Furniture Design

I'm an aerospace materials engineer who has been obsessed with carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) for the last 25 years. My grandfather was a self-taught violin maker, and as a child I was obsessed with wood, spending my summer days watching him craft works-of-art with the simplest of hand tools. Today I am obsessed with the synergism of the two materials - to create contemporary furniture for knowledge workers and modern home owners of the globe - without the outlandish pricing structure that say a Jules Sturgess tacks on to his products (not to say that his designs are not great). In the past I purchased many a big, heavy book on furniture design. Aside from great photos and historical content, they contained little on the design process itself. Jim Postell's Furniture Design, Second Edition is in a league by itself. Finding it available as a (well done) Kindle Edition was a welcome surprise, as I currently reside in Mexico. Clearly the book is based on his course work over the years. For the student designer and the non-designer (as myself), this text is one of the best that can be found on the subject matter. It is well worth the price, considering the only better option would to enroll in his coursework.

This is a general overview of furniture design and manufacturing. It has a little bit of many concepts in design and construction. I would call this an Introduction to Modern Furniture Development. Look like Jim Postell did a bit of traveling to take all the photographs himself. I would guess by the price it must have been written to be a college text book. Outrageous price for what it is. It is not a hardback but color printed boards.

I have given the much requested book as a birthday present and have heard no more from the recipient who lives in the States and does not write letters!

I was very happy. The book came in like 3 days and when I opened the package the book looked brand new and not 1 marking inside the book. I'm very satisfied.

arrived quickly and exactly as described

I bought this instead of the newest version for a design class to save money. The newest version has actually been updated a lot, and it's made taking quizes hard. If I did it over again, I'd actually buy the newest version.

If your interested in knowing many different processes of creating furniture, then this book is for you!

Contains good enough information - only a few pages are in color though. The subject of furniture design requires materiality. Materiality requires color.

I have to admit, that I find the book quite chaotic. As a carpenter and product designer, I have to say, that most of his knowledge circles around woodworking, even though furniture design is a way broader field, with more materials and therefore more production methods. Often he starts topics and ends them abruptly, just to follow up with random furniture pieces from different time periods. All in all I wouldn’t say it’s worth almost €100.