Where to Buy Noguchi Coffee Tables (and Affordable Alternatives)

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If you’re into design, you know that a Noguchi coffee table is a grail piece for Modernist collectors. In addition to being the perfect place to flaunt your Jacob Elordi bathwater candle, the table was intended to function as a liveable work of art by its late Japanese American designer, Isamu Noguchi.

With its organic, sinuous shape and use of natural wood and glass materials, the piece’s versatility and minimalist aesthetic was a revelation when it first went into production at Herman Miller in the 1940s—so much so, that Noguchi, who also gained fame for his ethereal rice paper lamps, often declared it his crowning achievement. In the words of the artist, “I took an idea [...] of a continuous loop of wood and cut it in two so that, swiveled in the middle, it would still serve to support a glass top—thus to make a table.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.