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The public perception that old and new cannot mix , that solid wood is superior to veneer, or that Chippendale was the finest craftsman of his age are more to do with myth than fact. The biggest myth 'they don't make it like they used to' will be rocketed into outer space by anyone viewing these unique DVDs or attending the lecture. At last a serious in depth appraisal of our valuable furniture design culture by a leading practitioner.
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Jez Broun won The Professional Woodworker of the Year Award 2005 from The Woodworker magazine
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What is Furniture Today about ?
Furniture (like architecture) is a barometer to social, economic and spiritual change. The furniture of today is a continuum of tradition and the best examples equal if not surpass the work of any previous era - yet is largely unseen.
Contemporary furniture is only just beginning to become appreciated (thanks to largely to IKEA) and yet the past hundred years or so boasts some of the most exciting furniture ever created.
Jez Broun, a member of a small group of independent makers who pioneered the Seventies British Furniture Craft Revival unravels the present New Golden Age of British Furniture against the backcloth of Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts, Bauhaus, Italian and Scandinavian design
adding personal anecdotes which bring his lecture and the DVDs alive.
The first lecture was a one day multi media presentation at Bath University in March 2004 and has laid the basis for tailor-made shorter lectures (eg one hour) for other organizations since.
It has taken two years to produce two DVDs.
After viewing you will never look at a piece of furniture in the same way again ! Over 800 topic references
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Feedback from the short lecture held at
The Architecture Centre, Bristol in June 2004.
'Well presented, engaging'
'Excellent, takes Powerpoint to a new level'
'I'm impressed with the quality of presentation'
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Feedback from the short lecture given to the University of the Third Age in Dorset in July 2004.
'Fantastically instructive'
'Much more interesting than I expected'
'Brilliant all round'.
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Buy the 2 Furniture Today DVDs £39.95
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