Furniture design can take the form of many different shapes. In episode four of our Carlo Mollino inspired coffee table, we find....our...shape.
From a picture to full scale drawering, to the construction of our bending form, you'll see our bending ply take a shape Carlo Mollino would be proud of. One of Birds-eye maple the other of Plum Pudding Mahogany.
Enjoy and let me know what you think!!!!
Carlo would.
In this the third installment on a furniture design inspired by Carlo Mollino, we prep our bending ply, build our bending form, and construct a fixture for a machine operation, specific to the router.
This woodworking podcast presents alot of woodworking material, you'll witness how traditional woodworking meets contemporary materials.
The episode expressed an opinion on how a furniture design is mentally pushed forward by always having a prepared solution.
This Carlo Mollino video continues to encourage and push the Basement Garage woodworker to explore furniture design.
ENJOY!!!!
Here's our second episode on the Carlo Mollino inspired coffee table. Our homage to the charismatic Italian Architect and Designer from Turin Italy.
We start with a snap of furniture history and begin to develope the atmosphere that Carlo was trained in and worked arounded.
Construction engineering is dealt with in this Mollino furniture design and a present day solution is found. Our bending form template is completed and we press our 2-ply, the answer to our construction issue.
This Carlo Mollino form just gets more exciting.
Enjoy........Neil
So welcome to the world of Carlo. Carlo Mollino that is. This is the first Episode of interpretting a glass top coffee table, inspired by Italian Designer Carlo Mollino.
It's a bent plywood piece that we'll produce with a finished surface of Bird-eye Maple and maple trim.
Furniture design moves forward and stalls then forward again only to stall, Carlo Mollino was a Furniture Designer always in forward position.
Come along for the ride as we investigate the life and interprret one of his famous pieces. It's a complex build but Carlo wouldn't have it any other way.
So hop in the Bisiluro and lets go!!!!!
Well we've come to the end of the Contemporary Lingerie Cabinet.
In this Episode we evaluate the entire finished case, we revisit some of the important design elements, discuss how important they are in the final appearance of the Quarter Sawn Ash Lingerie Cabinet, and answer some e-mail questions.
This is a Modern piece of furniture done with a minimalist approach so there is nowhere to hide poor craftsmanship. The cabinet is a very, very good build.
Enjoy and look forward to our next project as we investigate Italian designer Carlo Mollino.
Neil
The interview presents a very creative designer who plans on using the process of Rotational molding, which exposes us to a second manufacturing process available to furniture designers.
Our Contemporary Lingerie Cabinet is complete and you'll get your first look at here. The build had an excellent end result and needs its own post.
I'm back from vacation, a nice bareboat cruise through the Pacific Northwest, summer is ending and it time for a new peoject.
Enjoy this interview and look for the Lingerie finale and the start of a new project.
Neil
The cradle you see on the cover of the September 2007 issue of WOOD Magazine is my winning design from WOOD Magazine's  Build-a-Gift Contest.
Kevin Boyle and the editors at WOOD did a fabulous job. The magazine write-up is excellent, complete with full scale templates. A slide show produced by the editors is also availble for viewing, at the WOOD web-site.
The video we've produced here, goes through the design progression that lead to being the featurer project. As you continue to build, you will find you have designs at the ready.
Enjoy and please share in my excitement.
Neil
