furniture design

Interprint is 'On Focus' with furniture design event

A global design showcase and workshop highlighting key trends and breakthroughs in the industry, Furniture Days recently capped off its successful North American debut. The event was hosted by Interprint, an international decor printer.

August 10, 2016 | 11:17 am CDT

Woodworking Industry News

Multifunctional Woodieful Chair reaches Kickstarter goal

The new Woodieful Chair is designed to be functional in adaptability, sustainable in quality and serves to inspire multiple uses to fit a person’s lifestyle. And the furniture project has reached its Kickstarter goal.

By Karl D. Forth, June 6, 2016 | 5:21 pm CDT

Event Coverage

Wilsonart selects Stephen Marchio as winner of its Student Chair Design Competition

Wilsonart, a manufacturer of decorative engineered surfaces, has chosen Stephen Marchio of the College for Creative Studies as the winner of its Student Chair Design Competition.

By Robert Dalheim, May 19, 2016 | 11:53 am CDT

Woodworking Industry News

Australian artists launch furniture line to boost manufacturing

Adelaide’s JamFactory has enlisted the help of some of Australia’s most respected designers and is about to launch a commercial furniture line.

By Karl D. Forth, April 28, 2016 | 3:21 pm CDT

Woodworking Industry News

AHFA Furniture Foundation grants to App State, Catawba Valley

The Furniture Foundation, an education fund established by the American Home Furnishings Alliance, has awarded 2016 grants to Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, and Catawba Valley Community College Alexander Furniture Academy, Taylorsville, North Carolina.

By Karl D. Forth, April 28, 2016 | 9:49 am CDT

Event Coverage

Mockett’s 2016 hardware design competition open for entries

Doug Mockett & Co. is seeking innovative ideas in furniture parts, components, accessories and hardware for its 31st annual design competition.

By Robert Dalheim, April 26, 2016 | 1:26 pm CDT

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Zongkers handcrafted furniture is designed for each customer

Zongkers is a specialty, craftsman-oriented, custom furniture manufacturer. The company distinguishes themselves from other shops by fabricating originally designed furniture, one piece at a time.

Mainly specializing in custom artwork and hand-carvings, marquetry veneer inlays, curved furniture and specialty finishes, the company offers full design services for furniture, kitchens, and casework.

By Robert Dalheim, April 18, 2016 | 3:48 pm CDT

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Table 'reacts' to user's touch

Netherlands-based designer Juno Jeon has designed a table that “changes” colors when its drawer is pulled out. The table features a set of wooden scales that are painted on one side and flip over when the drawer opens.

By Robert Dalheim, April 15, 2016 | 1:45 pm CDT

Woodworking Industry News

New NeoCon exhibit space will feature most innovative products

This June 13-15, NeoCon, the premier contract design exposition and conference, will once again deliver multiple floors of innovative new product solutions and concepts from the industry's leading brands. In addition to the three full floors of year-round showrooms, The Mart will play host to nearly 300 brands in its newly redesigned 7th Floor Exhibit Hall.

By Karl D. Forth, April 11, 2016 | 12:45 pm CDT

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Lightweight table transforms into room partition

Japanese studio Schemata Architects has designed a lightweight ”sponge table” – a minimal and functional furniture piece that can also be used as a room divider. Consisting of a sponge tabletop placed between two thin wood veneers, its surface can easily be lifted off, making it portable and collapsible.Designed for the 21 21 Design Sight museum in Tokyo, the sponge table comes in two parts – the lightweight tabletop and a set of removable wooden legs – and weighs in at just over 19 pounds.

By Robert Dalheim, March 22, 2016 | 1:06 pm CDT