Noguchi Chess Set Thorne Miniature Rooms pocket-size tools and globes from

pocket-size tools and globes from the age of exploration

Jacolby Satterwhite

Will they ever come back

the smell of hay

Constructed from durable ABS plastic and aluminum with silicone grips

Noguchi Chess Set Thorne Miniature Rooms pocket-size tools and globes fromAmong the many chess sets designed by modern artists in the 20th century, few were as innovative and deeply rooted in tradition as this one by Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi. It was designed in 1944 during a time of wartime scarcity of quality materials, a situation that both limited and inspired Noguchi. He eventually landed on plexiglass, a new experimental material that was developed to mass produce clear aircraft canopies and gun