Music Cabinet: Photographs

01/01/1981

Furniture Making

Two photographs of the blue painted wooden music cabinet for Pamela Alexander, the first as soon as its making was completed and the second when in use.

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital, Print, Negative

Characteristics:

8"x10", 4"x5", Color, B&W

Content of

Work of Art

Music Cabinet 1981

Personal Work of Art, Woodworking

Created by:

Christopher Alexander

Blue painted wooden cabinet for Pamela Alexander, for her music scores and books.

Contents

Photographs

References

Scientific Research

Wholeness and Feeling in Structure-Enhancing Transformations

Areas of focus:

Design and Building Process

Guiding idea:

Feeling as the Core of the Process

Christopher Alexander formulated this principle as follows: In any living process, or any process of design or making, the way forward, the next step which is most structure-enhancing, is that step which most intensifies the feeling of the emerging whole. "Feeling" ...

Drawings

Music Cabinet: Sketches 01/01/1981

Work of Art, Sketches, Perspective, Section

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Paper, Original on Tracing Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Five pages of early sketches of the music cabinet, including perspective pencil drawings and sections; some with dimensions and notes.

Photographs

Music Cabinet: Photographs of sketches 01/01/1981

Work of Art, Furniture Making, Sketches

Photographer:

Christopher Alexander/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital

Characteristics:

B&W

Five photographs of Christopher Alexander sketches for the music cabinet, with notes on getting dimensions right.