporary art pieces. You may find all sorts of lamps inspired by the century old oriental lamps of Asia. That is just one of the million oriental and western fusions that have taken the world by storm.