Cool furniture, design objects and desiderata

[double00]

nice piece. in general i like cocobolo as well but i often find the sapwood to be a bit jarring.

 

[Camilo]

Anyone know of a good book or reference for persian decor and furniture? Looking for basics: types of furniture, how they are set up, notable patterns and designs. I know nothing of decoration, some googling has yielded the books Behind Closed Curtains and Iranian Living Room. Anyone more experienced have some good recommendations?

 

[zalb916]

Hay + Ikea

This collection is now on sale at Ikea. I'm a Hay fan, so I thought I'd check it out. I didn't care for the accessories (pillows, blankets, vases, etc.). The regular Hay accessories are already inexpensive. If those accessories are your thing, I'd avoid the Ikea stuff. The furniture is not bad, though. I needed shelves, and the one in the picture and its taller sibling fit perfectly in my space. For $100 each, I'm pretty happy with them. A notch above standard Ikea stuff. A notch below standard Hay stuff. But with a price closer to standard Ikea than standard Hay.

 

[mythage]

I picked up the little black coffee/side table from the collection and put a planter on it with a few books, looks really nice.

 

[otc]

Nice looking shelves.

 

[Van Veen]

Any suggestions on metal base dining chairs that would work with midmod/Danish modern aesthetic?

 

[apropos]

Beetle by Gubi

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

I've made these in yellow cedar and maple but for the first time I made this frame in walnut, not sure what took me so long

 

[sugarbutch]

Great stuff as usual, B. I've been meaning to ask for a while why you leave the layout line on the dovetail (as seen in the first picture). Is this customary for Japanese joinery techniques?

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

Thanks SB! Much appreciated.

It can be fairly typical in handwork both Japanese and Western, however Japanese traditional work typically hides all joinery so you won't usually see the layout. Their carpentry work will remove the layout on interior facing pieces but they actually leave the layout work on anything outside of view as a guide to future generations who they expect will be restoring the work.

I use a knife gauge for baselines and so if I plane them away it distorts the outside lines of the piece. So usually I will remove ink or pencil but leave a knife line. I've grown to like visible baselines, to me it signifies handwork.

I'm careful about how much I show, for instance, I knife in my mortises and tenons but I'm careful not to run over my baselines as that would be viewed as being quite sloppy layout to an experienced tategu-ya or sashimono-shi.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

Wrapped up the second prototype of my dining chair design:

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Wrapped up the second prototype of my dining chair design:

Beautiful work, and I love the Wegner-influenced design, which at the same time has some subtle differences from Danish modernism. The one question I have relates to the (apparent) backward pitch of the seat and arms. Normally you'd see this on a lounge chair, but dining chairs usually tend to be level. Do you find yourself having to pull youself forward / upright when actually sitting at the table with this prototype? What's the thinking behind this?

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

Thank you! I noticed that all of the chairs I found comfortable were pitched back at 3-5 degrees so I wanted to incorporate that into my design as well. I find myself using the backrest so I think that I am sitting normally and not pulling forward.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

Thank you! I noticed that all of the chairs I found comfortable were pitched back at 3-5 degrees so I wanted to incorporate that into my design as well. I find myself using the backrest so I think that I am sitting normally and not pulling forward.

Interesting. I've been examining a few other dining chairs, and noticed that more of them than I'd thought have a slight backward pitch. I'd never really noticed it before.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

It surprised me as well when I first found it, most lounge chairs are reclined more at 10-15 degrees. On my Tea House chairs I went for about 10 degrees since their footprint is relatively short.