Noel’s shed
“I take in everything in the room which is likely to affect the way it finishes up and create a piece with subtlety that fits … but still draws your eye to it.”
A good chat is always best had over coffee, so when Noel Akmens invites me into his home, he heads straight to the kitchen. The quality of his machine tells me he doesn’t mess around, either, so I ask him what’s harder: making coffee or building furniture? ‘Definitely making coffee,’ he says, before laughing.
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