Photographs by Ira Schrank
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Jake and Alison saw my website and were interested in a frame and panel bed frame. They liked the ones they saw on the website, but we wanted to develop a design particular to their ideas and aesthetic. Since they live locally, I visited their home and we discussed ideas for designs. Jake referred often to bridge designs by the Swiss bridge engineer and architect, Robert Maillart, where structural engineering and design expression were one.
changing shapes of each piece in the frame to reflect the structural requirements. As Jake said "It is the elegance of the engineering that makes the form."
The design process for this bed frame is featured in an article by Brooke Baldwin for Modern Woodworking Magazine.
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