In Lawrence Weschler’s “The Furniture Philosopher,” the furniture designer Ed Weinberger and his builder, Scott Schmidt, pursue an idea (or ideal) of furniture to what many might call extremes: finishing unseen areas of pieces, creating hardware and finishes with little to no consideration of profit (other than an aesthetic one), and so forth. In a culture where “good enough” in design and construction seems the prevailing mantra, doubtless many would find such practices curious, but it is clear that those few who pursue the kind of perfection (putative) to be found in the furniture find the chase worthwhile. In a well-developed essay, and using “The Furniture Philosopher” and at least five additional written works as sources,
defend or denounce perfectionism as a practice (and, by extension, perfection as a goal).
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