Dutch Design Week – Thoughts on Design

While we were in the Netherlands for Dutch Design Week, I began to focus on just what the catalysts are that make an area fertile ground for designers.  Eindhoven is not a big city, it is industrial in nature and in the interior of the country, not close to any significant centers for culture.  But…

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At the end of the project…

There is always an end of the project, where the piece is finished, or as finished as it is ever going to be.  It reminds me of the polisher in the Steinway piano factory.  When the tour group came through, one person asked him – “How do you know when it is finished?”  to which…

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Design by Hand and Eye

I usually don’t get involved with little snippets of things, but every once in a while something comes across the bench that shows significant creativity and an understanding of a more complex topic. This happens to be one. A great stop-motion short about designing a footstool using Leonardo’s concepts embodied in Vitruvian Man, which he…

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See the Tradition and Innovation in Western Mass at the Four Centuries of Massachusetts Furniture Exhibition

Anyone who appreciates fine craftsmanship, local history or good design will enjoy the Four Centuries of Massachusetts Furniture exhibition. Classic furniture holds great inspiration for me as I design, then craft pieces for today’s households. One of the most unique furniture exhibits in New England is housed at the Wright House, in Historic Deerfield, Massachusetts.…

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