Ooooo, another lovely, classy design from you. I detect strong FLW influences…
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ROFL! not good…it’s supposed to be nouveau. 
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Well, FLW was kind of an icon of the Arts and Crafts movement, and there’s a lot of crossover between that style and nouveau … so if people are seeing FLW influence, your design is not as off base as you think 
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Didn’t know that. 
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Yep, if you google the two styles you’ll see a lot of similarity. The two styles were popular in relatively close time periods, with A&C coming in on the heels of (and probably branching off a bit from) nouveau.
Edited to add: apparently, my timeline was off. This link goes into more detail on deco, nouveau + arts & crafts, and how to distinguish them.
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Haha–I wouldn’t know, I just knew you were a fan!
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Someone say fan ?
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I especially like the way the cut edges of the maple outline the inset cherry!
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Good job on that! I struggle to stay organized. I should take a page from your book.
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Jules, have you thought of work of Rennie Macintosh as an inspirational source ?
I think you might find it familiar territory, matching your own sensibility.
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After I’ve stopped designing I’ll definitely take a look at his/her work.
I try to avoid looking at other designers’ work at first - it’s hard enough to come up with an original thought in these days of Google and constant unrelenting commercial bombardment. Too easy to see something that registers on your subconscious, and a few years later you think - “Wow, I’ve got an idea!”, and you build it, and later get forced to take it down because it looks too close to what you saw. 
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He was an architect primarily, but the inspiration of the Glasgow School, and a style that you might like (1868 -1928).
John
EDIT Certainly an inspiration to me, and I think lends itself to laser cutting.
Just saying.
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If he’s a deceased architect with a non-litigious non-parasitic brood it might indeed be a source of inspiration…thanks! I’ll take a look.
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It seems to me she’s just showing off a desk that doesn’t NEED Organized! Ha! So neat!
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The box is lovely! It’s always a joy to see the beauty you put into the simplest objects.
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Quite the nice addition to the set.
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I’m looking forward to seeing what your desk looks like in a few more months.
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Chuckle! There will be a four square inch empty space on top and the rest will be covered with boxes and things. Same as now, only it’s papers and post-its, not boxes. 
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@jules, you know with the new low power settings, the GF can turn that paper on your desk into art pieces.
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