The Isa table is a new work by Ora-Ito for Citco, which is known for its skillful work with natural marble.

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Stolik Isa, Diz. Ora-Ito, Citco. 2018.

Ora-Ito cooperates with the company not for the first time: in 2017 he developed a Venus stove bench with a sculpted curved body. The model was carved from a single piece of marble. He also became the main material for the Isa table: the legs are made of stone, while the tabletop is made of transparent glass.

Stolik Isa, Diz. Ora-Ito, Citco. 2018.

The new model is a homage to the landmark work of the designer Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988). His table, created in 1947, in America produces the Herman Miller brand called Noguchi Table. In Europe - the Swiss brand Vitra. The essential difference is the wooden legs of the "progenitor".

Stolik Noguchi Table, Diz. Isamu Noguchi, Herman Miller. 1947.

“My father, Japanese Yone Noguchi, has long been known in the West as a translator of the East, through poetry. I want to do the same through a sculpture, ”Noguchi wrote in his request for a special Guggenheim scholarship in 1927.