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Jacob Corradi kitchen island Chippendale school

An island in the kitchen

To succeed, good furniture needs to be functional and aesthetically appealing. Sometimes, on top of those qualities, it needs to be extremely hard-wearing. That’s the quality most evident in Jacob Corradi’s ebonised kitchen island in solid oak. It’s a wonderful statement piece that is entirely functional, and even has a slate on the top for …

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Oli Chippendale school furniture

Sitting on a wave

Oli Juliusson, from Hafnarfjardur in Iceland, has become a furniture designer whose pieces conjure the spirit of the sea. It reflects his past as a trawlerman, and his design approach to honour the lives of Icelandic fishermen. It’s an approach that links his past to the present, with design flourishes that make his furniture original …

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Rachel Faulkner Kissing cabinet Chippendale school

Let lips do…

It’s a drinks cabinet inspired by a line from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. “The Kissing Cabinet” is the creation of Rachel Faulkner from Newcastle, who originally served in the Merchant Navy. During the course, she has not only shown enormous artistic talent, but the woodworking skills to turn imagination into reality. Her last project was …

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Matthew Hayward drinks cabinet Chippendale school

Actuated eucalyptus

It’s a drinks cabinet that packs a monumental punch. It’s the stunning creation of Matthew Hayward, who has lived in London, Somerset and the Scottish Highlands. Matthew, who also studied computer sciences at the University of Edinburgh, enjoyed a career in hospitality before enrolling at the Chippendale school. During that period, he worked in some …

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Grant Anderson drinks cabinet Chippendale furniture school

Friends and acquaintances

Grant Anderson originally from Zimbabwe is a professional course student who has pushed the boundaries of design complexity. A previous piece was an oak coffee table, with nine strips of steam-bent oak per leg, set off with brass decoration at each end. It had five oak planks as its top, with breadboarded end-pieces held in …

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John Vaughan drinks cabinet Chippendale school

Drinking parquetry

During his time at the Chippendale school, John Vaughan from the west of Ireland has blossomed into a highly-talented furniture designer. First it was his console table, with the drawer fronts in olive ash, the sides made from yew and the bottoms crafted from sycamore. Then came his mirror, a requirement of the course, that …

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