Fred Baier

Fred Baier is an avant garde British furniture designer maker since the 1970s when he graduated from the Royal College of Art.

A pioneer of the 1970s British Craft Revival, he has experimented with radical structures and forms. Some of his original work drew its influence from Industrial Revolution concepts such as heavy pistons, exploring the use of coloured solid woods. His "Star Wars" table in the mid Seventies shows his influence in re-defining the boundaries of furniture making. Since the Seventies he has used Convergent technologies; computers, mathematics, theories of proportion in his furniture designs.

External links

* [http://www.fredbaier.com/ Fred Baier's website]

Further reading

Articles
* Broun, Jeremy. (Apr-May 1990). "The golden age of contemporary craftsmanship. Part 1". "Woodworking International", no. 16, pp. 26-31.
* Frost, Abigail. (1990) "Fred Baier. Tales from New York." "Interiors Quarterly." no. 10, pp. 12-15.
* Harding, Lovette. (Dec. 1990-Jan. 1991). "Illusions of grandeur." "Metropolitan Home" [UK] , no. 3, pp. 70-73. -- brief profile of Baier.

Book
* Houston, John. "Fred Baier : Furniture in studio". London : Bellow, 1990. ISBN 0947792465.