Inspired by traditional Japanese paper folding techniques, the Prismatic table is available in three colourways that can be brought together to create one larger piece. A three-legged side table with a hexagonal tabletop, the Prismatic Side Table is made of folded sheet aluminium, with the resulting aesthetic being one which counters the delicacy of technique with the abrupt tone of the industrial materials.
Beautifully-realised, the Prismatic table is rightfully considered to be a classic of modernist design, that is certain to remain a perennial favourite for time to come.
Isamu Noguchi was an American-Japanese designer who originally trained as a sculptor and brought a sculptural sensibility to everything he created: lighting, furniture, gardens and stage sets. He studied sculpture, after dropping out of medical school, in late 1920s New York and then in Paris as an assistant to Constantin Brancusi.
Noguchi designed a range of paper Akari lights throughout the 1950s and 1960s, alongside the popular organic furniture he made in curvy sculpted wood now part of the Vitra Collection, such as the Freeform Sofa and Coffee Table. He was equally prolific as a landscape architect; he recreated the ancient Buddhist stone gardens he had loved in Kyoto at Lever House in New York (1951), UNESCO in Paris (1951), the Yale campus (1960) and Jerusalem’s Israel Museum (1960).
