Furniture Design

Showcases craftspeople driving craftsmanship's comeback, revealing their strong personalities, creative processes, and finished products - ranging from furniture, leather goods, and woodwork, to jewelry, watches, and motorcycles.

Features creative and space-saving storage solutions for every room, including cabinets, drawers, shelves, seating, and more.

Sudjic charts our relationship--both innocent and knowing--with all things designed. From the opulent excesses of the catwalk to the playfulness of an Alessi jam jar, he shows how we can be manipulated and seduced by our possessions.

Covers the development, abilities, anthropometry, vision, and hearing of children and teens, including children with injuries, disabilities and health disorders

Black and white line drawings and photographs of traditional American chairs. Includes insight into chair construction and design. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

A technical guide to conserving furniture. Some techniques could be applied to the design of new furniture with old materials. Black and white illustrations of historical furniture. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Provides an explanation of the categories of consumer goods for the home and the raw products used to make them. Available through Fairchild Books ID Library (login required).

At a 2011 forum titled "Making Things: 21st Century Manufacturing and Design" leaders of business, government, and academia explored the many facets of manufacturing and design and outlined the many opportunities and responsibilities posed by manufacturing for the engineering profession. This book summarizes their discussions. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).