✦ Issue #9 · July 10, 2026
This Week at DesignerPlusFurniture
Here's what we're reading and writing about this week at DesignerPlusFurniture. Catch up on our latest stories below.
Featured
The Surface Is the Structure: How the Great Furniture Makers Turned Veneer and Lacquer Into a Craft All Their Own
Discover how marquetry, veneer, and lacquer shaped French Art Nouveau and 18th-century furniture — not just as decoration, but as structural and expressive crafts.
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Lounge Sets
The Joint Is the Argument: Why the Way Wood Connects to Wood Reveals Everything About How Furniture Is Built to Last
Discover how mortise-and-tenon, dovetail, and finger joints create furniture stronger than screws or nails — and how to spot quality construction at a glance.
Cabinets and Storage
The Honest Chair: How the Arts and Crafts Movement Made Craft Itself the Point of Furniture
Discover how the Arts and Crafts Movement turned furniture making into a moral act — and why its principles of honest construction and natural materials endure …
Chairs and Benches
The Fabric Beneath the Surface: What Textile Construction Really Tells You About Upholstered Furniture
How upholstery fabric is woven, finished, and structured shapes how furniture looks, moves, and lasts. A deep dive into textile construction for smarter choices…
Dining Tables
The Bent Wood Revolution: How Molded Plywood Changed What a Chair Could Be
How Mid-Century Modern designers bent plywood against its nature to create lightweight, strong, ergonomic chairs — and why that engineering still shapes furnitu…
Mattresses and Bedding
The Wood Whisperers: How Scandinavian Designers Reinvented the Craft of Making Furniture From the Inside Out
Discover how 1940s–60s Scandinavian designers reinvented wood bending, joinery, and finishing to create furniture that still defines quality craftsmanship today…
Nightstands
What's Inside Your Sofa: The Hidden Architecture That Separates a Great Piece from a Disposable One
Learn how upholstery construction techniques — from frame joinery to webbing, springs, and padding — determine whether a sofa lasts decades or falls apart in ye…
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