Fred Baier
Fred Baier is an avant garde British furniture designer maker working since the 1970s when he graduated from the Royal College of Art and taught at what is now Faculty of Arts (University of Brighton)
A pioneer designer of the 1970s, 80s, 90s and today, he has experimented with radical structures and forms. Some of his original work drew its influence from Industrial imagery concepts such as hydraulic pistons, bridges and electrical booster systems, exploring the use of brightly coloured stained 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. In 2011 Fred Baier was commissioned to create furniture for the library at The House of Lords and was invited to show retrospective furniture designs at a one man show at the Crafts Study Centre.
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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.
Books
- Houston, John. Fred Baier : Furniture in studio. London : Bellow, 1990. ISBN 0-947792-46-5.
- Baier, Fred. "Vision and Reality : Contemporary Practice for Furniture Makers". Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead. 2001 ISBN 0-905974-75-1
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