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Archived July 1, 2009

Singapore Awards: The Singapore Furniture Industries Council sponsors the young designers (under 35 years) category at this year's Furniture Design Awards. Deadline September 1.

Archived July 1, 2009

Eames Open House: The Charles and Ray Eames Foundation offers tickets for its first annual fundraiser in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Eames House at the home of daughter Lucia Eames in Petaluma, California. June 21.

Archived July 1, 2009

ICFF Review: Helen Walters, editor of BusinessWeek.com's Innovation and Design Channel, gives her take on New York's 2009 International Contemporary Furniture Fair in this video.

Archived July 1, 2009

Hard Treatments: Wood for Good, a UK forest industry support group, gives a short list of wood densification technologies.

Archived July 1, 2009

EU Wants Input: Organizations and individuals can complete an online survey to assess Design as a driver of user-centred innovation, recently published by the European Commission.

Archived July 1, 2009

Quebec Design: Toronto's Design Exchange hosts Québec in Design, an exhibition of works from the collection of the Musée national des beaux-arts de Québec that documents 75 years of design development in Québec. Opens June 29.

Archived July 1, 2009

Eco Design: Crosscut provides two opposing views on the environmental impact of hybrid poplar plantations by Daniel Jack Chasan (pro) and Todd Myers (con).

Archived June 18, 2009

Alberta Furniture Competition: M.A.D.E. sponsors the eighth annual Edmonton Street Furniture Competition in Churchill Square with materials provided for construction within a set time. Saturday, June 27.

Archived June 18, 2009

Not Following: New York Times design critic Alice Rawsthorn sets the record straight on the source of the misquote "form follows function" and then outlines how digital electronics makes the phrase obsolete.

Archived June 18, 2009

RM Design: The UK's Design Week interviews researchers at Loughborough University and University College Falmouth and designer Tavs Jørgensen about the future of Rapid Manufacturing technologies.

Archived June 18, 2009

Lazer Edges: Wood & Wood Products provides a video of a new "glueless" edgebander, developed by Rehau, that applies modified polypropylene edging with no visible seam.

Archived June 18, 2009

From Chandigarh: P3 Gallery, London, hosts an exhibition of furniture created by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret for the city of Chandigarh, India. June 19-July 12.

Archived June 18, 2009

MoMA Exhibit: Until November 30, MoMA presents an exhibition selected from its collections of "good design" from 1944 to 1956 that includes iconic furniture pieces by Charles Eames and Hans Wegner and everyday objects such as home hardware and Tupperware.

Archived June 18, 2009

Shermag Sells Assets: Furniture Today reports the Québec Superior Court approved the sale by public tender of assets of Quebec-based Shermag Inc. and subsidiary Jaymar Furniture.

Archived June 18, 2009

Free London Tour: London's Metropolitan Works offers a free tour of its new digital manufacturing facilities including; laser cutting, 5-Axis CNC routing and a selection of rapid prototyping equipment. June 18.

Archived June 18, 2009

Iceland Exhibit: An exhibition organized by the Iceland Design Centre for the Reykjavík Art Museum showcases the work of 20 Icelandic designers, focusing on furniture, product design and architecture. To August 9.

Archived June 18, 2009

In Memorium: The Canadian Architect gives details of the memorial service and reception to celebrate the life of renowned architect Arthur Erickson at Convocation Mall, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, on June 14.

Archived June 18, 2009

Free London Tour: London's Metropolitan Works offers a free tour of its new digital manufacturing facilities including; laser cutting, 5-Axis CNC routing and a selection of rapid prototyping equipment. June 18.

Archived June 18, 2009

Book Pick: The Independent Design Guide, by Laura Houseley, reviews the work of UK emerging designer-makers whose work has yet to find international distribution.

Archived June 6, 2009

Vitra Values: UK's Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic offers an overview of the historical development of design archives worldwide and includes the current role of the Vitra Design Museum (located in Weil am Rhein, Germany) in the collection and exhibition of contemporary furniture.

Archived June 6, 2009

ICFF Seen: Metropolis Magazine provides an overview of this year's ICFF, including the furniture of Justin Gologorsky, Michael Hurwitz, Bassam Fellows, Naoto Fukasawa, Maaike Evers and Mike Simonian.

