Myles Richter

The Industrial TV Console is the final installment of my industrial furniture series. The TV console is made entirely from 1 sheet of 3/4″ plywood, with less than a square foot of waste. No other materials were used aside from finishes, and the four custom designed and 3D printed feet underneath. The black central cabinet…

The next installment of my industrial furniture series are the Twin End Tables. These Simple pieces are made of a black steel frame and 1/2″ plywood for the tabletops.

A quick project this week! To make the Industrial Dining Table, I laminated two halves of a 4’x8′ sheet of 3/4″ plywood in order to make a 4’x4′ 1.5″ thick dining table. Because of the properties of this plywood, the top is extremely flat and sturdy with minimal support and finish work. The doubling of…

The famous Enetri Shelf, originally designed by Niels Gammelgaard in 1985 for IKEA, is an iconic and highly sought after piece of midcentury modern furniture. Having seen many examples across the internet over the years, I fell in love with its sleek form, but often costing upward of $1,000 for an original, I knew that…

The Paper Lantern was a fun one day project in which I took the components including the battery, buttons, charger, and LED’s from an older lamp, and stuffed them inside a wooden and paper housing inspired by traditional Japanese lanterns. The housing is assembled with a lattice of several overlapping wooden members, while the electrical…

The Jacob Record Cabinet was a commissioned piece for my roommate and new Vinyl enthusiast, Jacob. He wanted a boxy, industrial, utilitarian shelf in which he could store a new collection of vinyl records, a speaker system, and a turntable. The simple piece very practically stores the components of a record collection and listening station,…

The Desk III is another personal project in which I refinished an older piece of mine in order to match other pieces. This version of the Desk replaces the laptop tray with a new drawer, faced with the spare poplar dowels from the Record Cabinet III project. The echoed color scheme, finishes, and materials between…

The Record Cabinet III was my favorite response to my ever expanding vinyl collection so far… The cabinet was assembled using some spare angle iron for the legs, and the second 3.5’ x 3.5’ large panel that I found, (the first becoming the Gomi Table). The cabinet section to the right was made of poplar…

The Gomi Table was originally conceived as a design exercise with a simple constraint. Over a year ago, I salvaged this 3.5′ x 3.5′ x 1.75″ large square tabletop from a dumpster. It was in great condition, so I held onto it until I could put it to good use. Fast forward to last week,…

The Joshua desk became an opportunity to boil down a desk to its most basic components and to then create visual intrigue from the form of these parts. The design focus is on the legs, where oak dowels and half lapped joints make for a sturdy construction while creating a professional but still interesting look.…

The Landreth Nightstands were a custom commission for a client seeking a pair of modern, matching nightstands which were an uncommonly low height above the ground. The pair of pieces were a challenging construction, with their 55 and 45 degree miter cuts which enable an angled framing of the boxes which define their striking mirrored…