Noguchi Table

Noguchi Table

Isamu Noguchi• Isamu Noguchi, (November 17, 1904 –

December 30, 1988) was a prominent Japanese American artist and landscape architect whose artistic career spanned six decades, from the 1920s onward. Known for his sculpture and public works, Noguchi also designed stage sets for various Martha Graham productions, and several mass-produced lamps and furniture pieces, some of which are still manufactured and sold.

• In 1947, Noguchi began a collaboration with the Herman Miller company, he starts to produce a catalog containing what is often considered to be the most influential body of modern furniture ever produced, including the iconic Noguchi table which remains in production today. His work lives on around the world and at the Noguchi Museum in New York City.

Design storyThe story behind the Noguchi table is a fascinating one, and

Noguchi tells it in his autobiography. "I went to Hawaii in 1939 to do an advertisement (with Georgia O'Keefe). As a result of this, I

had met (T.H.) Robsjohn-Gibbings, the furniture designer, who had asked me to do a coffee table for him. I designed a small model in

plastic and heard no further before I went west.“By "went west" Noguchi meant his internment, as a Japanese-

American, in an Arizona concentration camp during World War II. During his time there, Noguchi said he was surprised to see a variation of the small model table he had done for Robsjohn-

Gibbings published as an advertisement for the English designer.

"When, on my return, I remonstrated, he said anybody could make a three-legged table," said Noguchi. "In revenge, I made my own

variant of my own table.“

Natural cherry base Noguchi black base Walnut base White ash base

Finishes Furniture :

Modern Classic Furniture

• Noguchi table is a unique furniture which can fix with modern style or classic style, that is why we identify it as modern classic furniture. • It can match with any style of

interior space by changing the material of Noguchi table. • For example, to put it on a modern

style of interior space, can choose the Noguchi black base or white ash base ; if want to put it on a classic style of interior space, can choose the natural cherry base or walnut base.

Other furniture that design by Isamu Noguchi :

Noguchi Rudder Table Noguchi Prismatic Table

Noguchi Cyclone Table & Noguchi Rocking Stool

Noguchi Freeform Sofa