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Collection by Marc Englander

Purposeful Designs and Concepts

The pieces I like to create, and hopefully make more of, attempt to be both aesthetically pleasing and conceptually interesting, without sacrificing one for the other.

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Stool in two stumps and metal... the ring ties and squeezes the two pieces of wood together... Inspired by Brancusi's The Kiss
Stool in two stumps and metal... the ring ties and squeezes the two pieces of wood together... Inspired by Brancusi's The Kiss
Chaise No. 1 in #linen upholstered cushion and #wood. The wood brace serves to pinch the two foam cushions together
Chaise No. 1 in #linen upholstered cushion and #wood. The wood brace serves to pinch the two foam cushions together
Console No. 2 - Closed #glass box with #wood opening for one cable box. The piece is only a console if you use it as a console...
Console No. 2 - Closed #glass box with #wood opening for one cable box. The piece is only a console if you use it as a console...
Another shot of Coffee Table no. 3 in #alabaster and #wood ... #design #furniture #wooddesign #furnitureart #stone
Another shot of Coffee Table no. 3 in #alabaster and #wood ... #design #furniture #wooddesign #furnitureart #stone
Coffee Table no. 3 - Bird's eye view with sycamore wood obstructing some surface area.
Coffee Table no. 3 - Bird's eye view with sycamore wood obstructing some surface area.
Coffee Table no. 3 in Alabaster and Sycamore -- it's a close up shot
Coffee Table no. 3 in Alabaster and Sycamore -- it's a close up shot
Coffee Table No. 4 in Sycamore Wood and Glass -- The glass box is enclosed on all six sides. The sycamore stump enters through a machine cut circular hole at the bottom of the glass box so as to allow the top sheet to rest gently on it without any mechanical fixings.
Coffee Table No. 4 in Sycamore Wood and Glass -- The glass box is enclosed on all six sides. The sycamore stump enters through a machine cut circular hole at the bottom of the glass box so as to allow the top sheet to rest gently on it without any mechanical fixings.
Coffee Table No. 1 in Steel and Hay, completed in 2010 -- The off-center ring can be used to hold misc. items while appearing, in a way, as if it is emerging from the base.
Coffee Table No. 1 in Steel and Hay, completed in 2010 -- The off-center ring can be used to hold misc. items while appearing, in a way, as if it is emerging from the base.
Contact sheet of some of my pieces completed over the past few years. (Mostly manufactured by talented woodworker Christian Hooker in Brooklyn, New York)
Contact sheet of some of my pieces completed over the past few years. (Mostly manufactured by talented woodworker Christian Hooker in Brooklyn, New York)