Posts tagged: noguchi


Noguchi Style Table, With Books!

By lilybee

I spotted this Coffee Table at an open house this afternoon.created on: 10/11/08

It has that Noguchi Table vibe but would cost considerably less than $1,299. I like the quirky humour that uses coffee table books as, well, coffee table books.

The staging company who did the house just stacked up books that the homeowner already had then jammed the tempered glass on top. I'm not completely convinced by the dead cow rug (I like my dead cow lightly seasoned and c » READ MORE

October 11, 2008
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How To Buy and Sell Mid-Century Furniture Online

By ModHomeEcTeacher

created on: 08/13/08

Why gas up to drive around looking for vintage modern furniture and art when www.lushpad.com is right at your fingertips.  I feel like I've just been on a little jaunt downtown to my favorite vintage furniture stores and I never left my well-worn computer chair.  Owner Melanie Carlson has brought together a design gallery, auction house and design magazine, all in one.  She saw the need for an online secondary market for designer furniture and » READ MORE

August 13, 2008
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Noguchi sofa table?

By erika I saw this table as a tall sofa table 2 years ago at a store in the mid west. Has anyone else ever seen it as a tall sofa table on the net or in So Cal?
December 04, 2007
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Modern Classics Alphabet.

By Chrisjob

It's never too soon to educate on the brilliance of modern design...

Here's Blue Ant Studio's Modern Classics Alphabet, milestones in modern architecture and furniture from Aalto to Zeisel.

Via.

 

October 22, 2007
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Build A Mid-Century, Noguchi-ish, Spaceship Table

By Chrisjob

 

With very minimal woodworking know-how, I built a mid-century-ish, Isamu Noguchi-inspired “spaceship” table for under $80. The top is similar to Noguchi’s 1948 “Noguchi Table” and the legs are inspired by Noguchi’s Akari series of table and floor lamps.

[When I first made the table, there was no Curbly.com, so I didn’t think to take step-by-step photos. However, I decided to remake the legs to adjust to the height of my new sofa, an » READ MORE

February 13, 2007
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