The Maker's Design Manual Frustrated with the waste and disconnect of consumer culture? Guerilla design -- grassroots, sustainable, handcrafted -- offers an antidote. Learn how to bypass the status quo by using salvaged materials to make simple chairs, tables, lamps, and other furnishings that are both functional and beautiful. Guerilla designer Will Holman presents more than 30 step-by-step projects made from paper, wood, plastic, and metal, complete with instuctions on how to recycle or repurpose them when you're ready to move on.
The Maker's Design Manual Frustrated with the waste and disconnect of consumer culture? Guerilla design -- grassroots, sustainable, handcrafted -- offers an antidote. Learn how to bypass the status quo by using salvaged materials to make simple chairs, tables, lamps, and other furnishings that are both functional and beautiful. Guerilla designer Will Holman presents more than 30 step-by-step projects made from paper, wood, plastic, and metal, complete with instuctions on how to recycle or repurpose them when you're ready to move on.
Will Holman was educated as an architect at Virginia Tech and Auburn University’s Rural Studio. He has worked as a designer, craftsman, carpenter, educator, and author. Since 2008, Holman has published 54 furniture construction how-to articles on Instructables.com. His work has also been published in the book PlyDesign, in Readymade and Make magazines, Design Observer, and on several prominent sustainable design websites. He lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland, where he is currently planning a makerspace for a non-profit development company.
