# STL234: When animation inspires your furniture designs

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2021-02-12
- Length: 1h 09m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2021-02-12-stl234-when-animation-inspires-your-furniture-designs
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.podcast.static.taunton.com/stl234-when-animation-inspires-your-furniture-designs

## Summary

Mike Pekovich, Barry Dima, and Wilbur Pan discuss how animation and video game backgrounds inspire furniture design, citing specific examples like the Japanese joinery in *Big Hero 6* and the architecture in *Studio Ghibli* films. The hosts then address a listener's question about achieving a mirror finish on PMV-11 plane irons, explaining the difference between geometric flatness and surface smoothness using Norton, King, and Shapton stones. Finally, they debate the utility of proportioning systems like the golden ratio, concluding that functional constraints and material efficiency (like fitting parts on a sheet of plywood) should take precedence over rigid mathematical aesthetics.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2021-02-12-stl234-when-animation-inspires-your-furniture-designs#t=7) Introduction and TailSpin Tools Giveaway
- [1:59](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2021-02-12-stl234-when-animation-inspires-your-furniture-designs#t=119) Animation and Video Game Inspiration for Furniture
- [15:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2021-02-12-stl234-when-animation-inspires-your-furniture-designs#t=900) Achieving Mirror Finishes on Plane Irons
- [30:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2021-02-12-stl234-when-animation-inspires-your-furniture-designs#t=1808) Tool Chests and Squaring Techniques
- [41:05](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2021-02-12-stl234-when-animation-inspires-your-furniture-designs#t=2465) Scaling Up Cabinet Designs
- [46:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2021-02-12-stl234-when-animation-inspires-your-furniture-designs#t=2807) Debate on Proportioning Systems and Golden Ratio

## Topics

- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Fabrication & craft](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fabrication-and-craft)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- TailSpin Tools (company)
- PMV-11 (product)
- Norton (other)
- King (other)
- Shapton (other)
- Lee Nielsen (company)
- Veritas (company)

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