Furniture Design and Construction for the Interior Designer

Meet interior design instructor, Chris Natale.

With a new book out – Furniture Design and Construction for the Interior Designer – our very own Christopher Natale is achieving celebrity status in his field. Chris is an instructor in our Interior Design department, a program accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA).

Chris is an accomplished furniture designer and fabricator with more than 20 years of hands-on expertise in metals and wood. His product design experience includes both computer-aided design and traditional illustration methods. His original designs and custom pieces have earned numerous awards and gained wide recognition among prestigious galleries, private clients, and interior design firms.

Furniture Design and Construction for the Interior Designer (ISBN: 978-1-56367-565-2) satisfies the need in the interior design field for a source that teaches the aesthetic as well as the construction of residential furniture.

Beginning chapters cover the design process as it relates to furniture design, basic materials, hardware, joinery, and finishes. Because interior designers organize and create livable spaces, later chapters are organized room by room, showing how pieces are constructed for a particular space.

Understanding the basic construction of furniture greatly increases the success of the design. Interior designers should be confident in their design work as well as have an understanding of what’s involved with the construction of their pieces and that’s what Natale and this book attempt to guide them toward.