{"product_id":"the-anarchists-design-book-expanded-edition","title":"The Anarchist's Design Book: Expanded Edition","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Christopher Schwarz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMost of the American furniture we celebrate as the pinnacle of design is overbearing, over-embellished and a monument to waste and excess.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThese high styles of furniture took hold in North America in the 18th century and persist to this day as both cult objects for collectors and as rites of passage for artisans. These are precious pieces that are auctioned, collected, reproduced and written about in exhaustive detail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOr, to put it a slightly different way, the people who could afford this furniture also owned mega-farms, factories and (sometimes) entire towns. This is not a knock on their wealth. But it is a simple way of asking a question that rarely gets asked among amateur makers: Why would you want to imitate the taste of your boss’s boss’s boss?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe new, expanded edition of “The Anarchist’s Design Book” is an exploration of furniture forms that have persisted outside of the high styles that dominate every museum exhibit, scholarly text and woodworking magazine of the last 200 years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere are historic furniture forms out there that have been around for almost 1,000 years that don’t get written about much. They are simple to make. They have clean lines. And they can be shockingly modern.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis book explores 18 of these forms  – a bed, dining tables, chairs, chests, desks, shelving, stools – and offers a deep exploration into the two construction techniques used to make these pieces that have been forgotten, neglected or rejected.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou can build an entire houseful of furniture using these two methods – what we call “staked” and ”boarded” furniture. They are shockingly simple for the beginner. They don’t require a lot of tools. And they produce objects that have endured centuries of hard use.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut this isn’t really a book of plans. “The Anarchist’s Design Book” shows you the overarching patterns behind these 18 pieces. It gives you the road map for designing your own pieces. (Which is what we did before we had plans.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe new expanded edition of “The Anarchist’s Design Book” has 656 pages (200 more than the first edition) that are sewn for long-term durability. The book is 8\" x 10\", casebound and sheathed in thick hardback boards that are covered in cotton cloth. This is the largest book Lost Art Press has published to date.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLike all Lost Art Press books, “The Anarchist’s Design Book” is produced and printed entirely in the United States.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTable of Contents for the Expanded Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1: The Furniture of Your Gaoler\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2: A Guide to Uncivil Engineering\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSTAKED FURNITURE\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3: An Introduction to Staked Furniture\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4: Staked Sawbench, Plate 1\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e5: Extrude This\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6: Staked Low Stool, Plate 2\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e7: Staked High Stool, Plate 3\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e8: Drinking Tables, Plate 4\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9: Furniture in the Water\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e10: Worktable, Plate 5\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e11: Staked Bed, Plate 6\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e12: Trestle Tables, Plate 7\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13: Seeing Red\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e14: Chairs! Chairs!\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15: Notes on Chair Comfort\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e16: Staked Backstool, Plate 8\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e17: Staked Chair, Plate 9\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e18: Staked Armchair, Plate 10\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBOARDED FURNITURE\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e19: All Aboveboard\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e20: Bare Bones Basics of Nail Technology\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e21: Low Boarded Bench, Plate 11\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e22: Boarded Tool Chest, Plate 12\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e23: To Make Anything\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e24: Six-board Chest, Plate 13\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e25: Mule Chest, Plate 14\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e26: Boarded Settle Chair, Plate 15\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e27: Boarded Bookshelf, Plate 16\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e28: Aumbry, Plate 17\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e29: Fear Not\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e30: Coffin, Plate 18\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e31: The Island of Misfit Designs\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfterword\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAPPENDICES\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA: Tools You Need\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB: On Hide Glue\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eC: On Soap Finish\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eD: On Milk Paint\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eE: Tenons by Hand\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eF: Machine Tapers\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eG: Seat Templates\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSupplies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lost Art Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardbound \u0026 Signed by the Author","offer_id":42608242131082,"sku":"LAP-AnarchistsDesignExEd-HB","price":58.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9378\/1642\/products\/adb_cover2_IMG_0181_900x_68d46926-bfa3-4f27-baaa-4c80a7a9d357.jpg?v=1647266153","url":"https:\/\/shop.badowltool.com\/products\/the-anarchists-design-book-expanded-edition","provider":"Bad Owl Tool","version":"1.0","type":"link"}