Accomplished woodworker Matt Kenney set himself the challenge of designing and building one box a week for one solid year. Along the way he created a wonderful collection of simple wooden boxes, refining his unique design aesthetic and developing smart techniques for making gracefully elegant boxes that woodworkers of all levels will be eager to build.

Readers will first learn some fundamental box-making techniques that are applicable to almost every box in the book: matching grain at the corners, cutting miters, making tops and...