One of the most beautiful concepts in modern furniture designs is the Noguchi coffee table.
Sculptor Isamu Noguchi made a fusion out of wood and glass and blended them together to make this graceful, organic piece of furniture.

The Noguchi table’s balance of sculptural form and durable function has made it simple yet sophisticated element in homes and offices since its introduction in 1948.
His first industrial design wad built with some Italian sugar cake molds that he did when he was twenty.

Then there was Measured Time, a clock, and in 1937 The Radio Nurse. There was the time he went to Hawaii in 1939 to do an advertisement (with Georgia O’Keefe and Pierre Roy). Since 1948 Noguchi coffee table has been produced under exclusive license by Herman Miller and Company.

Noguchi’s furniture is the finest example of contemporary style, popular just before and after World War II. This furniture fits well in homes built mid-century or later or in rooms designed using modern, abstract or Scandinavian themes of decor.
The original design along with sculpture, stage designs and other works for gardens and public projects by Japanese-American designer Noguchi can be found in the Noguchi Museum on Long Island, New York.
Building a Noguchi coffee table for yourself can be lot more fun, you can try to capture the spirit of the original using similar materials to create your own piece of art.

All you need is a piece of heavy plate glass, shaped in a sort of bulbous triangle with one side of about fifty inches, one about forty and one about thirty-six inches, with finished edges.
For the base, you’ll need two pieces of wood, each about an inch and three-quarters thick. Each of them should be about thirty-six inches long and sixteen inches tall. To join the base, find a hardwood dowel and a matching (very sharp) drill bit for the pivot pin assembly.
“Everything is sculpture, any material, any idea without hindrance born into space, I consider sculpture.”
-Isamu Noguchi