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John Makepeace OBE FCSD (born John Makepeace Smith; 6 July 1939) is a British furniture designer and maker. Makepeace was born in Solihull, Warwickshire. He bought Parnham House, Dorset in 1976 and founded the Parnham Trust and the School for Craftsmen in Wood (opened 19 September 1977, later to become Parnham College)^[1]^[2]^[3] to provide integrated courses in design, making and management for aspiring furniture-makers, alongside but separately from his own furniture workshops.^[4] Makepeace ceased running the Trust in 2000 when it moved to the new campus at Hooke Park under a new director who handed the premises over to the Architectural Association, the international school of architecture, for their practical modules.^{[citation needed]} Makepeace sold Parnham House in 2001 to Michael and Emma Treichl, who carried out extensive renovations, before the fire in 2017 and Michael's suicide.^[3] Makepeace works predominantly for private clients, but previously designed furniture for the retail market including Habitat, Heals and Liberty's.

Early life

Makepeace was born John Makepeace Smith in Solihull, Warwickshire on 6 July 1939. He is the child of Harold Alfred Smith and Gladys Marjorie Smith. Though his surname was Smith, on 27 November 1963, he would go on to change take up the surname "Makepeace", the same as his maternal grandmother's maiden name. Makepeace was first introduced to fine woodworking when he was eleven years old when he first visited a furniture maker. When he moved into his teenage years, he discovered his love for the craft when he met different cabinetmakers in Copenhagen.^[5]

Career

Makepeace's woodworking career began when he started to work as a design consultant for the all India Handicraft Board. He began to also receive recognition when he became a member of the Crafts Council and the Red Rose Guild^[6] in the UK and a Trustee of the V&A, London. Seeing the value of education furniture designers/makers, he bought Parnham House, Dorset in 1976, to create the Parnham Trust and the School for Craftsmen in Wood. This was opened in 19 September 1977, though would later become Parnham College.^[7]^[8] One of his early students here was Viscount Linley, nephew of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.^[9] Makepeace would run the Trust until 2000, when it moved to Hooke Park under a new director.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[5]

Awards


Year	Award
1988	Officer of the Order of the British Empire
2004	Lifetime Achievement Award from American Furniture Society
2010	Lifetime Achievement Award from Furniture Makers Company
2016	Prince Philip Designers Prize
2022	Woodland Heritage's Peter Savill Award

Books Featured In


Year Published	Book	Author(s)
1979	Furniture - A Concise History	Edward Lucie-Smith
1980	The Art of Making Furniture	John Makepeace
1982	British Design since 1880	Fiona MacCarthy
1989	Design Protection	Dan Johnston
1989	Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Furniture	Christopher Payne
1989	Encyclopedia of Wood	John Makepeace
1991	Modern Furniture Classics since 1945	Charlotte and Peter Fiell
1991	International Crafts	Martina Margetts
1991	Green Design	Dorothy Mackenzie
1991	The Victoria and Albert Museum Collections
1994	Conservation by Design	John Makepeace
1995	Makepeace - A Spirit of Adventure in Craft & Design	Jeremy Myerson
1996	Western Furniture - 1350 to the Present Day	Christopher Wilk
1999	Design of the 20th Century	Charlotte and Peter Fiell
1999	The Crafts in Britain in the 20th Century	Tanya Harrod
2000	Twentieth Century Furniture	Fiona and Keith Baker
2003	Materials and Inspirational Design: Wood	Chris Lefteri
2005	British Furniture 1600-2000 - The Twentieth Century	Christopher Claxton Stevens
2005	Furniture: World Styles from Classical to Contemporary	Judith Miller
2007	Bespoke: Source Book of Furniture Designer Makers	Betty Norbury
2008	500 Chairs	Ray Hemachandra
2009	Star Pieces	Linley, Chislett & Cater
2011	Furniture with Soul	David Savage
2011	Confessions of a Design Geek' Interviews Volume 1	Kate Treggiden
2012	Handmade in Britain	Joanna Norman
2012	British Design from 1948: Innovation in the Modern Age	C Breward & G Wood