I am fortunate in that I get to do a lot of fun design work. Whether solving production problems with better process engineering or refining a chair design, I have endless opportunities to apply my creative energy. Occasionally, we get a design request that pushes my imagination to new levels. Such an opportunity presented itself last year when we accepted the challenge to make this piece; a 12-foot-long dining table that has to go up a small elevator in NYC to its new home. The client wanted an asymmetrical table divided into 8’ & 4’ segments without having the structure that held it tog ..read more

The muse for each of my designs always emerges as a feeling before morphing into an image. The feeling stays through the process, and I hold that to check my work as I go. I want to make sure the pieces’ form generates that feeling for those who experience it. Years ago, I read Malcolm Gladwell’s book Blink, where, among other things, he spoke about a few people who studied the relationship between facial expressions and how emotions activate the muscles that create them. Some people were able to train themselves to mimic these facial expressions so accurately that the emotions were triggered ..read more

When completing the last run of Cio Rockers in late November, I had dialed in the production process to such a level that it allowed my mind to run wild with design opportunities within not only the Cio collection but outside of it as well. Serendipitously, we realized we currently have the very first rocking chair I ever made, and the newest, under one roof. What an opportunity for reflection – especially at this time of the year. My decision to start my woodworking career as a chairmaker came from a realization that I could set up a shop to make chairs for a fraction of what it would cost t ..read more

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