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Griffin Modern's Unique Furniture Designs

Steampunk Communist military Mid Century Modern

By Rain Noe - June 5, 2017

Kent Welsh runs Griffin Modern Furniture & Design, a custom production shop based in West Des Moines, Iowa. I was struck by the unique aesthetic of his pieces:

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The form factors are Mid Century Modern-ish, but the aesthetic is a cross between steampunk and military, with a dash of Cold-War-era Communism.

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If you're thinking of setting up your own furniture design/build shop, there's a couple things you can learn from Welsh. One is that he's got fantastic photography.

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Two is the practice he follows after a customer orders a piece: "I typically send a daily log with photos of your piece as it's being built," Welsh writes. "This seems to be very popular."

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You can check out more of his finished pieces here, and he's got a gallery of process shots here.

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Not sure how you found me but thank you for the nice write up.

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Brian Hackett

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Ohhhh, i would love to see his take on a Roubo Bench.

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Tucker Drake

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It's more dieselpunk than steampunk, I think.

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I’m a lapsed industrial designer. I was born in NYC and figured I’d die there, but a few years ago I abandoned New York to live on a farm in the countryside with my wife. We have six dogs.