Arts / Design / Furniture

Learn Carpentry Skills

by James Slough Zerbe – eBookIt.com (March 27, 2013)

Carpentry is the oldest of the arts, and it has been said that the knowledge necessary to make a good carpenter fits one for almost any trade or occupation requiring the use of tools. The hatchet, the saw, and...

Designing for People

by Henry Dreyfuss – Allworth (November 01, 2003)

From the first answering machine ("the electronic brain") and the Hoover vacuum cleaner to the SS Independence and the Bell telephone, the creations of Henry S. Dreyfuss have shaped the cultural landscape of...

Your Creative Work Space

by Desha Peacock – Skyhorse (August 15, 2017)

We are all born with an innate desire to creatively express the essence of who we are. This desire is embedded into our soul, a gift at birth, our own Northern Star in a galaxy full of the unknown.

Your physical...

Starting Your Career as an Interior Designer

by Robert K. Hale & Thomas L. Williams – Allworth (August 02, 2016)

Starting Your Career as an Interior Designer contains all the necessary tools and strategies to successfully launch and grow a professional design business in the competitive world of interior design. Drawing...

Guerilla Furniture Design

by Will Holman – Storey Publishing, LLC (March 31, 2015)

Build stylish and functional furniture from salvaged materials. This innovative guide presents dozens of strategies for upcycling scrap cardboard, metal, plastic, or wood into dependable shelving units, sturdy...

Spruce: A Step-by-Step Guide to Upholstery and Design

by Amanda Brown & Grace Bonney – Storey Publishing, LLC (November 01, 2013)

Discover the joys of upholstery and bring new life to your worn-out furniture. With a few basic tools, an eye for color, and some ingenuity, you can customize your home with fabrics and textures that reflect...

102 Midcentury Chairs: and their stories

by Lucy Ryder, Richardson – Pavilion (December 08, 2016)

A stylish and informative guide to the best of Midcentury Modern chair design. These are the top 100 most interesting, most controversial, or simply most beautiful chairs from the period spanning 1930-1970,...

Thomas Day

by Patricia Phillips Marshall & Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll – The University of North Carolina Press (May 22, 2010)

Thomas Day (1801-61), a free man of color from Milton, North Carolina, became the most successful cabinetmaker in North Carolina--white or black--during a time when most blacks were enslaved and free blacks...

Contemporary Asian Living Rooms

by Chami Jotisalikorn, Karina Zabihi & Luca Invernizzi Tettoni – Periplus Editions (June 05, 2012)

With over 180 photographs Contemporary Asian Living Rooms explores 50 of Southeast Asia's most interesting homes and hotels.

Living room design in Asia has moved away form the classical Asia style to incorporate...