The Modern Glass Coffee Table

I am your classic passionate enthusiast when it comes to Modern Furniture. My particular passion and focus is on the Modern Glass Coffee Table , even though I enjoy a types of modern to contemporary furniture.

For the last year or so my wife and I have been focused on building our modern furniture collection. Though it tends to be in burst of activity, that I go on the hunt for the next special edition to my collection. My current favorite is the Noguchi Table! Absolutely stunning!

There’s a couple of important things to know, for those thinking about adding Modern Furniture or Modern Glass Coffee Table to their home.

Did you know that Modern furniture refers to furniture produced from the late 19th century through the present that is influenced by modernism. It was a tremendous departure from all furniture design that had gone before it. Dark or gilded carved wood and richly patterned fabrics gave way to the glittering simplicity and geometry of polished metal. The forms of furniture evolved from visually heavy to visually light.

Before the modernist design movement the focus was on furniture as ornament, the time put into creating a piece was usually directly related to its value and desirability. For first half of the 20th Century consumes desires shifted towards function and accessibility. The modern movement sought newness, originality, technical innovation, and ultimately the message that it conveyed spoke of the present and the future, rather than of what had gone before it.

Modernist design seems to have evolved out of a combination of influences: Technically innovative materials and manufacturing methods, the new philosophies that emerged from the Werkbund and the Bauhaus School, from exotic foreign influences, from Art Nouveau and from the tremendous creativity of the artists and designers of that era.

Now you may ask what are some common examples of iconic modern furniture?

a) Marcel Breuer’s Wassily Chair - The Wassily Chair is an ingenious design using only lightweight tubular steel and minimal leather straps

b) Eileen Gray side table - A “non-conformist” design was made for Gray’s sister so that she could eat breakfast in bed.

c) Barcelona chair - (My wife’s current favorite) Was designed by Mies Van Der Rohe and Lilly Reich in 1929 for an international design fair in Barcelona

d) Noguchi coffee table - (My current favorite) Designed by Isamu Noguchi, consist of two identical pieces of wood and a glass top … my ideal modern glass coffee table.

As of late, the modern style as given way to contemporary design. Today contemporary furniture designers and manufacturers continue to evolve design. Constantly in-search of new materials, with which to produce unique forms, still employing simplicity and lightness of form, in opposition to intensely ornate. Most of all they are still striving to step outside of what has gone before to create entirely new visual experiences for us.

The designs that prompted this paradigm shift were produced in the middle of the 20th century, most of them well before 1960. And yet they are still regarded internationally as symbols of the modern age, the present and perhaps even the future. Modern Classic Furniture became an icon of elegance and sophistication.

If you’re ready to give your home a sophisticated look with a modern glass coffee table, there are some important things you need to know before you begin. Just follow these five tips for selecting the perfect modern glass coffee table which transform your living room from blah to haute!

1. A important factor when you start to shop for a modern glass coffee table is making sure that you have in your mind will work with the rest of your furnishing. The reason why this is important is because there is nothing worse than not enjoying a piece of furniture because it doesn’t go with the rest of your home. If you don’t make sure the piece melds with the rest of your home, then you run the risk of having your new piece of furniture look cheap and out of place.

2. Another important consideration for modern glass coffee table is where you start your search. It’s critical that you spend time on the internet and in the bookstore because you’ll want to educate yourself on the different styles, shapes, and colors. If you make sure that you spend at least 1 or 2 weeks researching, then you’ll be fine.

3. You don’t have to interior designer in order to choose the correct modern glass coffee table for your home. All you need to do is take the time to do it right, and make sure that you understand what it is that you want.

4. Instead of complicating the purchase of a modern glass coffee table by selecting a table that is not the correct size, try it this way: grab a old newspaper and a scissors and then recreate your table with its correct dimensions and lay it down in its future spot. In fact, if you prop your table template up on something the same height, then you will find that you know exactly how your coffee table will fit into the room.

5. Have you considered what pieces you’ll buy in the future to compliment your new table? It’s not as difficult as you might think. What you need to do is start looking at those pieces when your researching your coffee table.

So if you really want to purchase that modern glass coffee table, follow these tips to select the perfect modern glass coffee table for your beautiful home.

Coffee tables!  The functional center piece of every well designed room.  In particular, the modern glass coffee table serves as a great conversation piece and lends itself to a variety of modern/contemporary décor.  One of the most iconic glass contemporary coffee tables ever designed would undoubtedly be the Noguchi Coffee Table.

A glass top resting on interconnected rosewood supports, created specifically for the residence of MoMA president A. Conger Goodyear, was Noguchi’s first version of this table.

Modifying his original design, Noguchi transformed this table into a base consisting of two identical wooden elements and is pinned together at a right angle. Since 1947, this modern glass coffee table has been in production for the US market by Herman Miller.

Reminiscent of his bronze and marble sculpture, during the same period, Noguchi described this coffee table as his best furniture design.