The DVDs

Part one + Part Two   £39.95

Furniture Today - Part one           50 mins

Introduction     5 mins
Jez Broun gives a personal appraisal of Furniture Today 'in context' demonstrating that it is no 'here today gone tomorrow fashion thing' but a quiet and solid underground movement that has been going on for the past 30 years or so, with its roots deep in history. He challenges such prejudices that old cannot mix with new or that old is better than new.

From Magna Carta to Victoriana     10 mins
A snapshot diagrammatic tour of English Period Furniture History from Gothic dug out chests through to the 18th Century Golden Age of furniture and to the vulgarity of mass produced
Victorian design, putting the furniture of today in a historical context.

Twentieth Century Design Milestones     10 mins
Highlights of the major Design movements from Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau and de Stihl to Scandinavian, Italian  Memphis, Terence Conran and IKEA.

A brief history of designer makers     17 mins   (from a lecture at CREATE 2005)
Jeremy Broun was one of a handful of pioneers of the Seventies British Craft Furniture Revival and gives a personal account. Makers include Rupert Williamson, Martin Grierson, David Field, Ashley Cartwright, David Colwell, Fred Baier,

John Makepeace OBE     4.5 mins
A brief profile of 'The greatest living furniture designer maker today' and his influence as an innovator and entrepreneur.

Alan Peters OBE      3.5 mins
One of the few direct links with the Arts * Crafts Movement Peters is regarded as the craftsman's craftsman. He  talks to Jez Broun in 2005 (a clip from The Makers' Maker).

About Jez Broun      3 mins
A brief biography of the author and his passion for wood, design and music.

About Thinking Hand Video     2 mins
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Furniture Today - Part two       56 mins

Introduction      3.5 mins
A recap on Furniture Today - Part one   

Eighties Makers     4.5 mins
A culmination in interest of the designer maker movement. Makers include John Coleman. Jakki Dehn, Lucinda Leech, Toby Winteringham,  Johnny Hawkes,

Unsung hero    4 mins
A genius with wood, Andrew Whately was chief cabinetmaker to John Makepeace for 11 years. He brings alive a breathtaking piece of craftsmanship and design.

Nineties bespoke furniture    6.5 mins
Despite Britain plunging into its glorious past, bespoke designer makers continue to demonstrate that the work of today equals if not surpasses any previous era. Paul Gower, Declan  O'Donoghue, Andrew Varah, Nicholas Chandler, Martin Lane, Waywood Furniture, Robert Ingham, David Gregson, Philip Koomen, David Savage,  Ramez & Jemila Ghazoul of Artizana Furniture Gallery,  Andrew Skelton, Tim Stead MBE, Walter Jack, Neil Henderson,  Ian Heseltine, Martin Lane, Ann Toplis, Alan Tilbury.

The Furniture Group television clip    2.5 mins
Jez Broun presents modern bespoke furniture on a late night television Arts show at the Bath international Festival in 1995, highlighting  pieces by Robert Ingham and Martin Lane and one of his own  - using raw chipboard !

Peta Levi at Bonhams           4 mins
Seasoned craft journalist Peta Levi describes four decades of the British Craft
Rennaissance at this selling exhibition. Cato, Jane Atfield, Ashley Hall, Nicholas Pryke.

Cheltenham      3.5 mins
Betty Norbury stages the biggest selling annual exhibitions of bespoke furniture in Cheltenham. In her first exhibition Jez Broun talks to Jeremy Higson about The Carlton desk and Robert Ingham about the mysteries of his work.

Fred Baier         3.5 mins
Nicknamed the punk furniture maker in the Seventies, a glimpse at one of Britain's most inventive furniture makers.

2K bespoke furniture       12 mins
The furniture just gets better. Stephen Budd, Waywood, Richard Williams. 'Private Parts' exhibition organised by  Michael Wainwright in 2005. Hugh Scriven, Richard Jones, Guy Martin, John Lee, Paul Steel, Sean Feeney, Barnsley Workshop, Theo Cook, Charles Rennie Mackintosh Centenary exhibition at the Hill House, Rod and Alison Wales, Matthew Burt, Trannon, Richard Stump, Thomas Heatherwick, Jonathon Markovitch,   Alastair Graham, Dave Tragen,

Create 2005     4.5 mins
Celebrating the best of Irish furniture designer makers. Speakers include John Makepeace (on Luxury) Jeremy Broun (on Design and Innovation) and Andrew Varah (Observations of a cabinetmaker). Makers include :  Sasha Sykes, John Lee, Michael Bell, Joseph Walsh. Brian Murray, Neil and Ann McCarthy  -  winners of the John Makepeace Irish Furniture Oscar.  Irish television personality Derek Davis entertains at the exclusive preview.

Green woodwork    5.5  mins
No thesis on furniture today would be complete without mention of green and eco furniture, organic forms using raw material from sustainable woodlands. Chris Nangle, Karen Hansen, Roy Tam, Tom Redfern, Alun Heslop, Nick Sneller, Joe Cooper, Mike Abbott.  Bob Slade takes to the quiet of the woods and shows how it is done. 

About Jez Broun   2 mins   
his design influences from early travels to Scandinavia and search for simplicity of form

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