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(More customer reviews)I was inspired by this book as a young designer and built several of the projects; my favorite a work desk from a single piece of plywood. The book is a wonderful, though not exhaustive exploration of simple DIY furniture. It is intended to inspire your own pursuits. More than anything else, it evidences a sensibility to environmental and resource issues that is more relevant today than ever before. It is truly amazing what some people were saying and doing 35 or 40 years ago while nobody was listening. Is anyone listening now? Maybe. Papanek also wrote "Design for the Real World," again evidencing a sensibility as relevant today as it was novel when written. It is a brilliant time to reprint this book. Dwell magazine has captured an emergent modernist trend and taken it in the wrong direction, one of affluence (what architect Ian Ritchie would refer to as "Afluenza") and exclusivity. This book incidentally presents a certain style that a low-budget modernist can appreciate, a style yielding from the pragmatical pursuit of doing more with less. With the emerging economic reality, when compared to a 10k B+B sofa, a nicely thought out and simply crafted cardboard couch can take on a distinctive elegance. It is a mentality we are all likely to have to get to sooner or later, and we will be all the better for it. Perhaps this reissue can help guide the way for some of us.
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Victor Papanek and James Hennessey set out to change the world in the mid 1970s, empowering the people to create their own inexpensive furnishings. Their books, Nomadic Furniture 1 and Nomadic Furniture 2 are reprinted here in their entirety. In their vision of home design, everything is lightweight, folds, inflates, knocks down, stacks, or is disposable. They offer simple instructions for making beds, chairs, sofas, stools, and tables, using inexpensive and recycled materials. Their ideas open up channels for creativity, as well as for saving of money and lightening a household's footprint. This practical, lighthearted approach to living is certainly worth a revisit, in a world where environmental consciousness is quickly evolving.
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