Magic Act
May, 1979
Illusion is basic to the multiple-use furniture designed by professional magician and master carpenter Dakota Jackson. Having once constructed his own intricate stage props, Jackson now heads a Manhattan company staffed by craftsmen to whom he has taught some of the tricks of his former trade. Whether he's working on an elm writing desk that can be magically transformed into a dressing table or the glass, copper and lacquer audio-visual complex pictured below, there's always more to Jackson's cr...