Designing
Furniture
The New Best of Fine Woodworking
Softcover
215 x 275mm
154pp
Published by The Taunton Press, Connecticut, USA.
R.R.P.$24.90
ISBN 1-56158-684-6
Extract from back cover of book:
Designing a piece of furniture should be fun. Yet woodworkers who think nothing of building a complicated jig or mastering a difficult finish feel lost when it comes to designing a piece of furniture. The articles in this book will help you understand the basics of designing for both form and function and teach you approaches to planning your designs for successful construction.
Basics of furniture design
How to draft working drawings
The best construction for your design
Using models successfully
Tips for designing drawers, legs and doors
The NEW Best of Fine Woodworking series collects the best articles from recent issues of Fine Woodworking magazine. Organized by topic and fully indexed, these books make it easy to access the best woodworking ideas and information straight from the experts.
Photos: Colour
Units of Measurement: Imperial
Contents
Introduction
Section
1: Finding Design Inspiration
A
Short History of Design
Graham Blackburn
Quintessential
Arts and Crafts
Graham Blackburn
Building
on the Language of Greene and Greene
Thomas Hugh Stangeland
Elements
of the Shaker Style
Christian Becksvoort
Section 2: Developing Designs And Organizing Projects
Furniture
Design: The Four Objectives
Mike Dunbar
Designing
Furniture: A Survival Guide
Garrett Hack
Building
Without Plans
Craig Vandall Stevens
Creating
Workshop Drawings
Jim Tolpin
Drafting
Basics
Philip C Lowe
Models
Help Projects Succeed
Jan Zaitlin
Organize
Your Projects
Jim Tolpin
A
Drafting Table for Shop or Home
Cameron Russell
Section 3: Construction By Design
Doors
Make the Difference
Christian Becksvoort
Joining
Legs to Aprons
Garrett Hack
Graduated
Drawers
Christian Becksvoort
Exposing
Your Back Side
Christian Becksvoort
Section 4: Designing Furniture
Making
Dining Tables That Work
Peter
Tischler
Large-Case
Construction Strategies
Bruce Cohen
Designing
a Chest of Drawers
Garrett Hack
Sideboard
Strategies
Will Neptune
Section 5: Designing for Style And Function
Designing
on the Go: A Coffee Table Takes Shape
Peter Turner
Where
Furniture Meets The Floor
Mario Rodriguez
Dressing
Up a Basic Box
Roger Holmes
Going
Over The Edges
Will Neptune
Designing
Table Legs
Graham Blackburn
Credits
Index