Furniture Makers Exploring Digital Technologies
Reporting on the myriad ways that contemporary furniture artists are exploring cutting-edge digital technology, this study investigates the modern collaborative process between furniture makers and their clients. Insightful interviews with 100 of the field's leading artists are presented, along with information on the changing approaches today's craftsmen take when designing and making fine furniture. This report also focuses on how modern furniture artists balance the investigation of new technologies and art movements while remaining true to their traditions.
Shop Drawings for Craftsman Inlays & Hardware: Original Designs by Gustav Stickley and Harvey Ellis
This guide to adding graceful inlays and sturdy, functional hinges to wood furniture draws on the popular designs of Gustav Stickley and the Arts and Crafts movement, providing all the information necessary to add a decorative flourish to any piece of furniture. Featuring designs that are presented here for the first time, this primer provides an introduction to Stickley's work, as well indispensable techniques for reproducing many of Stickley's signature motifs. A list of important materials and detailed shop drawings for inlays and hardware is included.
Shop Drawings for Craftsman Inlays & Hardware: Original Designs by Gustav Stickley and Harvey Ellis 
Furiture > Shop Drawings for Craftsman Inlays & Hardware: Original Designs by Gustav Stickley and Harvey Ellis
Restoring Antique Furniture: A Complete Guide by Richard A. Lyons, ISBN 0486409546
Profusely illuswtrated woodworking guide, brimming with expert tips and advice, covers proper care and use of tools, replacing lost hardware, strengthening fractured joints, and much more. Also includes step-by-step instructions for restoring an early rocker, repairing a table leg, replacing the swing rail on a gateleg table, and other projects. Illustrations of American Empire secretary, c. 1825; cherry chest of drawers, c. 1800-1820, a Shaker tilt-top table, c. 1810; and other pieces of restored furniture.
Restoring Antique Furniture: A Complete Guide by Richard A. Lyons, ISBN 0486409546
Furiture > Restoring Antique Furniture: A Complete Guide by Richard A. Lyons, ISBN 0486409546
Shop Drawings for Craftsman Inlays & Hardware: Original Designs by Gustav Stickley and Harvey Ellis
This guide to adding graceful inlays and sturdy, functional hinges to wood furniture draws on the popular designs of Gustav Stickley and the Arts and Crafts movement, providing all the information necessary to add a decorative flourish to any piece of furniture. Featuring designs that are presented here for the first time, this primer provides an introduction to Stickley's work, as well indispensable techniques for reproducing many of Stickley's signature motifs. A list of important materials and detailed shop drawings for inlays and hardware is included.
Shop Drawings for Craftsman Inlays & Hardware: Original Designs by Gustav Stickley and Harvey Ellis
Furiture > Shop Drawings for Craftsman Inlays & Hardware: Original Designs by Gustav Stickley and Harvey Ellis
World of Cross Stitch: 1001 Motifs, Borders and Pattern Ideas by Jo Verso, ISBN 0715309536
Design your own sampler, to capture the joy of day-to-day life and to hand down to loved ones as heirlooms. Even those with no drawing skills can stitch something special with these 1,001 marvelous mix and match motifs, beautiful borders and patterns, imaginative images from around the globe, and attractive alphabets. Throughout, there are ideas aplenty for tracing and combining the different components that go into the cross-stitch: people (from a baby in a stroller to grandpa asleep); buildings; furniture; animals (pets and wild animals, too); edgings, lettering, and bands, plus small spot pieces that charmingly fill in empty spaces. Find inspiration in sample birth announcements, christening records, schoolday and religious life embroideries; and more.
World of Cross Stitch: 1001 Motifs, Borders and Pattern Ideas by Jo Verso, ISBN 0715309536
Furiture > World of Cross Stitch: 1001 Motifs, Borders and Pattern Ideas by Jo Verso, ISBN 0715309536
Office Space Planning: Design for Tomorrow's Workplace by Alexi Marmot, ISBN 0071341994
"Excellent."--The Economist"Useful insight into specific spatial and technological implications of recent changes in the organization of office work...lively and lucid text."--Architects' Journal"Written by two of the country's experts ... it is a good read."--Financial Times"Any facility manager, space planner, property manager, architect, or interior designer ought to know the contents of every section ... clearly the best book of its kind on this subject we have read."--Gerald Davis and Francoise Szigeti, International Centre for Facilities"The industry is hungry for books like this ... more practical and design details than other books."--Marilyn Zelinsky, author of New Workplaces for New Workstyles and The Home Office BibleOne-Stop Office Design AnswersOffice Space PlanningDesign for Tomorrow's WorkplaceCoax the maximum benefits from any professional space with this practical guide to planning and designing leading-edge workplaces. Offering help with both open-plan and enclosed space...
Office Space Planning: Design for Tomorrow's Workplace by Alexi Marmot, ISBN 0071341994
Furiture > Office Space Planning: Design for Tomorrow's Workplace by Alexi Marmot, ISBN 0071341994
Young Chicago
Since the early 20th century, Chicago has continually fostered young design talent and established itself as a pivotal arts center. This handsome book--published on the 25th anniversary of the Art Institute's Department of Architecture and Design--features twenty-five young artists from Chicago who showcase the depth and breadth of the city's design culture.
The featured artists and their firms, including UrbanLab, JNL Graphic Design, and Qua'Virarch, reflect exciting talents in industrial, furniture, and graphic design, as well as fashion and architecture--and represent the generation that is leading the city into the 21st century. The book includes an essay by Joseph Rosa that traces the evolution of design in Chicago from its origins to today and provides a fascinating and up-to-date look at contemporary architecture and design.
Young Chicago
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