Collaborate Disseminate
The variant of origami called kirigami (‘cut paper’ in Japanese) also starts off with a sheet of paper, but it allows for cutting the paper to increase the number of …read more Continue reading Using Kirigami Techniques to Make Functional Designs
Everyone loves those rather bouncy wooden lounge chairs that got popularized by a certain Swedish seller of furniture, but as tough as they are, the laminated wood can still break …read more Continue reading Recreating a Broken Laminated Wooden Furniture Part
The middle of the 20th century produced a revolution in understated stylish consumer design, some of which lives on today. The reality of living in a 1950s or ’60s house …read more Continue reading Wooden Case Makes a 2026 TV Stylish
River tables are something we’ve heard decried as a passé, but we’re still seeing some interesting variations on the technique. Take this example done with bronze instead of epoxy. Starting …read more Continue reading A Different Take on the River Table Does it in Bronze
If you’re someone who moves a lot, or just likes to change your decor, the limitations of conventional furniture can be a bit of a pain. Why not build your …read more Continue reading Quix Furniture for Modular Furniture Fun
Do you ever have clothes that you only wore for a few hours, so you don’t want to wash them, but it still seems icky to put them back in …read more Continue reading Uncanny Valley of Clean Conquered by Clever Chair
We really love when makers make their construction techniques evident in an aesthetically-pleasing way, and [Laura Kampf] has created a clever joint that reveals how a piece is made. [Kampf] …read more Continue reading Creating a Signature Wood Joint
We’ve seen furniture made out of all sorts of interesting materials here, but clay certainly isn’t the first one that comes to mind. [Mia Mueller] is expanding our horizons with …read more Continue reading Making a Stool from Clay
[Morley Kert] had a problem. He’s a big fan of the lovely Fortune Chair from Heller Furniture. Only, he didn’t want to pay $1,175 for a real one. The solution? …read more Continue reading You Wouldn’t Download a Chair…But You Could
Rather than send those unwanted Kallax shelving units to landfill once you’re done with them, you may soon be able to pocket some extra cash from Ikea. The furniture giant has decided to dip a toe into the used furniture marketplace with a new online p… Continue reading Ikea takes on eBay and Craigslist with its own used furniture marketplace