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  Scotland’s only dedicated furniture design school is calling on careers guidance professionals not to forget fine woodworking as a career option for young people. The Chippendale International School of Furniture in East Lothian takes in some 25 students from around the world each year. But the school remains concerned that careers guidance only seems

A talented young woodworker from West Lothian has taken his love of vinyl records to a new level – by turning a humble record player into a work of art. Alan Nisbet from Broxburn has just graduated with distinction from the Chippendale International School of Furniture, where his “Vorticular vinyl cabinet,” made from solid ash

A talented young furniture designer, who is also a member of the local mountain rescue team, is setting up a new furniture design business in Perthshire. Colin Bate, originally from Birmingham moved north to work in outdoor education but, over the years, found himself less and less outside and more and more behind a desk.

A retired tax inspector from Australia has won Student of the Year from Scotland’s only furniture design school, and is taking a little piece of Australia back home with him. Nigel Goodwin, from Murrumbateman near Canberra, who recently-retired from a career in the Australian tax office, has spent the last year at the renowned Chippendale