The Planar Box in Bastogne Walnut and brushed brass was greatly inspired by the Farnsworth House.  Vertical, brass columns live the horizontal box off the surface of a desk or table top and attach with no visible connections.  

Crafted from a single slab of California Claro Walnut that balances beautiful grain and heavy figure against natural imperfections, the top features Taylor's signature polished brass Corsets and a polished brass T-spline atop a geometric bronze base.

A larger, semi built-in version of the Charro Cabinet, this piece conceals appliances and adds a functional sink atop a granite countertop.

Continuing to explore the combination of mixed materials, the Granite Pangaea Table features an woven stone and Bastogne Walnut top, while the legs display an interlocking combination of blackened steel and matching Bastogne Walnut.

Continuing to experiment with a carefully designed composition of glass elements amongst a landscape of a decayed wood slab, Corset Table no. 3 introduces a stepped corset that negotiates changes in surface heights..

The architects cabinet is meticulously detailed in every dimension and features traditional style joinery to ensure generations of use. 

Continuing to explore the combination of mixed materials, the clean lines of the Hearth Dining Table featue a solid, cast bronze trestle stlyle base with an interlocking wood strecher and a single slab Bastogne Walnut top.  

Crafted from the highest grade California Claro Walnut lumber, this jewelry box features interlocking joinery, a hand rubbed oil and wax finish, and three storage compartments.  

his year at West Edge Design Fair 2016, Taylor Donsker Design partnered with Tokio lighting to collectively showcase the Strike/Slip Table under Tokio's Carbon Light within a Japanese tea ceremony inspired tea hut, designed and built by Taylor Donsker.

A lost wax cast bronze edge is seamlessly integrated into the tabletop, forming a continuous transition from the original wood live edge to a bronze edge. 

The Suspended series was designed with a sleek, minimal frame that disappears into it's environment while supporting and highlighting the hand selected live edge Walnut slab top.

As the finish hits the polished wood surface it penetrates deep into the pores, allowing it to be reborn.

Revisiting the Corset Table design after a client from Kansas City fell in love with the original piece, I continued to elevate the design by taking cues from the unique imperfections in these particular slabs.

Hand sawn from massive cubes of solid Eastern Walnut, these constructivist styled and earthquake inspired building blocks are so versatile.

Minimal detailing paired with gorgeous hand selected solid Claro Walnut lumber, a recessed stainless steel base, and tightly spaced Hard Maple slats add the crown to this king size mattress.

Inspired by strike slip earthquakes and wood movement, the Strike/Slip Coffee Table features a multi layered, "ruptured" surface with two independently supported halves.

We customized a Suspended Desk with a blackened steel frame, book matched solid Claro Walnut top, and inlayed polished brass corsets for a Hollywood Hills client. 

Each of these live edge tables require countless decisions at each step of the process. 

This piece represents my current and continuing interest with bronze as a material and casting as a process.

I custom designed this minimalist buffet cabinet as an anchor to our Chicago based client's dining room.

Inspired by the classic and highly functional workshop sawhorse, the Borough Base is a refined adaptation that allows users the ultimate flexibility in repositioning the table in an open plan room.

LA based photographer Jack Strutz dropped by the studio to document a behind the scenes look at our day to day life.

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This table was sold, and will soon leave our workshop, but with these photos we can forever enjoy the beauty of the grain in this live edge Claro Walnut coffee table slab.

Buckeye is a lovely wood to work, especially when it is full of burl figure. 

Flooded with natural light and clean white walls with a touch of aged masonry, I am happy to call this space home!

I've recently become enamored with brass and its ability to take a high polish fairly easily.

Minimalist and ethereal, The Temptation Cabinet's repetitive steel frame appears both solid and transparent.

We came across a few small logs of Claro Walnut that had been removed for a road widening project and decided to mill them up with our friends Alaskan Chainsaw mill right outside the shop,

A stunning slab dining table of California Claro walnut with beveled edges and just a touch of live edge at the crotch sits on our signature folded steel plate base with a black bronze patina. 

These table bases are sculptures within themselves.

Meet the newest addition to the product line, the Grid Filing Cabinet. 

The slab is full of highly figured Claro walnut grain, curling throughout the length of it.

  This is a once in a lifetime chance to own a slab from a tree this large, sustainably felled in Northern California.

The more I ponder sustainability, the more 1000 sheets per log makes sense.

Inspired by many of George Nakashima's works, we created this waterfall edge with through Dovetails for a custom filing and storage cabinet. 

With a new supplier of some of the finest Claro Walnut logs in the Country, we will be updating the website with kiln dried, ready to order slabs.

When purchasing large orders of walnut, I scour the stacks looking for book matches.

This is the first oval shaped table, soon to be added to the collection.

A large scaled variation of the Cantilevered Desk Lamp, the Pare Floor Lamp feature high levels of architectural details and takes inspiration from suspension bridges.

This GORGEOUS Claro Walnut Slab is destined to be a dining table, ordered by a client from our friendly neighboring country of Canada. 

We are getting ready to send off this bookmatched Black Walnut Suspended Desk to an interior designer in New York. 

Macassar ebony for butterfly keys, such a lovely wood to work with. Most people prefer ebony to be jet black, but I like just a bit of the chocolate brown streaks to accentuate how dark it is.

A jig is simply a tool, typically for positioning a piece of metal or wood, that allows you to cut, weld, or join accurately and repetitively.

The beauty of a slab dining table is in its simplicity, a tabletop and a base. 

Due to increasing demand, we've added these lovely Rhombic Cutting Board stands to our shop!

Happily resting its new home, this Black Walnut book matched dining table features a hand rubbed oil finish, wenge butterfly keys along the bottom side, and a U-shaped steel base with a black oxide patina.

Butterfly joints are typically pounded deep into the heart of the wood slab to prevent cracking.

I'm adding new end tables and coffee tables to our ever growing Suspended Furniture line.

Entirely hand sawn and chiseled, the Tilted Desk features interlocking joinery that allows it to disassemble and reassemble without tools.