The Furni­ture Society is delighted to announce that Laura Mays has been unan­i­mously selected as the 2026 recip­i­ent of the John D. Mineck Fellowship.

Laura receives a $25,000 unre­stricted fellow­ship to advance her redwood-based furni­ture prac­tice and estab­lish a perma­nent work­shop in Northern California

Dead­line to Apply: October 1 at Midnight PT

Intro­duc­ing Heart­wood + Sapwood Grants: A new way TFS is fueling makers at every stage of their career.

Three times a year, five Furni­ture Society members get funding to move their work forward. No rigid rules — just tell us what you need and how it’ll help.

All appli­cants and recip­i­ents must be current TFS members.

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Member­ship That Works As Hard As You Do!

Start­ing Oct 1, 2026 member­ship rates, tiers, and bene­fits will change. 

Now through Septem­ber 30 is your last chance to lock in rates for the next year. You can learn all about the upgrade HERE.

Each week we cele­brate the work of one or more of our talented members.

This week’s featured member — Alexandra Mavrikis

Alexan­dra Mavrikis is a multi­dis­ci­pli­nary artist, furni­ture maker, and visual arts educa­tor. She received her MFA in Wood­work­ing and Furni­ture Design at the San Diego State Univer­sity. Her work incor­po­rates mixed media, with a focus on wood and ceramic, and has been exhib­ited nation­ally. She addresses the body, gender, and spatial rela­tions while also ques­tion­ing the neces­sity of func­tion­al­ity for furni­ture objects in the home.

Thurs­day, Oct 1, 4 – 7pm CT

Join us for a capti­vat­ing talk and tour with Norman Teague and his team at Norman Teague Design Studio in West Humboldt Park, Chicago IL. This is an in-person event.

Satur­day, October 17, 2026, 4 – 6:30pm ET
Rhode Island School of Design — In-person event

Together, John and Amy will explore Dunnigan’s evolu­tion as a designer and educa­tor, his approach to teach­ing and mentor­ship, the ideas that have informed his work, and the chang­ing land­scape of contem­po­rary furni­ture over the course of his career.

TFS has part­nered with A Tiny Home for Good, a Syra­cuse-based nonprofit address­ing home­less­ness through housing-first solu­tions. Together with Furni­ture Society members and students from the Syra­cuse School of Design, we are making an impact by creat­ing essen­tial starter furni­ture for Tiny Home residents.

Check out our recent trip to Syra­cuse for student design presentations!

Check out our oppor­tu­ni­ties page for the most current list of classes, work­shops, and jobs avail­able to you.