In the spirit of the joinery industry, Mike started work as a 17 year old apprentice with the National Federation of Building Trade Employers in August 1967, the organisation from which the BWF evolved. In a letter to his Headmistress at the time the organisation wrote:
Chippendale School wins Global Business Excellence Award
The Chippendale International School of Furniture has been named winner of the Outstanding Educational Service category at the 2015 Global Business Excellence Awards.
The February issue is brimming full of great content to hopefully brighten your spirits through these rainy winter months! Our cover star this month is SkillBuild judge and BBC Young Carpenter of the Year, Tirbhavan ‘Tibby’ Singh Chodha, who takes us through the steps for making an unusual and completely unique commission - a beautifully designed font cover for his local church. The project also features the addition of…
After three gruelling months of waiting, the 2015 Wood Awards winners have finally been announced, and we bring you all the details in our special feature as well as showing you the overall winner of the Arnold Laver Gold Award, ‘the Fishing Hut’ by Niall McLaughlin Architects. It was great to see that the student category was so popular and the Furniture & Product category winners really set the bar high this…
