Furniture by Design: Design, Construction, & Technique - Hardcover

Blackburn, Graham

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1558215123 ISBN 13: 9781558215122

Publisher: Lyons Pr, 1997

Synopsis

Teaches design concepts to woodworkers through specific building projects. The projects show how the designs originate and take shape, giving the builder the freedom to eventually build with or without plans. Each piece of furniture presented is illustrated with detailed line drawings, and the final product is pictured in a color photograph. Each project exemplifies a different lesson in design; lessons include underlying construction principles, contemporary design, designing to a need, unusual requirements, and exploring different mindsets in terms of style and construction. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Review:

Unlike a lot of woodworking and furniture design books, Graham Blackburn does not just lay out the plans and dimensions and list the materials and tell you what to do. Instead, he discusses, in a very literate way, the basic tenets of design and furniture making, and writes with respect for the reader's ability to understand and succeed in designing his or her own furniture. He encourages the would-be furniture designer to work with materials at hand, not just the finest (and most exhorbitantly expensive) hardwoods, and treats furniture design and construction not as a goal, but as a process, using one's brains and one's hands to create one's own singular and pleasing furniture. An unusual approach and a very satisfying read.

From the Back Cover:

Furniture by Design is a project book for the woodworker, but one that goes beyond traditional woodworking manuals to teach design concepts through carefully selected, hands-on projects that woodworkers build themselves.
This book is for the woodworker who is not content merely to build from preset plans; instead, it offers projects that will show how the designs originate and take shape, giving the woodworker the freedom to build anything, with or without plans. The book presents a dozen different pieces of furniture, each illustrated with detailed line drawings and each final product pictured in full color. Every project exemplifies a different lesson in design-making the book a self-teaching course in woodworking and furniture design for amateurs and experienced woodworkers alike.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lyons Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1558215123
• ISBN 13: 9781558215122
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 138