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fromColossal
1 week ago

An Animated Look at Noguchi's Experimental Playgrounds That Were Never Built

Isamu Noguchi designed innovative, unbuilt playgrounds emphasizing imagination and natural forms over conventional equipment, fundamentally reimagining childhood spaces.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

The Healing Power of Art

It stands a hair shy of five feet tall and is a bit over one-and-a-half feet wide. Made of nine interlocking pieces of gray ribbon slate, it feels as though a small push would completely wreck it. Humpty Dumpty stands on three legs, but it looks two-dimensional. It has an ovoid shape, and it juts upwards like a flat rocket ship.
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Design
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

High Museum of Art Announces Touring Exhibition on Isamu Noguchi's Design Work

Major retrospective presents Isamu Noguchi's design across sculpture, furniture, lighting, landscape, and stage design at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, April 10–August 2, 2026.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
3 months ago

Miami Advice: Karina Ors on Bayfront Park, an urban oasis designed by Noguchi

When the legendary sculptor Isamu Noguchi was tapped to redesign a blighted public park in Miami, he conceived of the project as a village green-a place where the community would gather with purpose, rather than just a manicured lawn. Originally built in 1925 after three years of construction, the park had fallen into complete disrepair by the time Noguchi was approached.
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fromArchDaily
7 months ago

Playscapes and Public Imagination: The Ambiguous Play in Urban Life of Hong Kong

"I think of playgrounds as a primer of shapes and functions; simple, mysterious, and evocative-thus educational" Isamu Noguchi
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