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Griffin Modern's Unique Furniture Designs
Steampunk Communist military Mid Century Modern
By Rain Noe - Jun 05, 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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Enter a caption (optional)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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Enter a caption (optional)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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Enter a caption (optional)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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Enter a caption (optional)You can check out more of his finished pieces here, and he's got a gallery of process shots here.
Rain Noe
Rain Noe is a writer and industrial designer based in New York City.
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Not sure how you found me but thank you for the nice write up.
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Ohhhh, i would love to see his take on a Roubo Bench.
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It's more dieselpunk than steampunk, I think.
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