Author Archives: Evan Dunstone

Why are we custom furniture makers in Canberra? As the old saying goes, “everyone has to be somewhere, and we’re here”. Because of the nature of our work, it wouldn’t […]

In September 2022, I visited Sweden on a Gottstein Fellowship. The Gottstein Memorial Trust honours Bill Gottstein, a forest products research scientist with the CSIRO who lost his life in […]

We’ve been making a range of bespoke work benches for woodworkers since 2017. It all started when Anthony of Lie Nielsen Australia approached us to make their “official” LN bench. […]

The past 12 months has seen an extraordinary flourishing of hall/side/sofa table designs. We’ve enjoyed one commission after another that has allowed us to really explore this form. Call them […]

William was right- we already had some proven forms to work with and the addition of the fluted sections enhanced those forms. It’s as if all that work with the […]

The “best” chair that I’ve designed is the Cataract Ergonomic Rocker. I consider it my “best” chair because it is the most original concept (my “favorite” chair is actually the Cascade Rocker). I had a client who wanted a desk chair that was strong enough for him to rock back on. He simply loved to lean back in chairs, but they kept breaking (your mum was right, don’t rock back on the chairs!).