I graduated from the University of Texas in the early '70's with a degree in philosophy and no paying job on the horizon, so I hitchhiked from Austin to San Francisco and encountered my first art & crafts show. "Wow", I thought, "What a way to making a living, selling things you

I am a furniture Maker and designer in Boston, creating unique furniture for individuals and institutions nationwide.

• Member of New Hampshire Furniture Masters
• Member Tanglewood festival Chorus, the official chorus of the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Fast and not so furious is a good way to describe Maarten Baas’ rise in the worlds of furniture, interior, and industrial design.

10 for 2010, Clever, Conceptual, Experimental, Functional, Pioneering, Playful, Rebel

What is it about the creative spirit that often makes it so self-deprecating and sometimes so self-damaging? Did we all suffer the same childhood torments? What happens to the same spirit that drives people to points of world-changing genius? And what flips the switch and makes us believe that som