Noguchi Chess Set nostalgic A collection of handcrafted glass

A collection of handcrafted glass vortex spheres are an amazing alchemy of glass and physics that transcend the physicality of the glass itself

This nifty puzzle box harkens back to a rich tradition of secret boxes made in the misty mountains of Japan

Together they made the perfect team

Alvar and Aino Aalto

Under the stage name of Cardini

Noguchi Chess Set nostalgic A collection of handcrafted glassOf the many chess set designs made by major 20th century Modern artists few were both as innovative and deeply rooted in tradition as the Chess Set and Table ensemble created by Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi for the 1944 Imagery of Chess exhibition at Julien Levy Gallery in New York, organized by Levy and artists Marcel Duchamp and Max Ernst. The wartime scarcity of quality materials both limited and inspired Noguchi. In his chess set