Furniture Design and Construction for the Interior Designer [Paperback]

Christopher Natale (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 156367565X | ISBN-13: 978-1563675652 | Publication Date: February 2, 2009 | Edition: 1

Furniture Design and Construction for the Interior Designer satisfies the need in the interior design field for a source that teaches the aesthetic as well as the construction of residential furniture. Beginning chapters cover the design process as it relates to furniture design, basic materials, hardware, joinery, and finishes. Because interior designers organize and create livable spaces, later chapters are organized room by room, showing how pieces are constructed for a particular space. Understanding the basic construction of furniture greatly increases the success of the design. An interior designer should be confident in their design work as well as have an understanding of what is involved with the construction of their pieces and that s what Natale and this book attempt to guide them toward.

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About the Author

Christopher Natale, MFA, is an Associate Professor in the Interior Design department at The Art Institute of Phoenix, a CIDA-accredited program. He has taught a variety of courses in Art Foundations and Interior Design including perspective, marker rendering, building systems, architectural detailing and furniture design as well as core foundation art classes. He has a MFA from Arizona State University and is an accomplished furniture designer and fabricator with more than 20 years of hands-on expertise in metals and wood. Natale s product design experience includes both computer-aided design and traditional illustration methods. His original designs and custom pieces have earned numerous awards and gained wide recognition among prestigious galleries, private clients, and interior design firms. He is a member of the Furniture Design Society.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Fairchild Pubns; 1 edition (February 2, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156367565X
• ISBN-13: 978-1563675652
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #386,818 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #94 in Books > Arts & Photography > Design & Decorative Arts > Furniture Design

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally One For Us, July 19, 2009

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Avalon Eye (Phoenix, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

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If you want to take your interior design practice to a new level, this is the book for you. The whole world would work a lot better if there were more interdisciplinary books like this one. In the same way that Jonathan Hale opened up the world of architecture for the non-architect in "The Old Way of Seeing", Christopher Natale empowers the interior designer to serve clients with a whole new arsenal of insider knowledge. With clear language and intuitive visual flow as clever as a Chinese box, Natale explains the inner workings of furniture and shows you how the subtle marks of good design and construction can have a huge influence on the surrounding space. You'll never look at furniture the same way again after reading Furniture Design and Construction for the Interior Designer. You'll discover how the right furniture, rightly designed and built, can transform a space instead of just filling it. Your recommendations will carry a new artistic power and technical authority. This is a reference tool that both the professional and the non-professional enthusiast will want to return to again and again for inspiration in the art and craft of improving the interior environment.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover-Unfulfilled Promises, June 6, 2011

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The cover on this book is very seductive - it promises to put the reader on the cutting edge of design. Holding the book is your first indication: it's flimsey and feels like it will fall apart with too many openings. The book contains line drawing after line drawing punctuated with a few black and white photographs that are so hard to see, they add no value; and there are no color photographs.

The information contained in this book is not new, not newly presented, not newly discussed. The content is widely available on the Internet or easily purchased in a book for 1/4 the cost. You do learn how some furniture is built and about how joints are designed, all superficially-not in a way that would help you actually complete a joint in your own shop or garage. The learning in the book could be done with a walk through an antique furniture shop.

If you think you're interested in this book, I suggest you go to the library first and look at it. This book was an expensive disappointment. But the cover is cool.

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for ID students, August 15, 2010

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This review is from: Furniture Design and Construction for the Interior Designer (Paperback)

This is a quality book for interior design student looking to understand the construction of furniture and what the price point of a custom piece should be. Natale does an excellent job of utilizing text and pictures to educate the reader. My only complaint is the layout of the page numbers- when flipping through the book you have no idea what page you are on- makes a normally quick task time consuming.