John Houshmand

John Houshmand (born 1954) is an American furniture maker, sculptor, musician, and contractor. He has an atelier in New York's Catskill Mountains. He has been described as a contemporary designer who uses "massive upended split logs" in the style of George Nakashima.

Biography
John Houshmand was born to a Dutch-American mother and an Iranian father. He attended Yale University and received a BA degree in 1978.

Houshmand's designs "often juxtapose massive chunks of wood with thick glass panes" and are made by his staff on a 950 acre farm that is "also home to the company sawmill and the 1,700 slabs he keeps on hand for inspiration." He has a showroom in Manhattan and travels to meet clients for custom orders on tables that can cost about $12,000 USD in 2009. He "has been a photographer, a musician, and a partner in high-end residential construction" and now makes "one-of-a-kind sculptural furniture out of planks, slabs, and even trunks of reclaimed American hardwood like black walnut and elm."

He bought the remote ranch property for $300,000 in 1991.

Discography

 * Live @ Here, Audio Artists (1997)
 * Beat Noir, Patrick Noonan (1996)
 * Void of Course, John Houshmand & Ten Martian Boys (1994)
 * Undiscovered Country, Laurasia (1988)
 * East River Consort, Laurasia (1978)
 * Noonan, Levi & Houshmand, Laurasia (1975)