Combining two things I love, art and furniture is absolutely heavenly. But, I feel I'm underrating this piece by putting it in the class of furniture, I'll like to call it functional art, art that you live with and interact with making it a part of your daily life.
It's really ironic how much I love furniture because I always have the worst trouble choosing pieces for myself. So, usually I go for a minimalist living space rather than have something I don't like in my home.
His life span 1904-1988 is short in comparison to the life of creativity that came from his mind which makes this man's work immortal. I chose his coffee table because of my love of furniture but this is only a small corner in his universe of creations which include, writings, paintings, sculpturs and more.
More about Isamu Noguchi: http://www.noguchi.org/index.html
