{"product_id":"copy-of-the-anarchists-design-book-expanded-edition-signed-by-the-author","title":"The Anarchist's Design Book PDF","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy Christopher Schwarz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMost of the American furniture we celebrate as the pinnacle of design is overbearing, over-embellished and a monument to waste and excess.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThese high styles of furniture took hold in North America in the 18th century and persist to this day as both cult objects for collectors and as rites of passage for artisans. These are precious pieces that are auctioned, collected, reproduced and written about in exhaustive detail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eOr, to put it a slightly different way, the people who could afford this furniture also owned mega-farms, factories and (sometimes) entire towns. This is not a knock on their wealth. But it is a simple way of asking a question that rarely gets asked among amateur makers: Why would you want to imitate the taste of your boss’s boss’s boss?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe new, expanded edition of “The Anarchist’s Design Book” is an exploration of furniture forms that have persisted outside of the high styles that dominate every museum exhibit, scholarly text and woodworking magazine of the last 200 years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThere are historic furniture forms out there that have been around for almost 1,000 years that don’t get written about much. They are simple to make. They have clean lines. And they can be shockingly modern.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis book explores 18 of these forms  – a bed, dining tables, chairs, chests, desks, shelving, stools – and offers a deep exploration into the two construction techniques used to make these pieces that have been forgotten, neglected or rejected. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eYou can build an entire houseful of furniture using these two methods – what we call “staked” and ”boarded” furniture. They are shockingly simple for the beginner. They don’t require a lot of tools. And they produce objects that have endured centuries of hard use.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBut this isn’t really a book of plans. “The Anarchist’s Design Book” shows you the overarching patterns behind these 18 pieces. It gives you the road map for designing your own pieces. (Which is what we did before we had plans.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe new expanded edition of “The Anarchist’s Design Book” has 656 pages (200 more than the first edition) that are sewn for long-term durability. The book is 8\" x 10\", casebound and sheathed in thick hardback boards that are covered in cotton cloth. This is the largest book Lost Art Press has published to date.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLike all Lost Art Press books, “The Anarchist’s Design Book” is produced and printed entirely in the United States. Sorry but signed books cannot be personalized.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCurious about what we mean by \"anarchism?\" Read this short \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/blog.lostartpress.live\/2016\/01\/19\/frequently-asked-questions-faq-about-american-anarchism\/\"\u003eFAQ\u003c\/a\u003e. It's probably not what you think.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents for the Expanded Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e1: The Furniture of Your Gaoler \u003cbr\u003e2: A Guide to Uncivil Engineering \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSTAKED FURNITURE\u003cbr\u003e3: An Introduction to Staked Furniture\u003cbr\u003e4: Staked Sawbench, Plate 1\u003cbr\u003e5: Extrude This \u003cbr\u003e6: Staked Low Stool, Plate 2\u003cbr\u003e7: Staked High Stool, Plate 3\u003cbr\u003e8: Drinking Tables, Plate 4\u003cbr\u003e9: Furniture in the Water\u003cbr\u003e10: Worktable, Plate 5\u003cbr\u003e11: Staked Bed, Plate 6\u003cbr\u003e12: Trestle Tables, Plate 7\u003cbr\u003e13: Seeing Red\u003cbr\u003e14: Chairs! Chairs!\u003cbr\u003e15: Notes on Chair Comfort\u003cbr\u003e16: Staked Backstool, Plate 8\u003cbr\u003e17: Staked Chair, Plate 9\u003cbr\u003e18: Staked Armchair, Plate 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBOARDED FURNITURE\u003cbr\u003e19: All Aboveboard\u003cbr\u003e20: Bare Bones Basics of Nail Technology\u003cbr\u003e21: Low Boarded Bench, Plate 11\u003cbr\u003e22: Boarded Tool Chest, Plate 12\u003cbr\u003e23: To Make Anything\u003cbr\u003e24: Six-board Chest, Plate 13\u003cbr\u003e25: Mule Chest, Plate 14\u003cbr\u003e26: Boarded Settle Chair, Plate 15\u003cbr\u003e27: Boarded Bookshelf, Plate 16\u003cbr\u003e28: Aumbry, Plate 17\u003cbr\u003e29: Fear Not\u003cbr\u003e30: Coffin, Plate 18\u003cbr\u003e31: The Island of Misfit Designs\u003cbr\u003eAfterword \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDICES\u003cbr\u003eA: Tools You Need \u003cbr\u003eB: On Hide Glue\u003cbr\u003eC: On Soap Finish\u003cbr\u003eD: On Milk Paint\u003cbr\u003eE: Tenons by Hand\u003cbr\u003eF: Machine Tapers\u003cbr\u003eG: Seat Templates\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eSupplies\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e","brand":"Lost Art Press","offers":[{"title":"PDF","offer_id":40349878747199,"sku":"BK-ADB-PDF","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lostartpress.live\/products\/copy-of-the-anarchists-design-book-expanded-edition-signed-by-the-author","provider":"Lost Art Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}