Furniture

Whether it is in furniture or architectural design, Alan Powell strives to achieve simplicity and directness of vision. Most work is by commission. The interaction between Powell and his clients provides the inspiration for a personalized design: where art and function meet. Alan begins each furniture project with the careful selection of wood. Milling pieces from the same log gives his work a consistency and quiet understatement. His use of geometry, in the architectural tradition, is both a test and format for his designs. Well considered fabrication, geometry of form, and the reliance on the traditions of English and Chinese joinery, result in furniture that will last for generations.