We have a personal vision when it comes to design. It’s a cross between what we intuitively love and what we’ve learned from the world.
Macek builds heirloom-quality furniture in solid wood and veneer. We use traditional joinery, as well as such contemporary techniques as bent-lamination and CNC routing. Our line of production tables, called Chisel, was launched at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York in 2005.
We buy lumber from certified sustainable sources. We also use composite materials, made from bamboo or recycled fibers, and low-VOC finishes.
Mark Macek founded Macek Furniture Company in 1995 as a happy merger between his training in architecture and his devotion to fine craftsmanship. Since then, Mark has been pleased to count private collectors, innovative retailers, and top-flight architects among his clients.
Mark teaches woodworking and furniture design at the University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture. He lives in Austin with his wife and their cats.
Building a piece of custom furniture is a significant investment of energy both for you and for me. The process works in stages:
Initial Contact
With our first meeting or two, we get to know each other. I get to know your furniture needs, what your environment looks like, and what I can do for you.
Preliminary Design
Here, I begin exploring ideas and integrating what we know. Sketches, scale drawings, and models are made for your visualization. We begin talking about specific woods and materials that work with the designs and compliment your space.
Design Definition
You contemplate the proposals. You also give me feedback so I can further refine the designs. Final designs are drawn or modelled. We agree on the cost, the colors and materials, and the completion date. If you are not happy with the preliminary designs, we stop the process at the beginning of the definition stage. If you are happy with the first proposals, I may ask for a design fee to cover work during the definition stage, if the project is large enough to necessitate that.
Implementation
The project moves to my shop for production. Craftsmanship and fine materials are poured into your furniture. This stage begins with a deposit of 50% of the final cost, the balance due when the completed work arrives at your place with your full approval.
Completion
Delivery, installation, celebration. Our crates are tough and have successfully been shipped as far as California and New York.
