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Dotan Appelbaum

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Find me in Architectural Digest’s May issue

I am beyond grateful to @_h_mart_ and @archdigest for featuring me and my work

The May issue is out now! by @dotanappel

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6 months ago

Me and the furn

Feeling very grateful today for the friends who made this possible.

Photo by @robchron by @dotanappel

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10 months ago

Little Changes
Assorted wood veneers, baltic birch plywood, birch
62 x 41 in.
2026

Big thank you to @placed_mt for facilitating this commission

Photos by Simon Leung by @dotanappel

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4 months ago

Table (Acanthus by William Morris)
Assorted wood veneers, baltic birch plywood
2026

I got to deliver this commission last week and had the pleasure of seeing it join a truly maximalist, high caliber collection of furniture and art in its lovely new home.

Much love to @placed_mt for facilitating the commission! by @dotanappel

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6 months ago

Dotan Appelbaum’s Honey Locust Thorns transforms surface into structure.

Composed of meticulously cut and assembled wood veneers, the table draws from the sharp, rhythmic geometry of its namesake—translating the natural logic of thorns into a precise, constructed language. Each segment is laid with exacting control, building a surface that feels both patterned and alive, where repetition gives way to subtle variation.

At once rigorous and organic, Honey Locust Thorns holds a quiet intensity—where discipline and intuition meet in balance.

On view in Labor & Adornment: Radical Craft in America through April 25.

For inquiries: hello@superhouse.us or click the link in our bio.

📸 @matthewgordonstudio

Courtesy of @placed_mt

#dotanappelbaum #marquetry #radicalcraft by @dotanappel

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6 months ago

Table (Honey Locust Thorns)
Assorted wood veneers, baltic birch plywood
2025

See it at @super___house on March 19

Photo by @robchron by @dotanappel

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7 months ago

Featured work in our @scopeartshow

“Love of Change” — a painting in the craft of marquetry by @dotanappel 45 x 60 in

Booth C001, Dec 2-7 DM for preview checklist

Dotan Appelbaum is a furniture designer, artist and writer from Minneapolis, Minnesota, currently based in Richmond, Virginia. He holds an MFA in Furniture Design from the Rhode Island School of Design with further background in painting and fine woodworking. Dotan brings a theory-oriented sociological approach to furniture design. Mining histories of design, as well as contemporary trends and precedents, he seeks to question and undermine how we understandour social relationship to furniture and craft. Dotan’s work mostoften exists as critical reproduction, reinterpreting historicalprecedents to better understand the present.

#SCOPEArtShow #SCOPEMiamiBeach
#dotanappelbaum #placedmt taken in SCOPE Miami Beach by @dotanappel

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a year ago

Detail of Chair (Acanthus by William Morris)
Assorted wood veneers, baltic birch plywood
2025

Photo by @robchron by @dotanappel

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a year ago

Unconstrained Nature
Assorted wood veneers, baltic birch plywood
45x60 in
2025

Photo by @robchron by @dotanappel

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a year ago

Shelf (American Chestnut With Blight)
Assorted wood veneers, baltic birch plywood
24x12x36
2025

Photos by @robchron by @dotanappel

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a year ago

Monotonic Artifacts #4, 6, 16, 17, 28, and 30
MDF
Various sizes
2025

Photos by @robchron by @dotanappel

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a year ago

Grotesque Imagination (Acanthus by William Morris)
Assorted wood veneers, baltic birch plywood
45x60 in
2025

Photo by @robchron by @dotanappel

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a year ago