Furniture Design: week of 10/25/2011

Not much has happened this week in the woodshop. I am working on milling my wood and getting it down to its finished dimensions. I'm still really undecided about how I want my wood to be jointed. My professor showed us the jig for doing finger joints, which are nice, but I don't think its fits into what I am trying to do. I think it detracts from the sleekness of the original design concept. I would like to do a miter joint which structurally it isn't the soundest and its very complicated to do but I think it is the most pleasing for my design. The jury is still out but I feel like I will have to settle for finger joints :/


Since there isn't much to blog about this week I decided to look around and find a new interesting product that's in the marketplace right now...

Mille Bolle Lamp by Adriano Rachelle


This light fixture was designed to mimic how soap bubbles reflect + refract light. It adds high drama to any space.

http://www.slamp.it/common/images/products/slideshows/mille_bolle/fullsize/2.jpg

http://www.slamp.it/en/products/all/mille_bolle.html