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Herman Miller Noguchi Table designed by Isamu NoguchiAt A Glance: The Noguchi Table is an iconic low table, and a legitimate piece of American sculpture. A three legged table with but two legs, its an exercise in subversive design. The elegant wooden canoes that form the legs are mirror images underneath a literal mirror image, and the overall effect is powerful and expressive. Its also great for holding coffee cups and newspapers!Whats to Like: Aside from the thrill of owning a legitimately famous art object and solving the problem of your current inadequate low table, this is a truly beautiful piece. Its classic without being outdated, and thats one of the highest compliments in the art and furniture world. Whats Not to Like: To ensure the authenticity of each product, Herman Miller etches the signature of Isamu Noguchi on the side of each table. For many thats a plus, ensuring legitimacy, but for others it can compromise in a very small way the original look of the table. Glass can also be a difficult surface to keep free of smudges. Bottom Line: No low table is more beautiful or better positioned as sculpture. Its historic and well-regarded, and now you can put your feet on it.The Noguchi Table in a white ash finish is now available for the first time. Perfect for light interiors, the white ash undergoes a special process that arrests the wood in a freshly cut state. This same hue is available for the Eames Lounge Chair, also a new introduction by Herman Miller.Sculptor Isamu Noguchi took wood and glass and blended them together to make this graceful, organic piece of furniture. The Noguchi tables balance of sculptural form and durable function has made it an understated and beautiful element in homes and offices since its introduction in 1948.The Noguchi Table has been part of the interior and industrial design world for more than 60 years. It was first introduced by Herman Miller in 1947, and it has maintained a sterling reputation, as well as high sales volumes, ever since. Its beautiful, classic, durable, perfectly balanced (literally, according to Herman Miller) and the very embodiment of elegance in a low table.So whichever way you look at the table, from above or from below, there will be a reflective design, a kind of hall-of-mirrors that produces calm rather than a loss of perspective. Even with floors that dont show the reflection, the second canoe still glides along the smooth surface of the wood, carpet, tile or sla
