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Bill Tindall, E.Tn.
I am still working through the 100+ pages of Volume 1. Never spent a better $10 on woodworking. If the trend continues this series is going to improve my design capability, or at least it should. It is just the source I was looking for.
Some time ago Ellis, I think, recommended a design book, "Designing Furniture" by Stem. For me it had two limitations. First, it might as well have been written in French (which I flunked out of in 11th grade). I don' t understand the language. Second, it is geared to creating one of a kind stuff. When I need a place to store socks I have no desire to create/design a novel art project to accomplish this utilitarian task. Usually, my best hope is to take something the "customer" likes, improve its looks, and modify it to accomplish a customized need. I find the magazine helpful to these needs.
For example, the text accompanying a table I could use as a plant stand says how the attractive look was accomplished, in woodworker words.
" The transition on the legs just below the aprons, from sharp edges to softly rounded edges, gives the piece a relaxed feel. My legs would have been edgy. Now I know how to relax edgy legs. What the description lacked was how the rounding was done.