Erudite Blowhard Wood Finery
Showcasing furniture items of interest to me, Steven Hall.
Canadian designer/makers are particularly of interest.
For general interest items see my Fiddly Bits tumblr page.
For examples of my own work see my pictures page.
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Natural beauty on the outside. Pure power on the inside. Suissa Computers designs and builds luxury computer systems that stand out and challenge preconceived ideas.
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SHIFT TABLE Handmade by Toby Winteringham
MARQUETRY IN DYED VENEERS & SYCAMORE // 45 x 120 x 50 cm
As seen in Vogue September 2010, Elle Dec September 2010, Wallpaper September 2010
- A prominent part of Furniture08, the Furniture Society’s annual… (krenov.tumblr.com)
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Image via WikipediaGord Peteran’s Musical Box, commissioned by the Glenn Gould Foundation for its Glenn Gould Prize in 1996, is a machine for testing sounds. Its mechanisms are each operated by a brass and ebony knob. One internal device is a globe containing smooth rocks from the bottom of a fish tank, which swish together when the globe is turned. There is a crude xylophone, an even cruder geared music box, a contraption consisting of different lengths of metal rod that strike a piece of plastic when they are rotated, and a reed sounded by a homemade bellows. Turn another knob, and a single string is plucked by a Fender guitar pick. The box does for music what Peteran’s work normally does for furniture—isolating the medium’s basic premises and freezing them in a state of arrested development.
- Gord Peteran: Furniture Meets Its Maker (krenov.tumblr.com)
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Style: Custom Design
Type: Cabinet-on-Stand
Materials: Purpleheart, Walnut, Ash, Finish UnknownPhoto: David Ryan
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A sculptural object (seat)
Fumed oakProfessor Michael Elmitt, RCA, joined the University of Waterloo School of Architecture in 1971. Following a distinguished career as a designer in the UK, Michael’s work has been well documented in numerous design journals. As a Design Consultant, his work in the UK included concepts for the automobile, shipping and aircraft industry, as well as producing furniture for exhibition in the UK.
Since coming to Canada, his work has gained considerable recognition and includes architectural concepts, furniture, exhibition, graphics and small boat design. He has also curated the work of other notable artists and designers in Canada and continues to exhibit his own work