Observeur Awards: The Paris-based Agency for the Promotion of Industrial Creation (APIC) presents the Observeur Awards for the best design collaborations between companies and designers. Deadline June 2.

Archived June 6, 2009

Eco Picks: Time Magazine and CNN select 100 companies producing "the best and brightest in environmentally conscious design from around the globe."

Archived May 30, 2009

UK Awards: Britain's Wood Awards with four furniture categories - custom (for domestic and public spaces), exterior and production - acknowledges furniture produced in the UK between May 2008 and May 2009. Deadline May 22.

Archived May 25, 2009

One More Chair: The Sustainable Furnishings Council's 2009 One Good Chair competition calls for a "casual" lounge chair (including outdoor and public furniture) that conserves materials, uses appropriate ergonomics and provides "emotional resonance." Deadline May 30.

How to Think: The BBC provides an interview with Tim Brown, CEO of Ideo, and Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, on the subject of "Design Thinking."

Archived May 25, 2009

ICFF Plus: Interni Magazine lists interactive map links to the off-site locations exhibiting in conjunction with this year's International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York, May 14-19.

Archived May 25, 2009

FSC Challenge: Design21, FSC, Ecosystems and the Nature Conservancy sponsor Going with the Grain Challenge and request flat-pack furniture designs from a sheet of States Industry's one-inch Applyply using no hardware or alternatively Alpha connectors from Ecosystems, Brooklyn, NY. Deadline June 2.

Archived May 25, 2009

Win a Chair: Enter Vitra's draw to win one of 20 Vegetal indoor-outdoor chairs designed by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec. Sign up before October 15.

Archived May 25, 2009

Candid Conran: In a recent item for London's Design Week Sebastian Conran advocates for more investment in post-graduate research and that business should not view schools as sources for "cheap design."

Archived May 25, 2009

CAD Creations: At the invitation of SolidWorks, Alex Whitney, UK Pli Design's manager of design (graduate of Massey University, New Zealand) recently made a presentation (available in PPT/PDF) at London's Metropolitan University on the company's use of CAD software to develop its products.

Archived May 25, 2009

VOOS Venue: Showroom, store, gallery and events venue VOOS, located in Brooklyn's Williamsburg, promotes innovative furniture, mostly designed and made in the community.

Archived May 25, 2009

Chair Poses: To celebrate the 150th birthday of the company's iconic no. 214 bentwood chair, Thonet GmbH holds a contest for photo images of the chair in "usual" or "experimental" environments. Deadline August 31.

Archived May 25, 2009

German Hardware: To view the caps, castors, c-chains, fasteners, ferrules, glides, grommets, knobs, wheels and other furniture hardware produced by Walter Bethke GmbH & Co., click on "Products (Picture Index)" on the home page.

Archived May 14, 2009

Book Pick: Green Design, a new book by Marcus Fairs - London-based lecturer, entrepreneur, curator and editor of Dezeen.

Archived May 14, 2009

No UK Credit: The Times reports UK furniture manufacturers, hit hard by a widespread withdrawal of credit insurance due to the country's economic recession, lobby MPs to support a new insurance initiative.

Archived May 14, 2009

Wood Waste: Shortchanged, a new report from Ben Parfait at the CCPA, claims 17.5 million cubic metres of wood have been abandoned in British Columbia forests over the past five years.

Archived May 14, 2009

VIA MilanThe Paris-based furniture design support organization Valorisation de l'Innovation dans l'Ameublement (VIA) showcases works by 15 young designers it sponsored at the Magna Pars Gallery in Milan, April 22-27.

Archived May 14, 2009

SDSU @ ICFF: San Diego State University furniture graduates will exhibit their work at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) under the theme "Cabinet of Curiosities," together with other ICFF design schools, including Cranbrook Academy of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art and Pratt Institute.

Archived May 14, 2009

Breuer Exhibit: The Museum of Art at RISD in Providence, RI, hosts Marcel Breuer: Design and Architecture, the travelling exhibition developed by Germany's Vitra Design Museum that includes the innovative furniture produced by Breuer when he was a Bauhaus student and teacher. April 17 to July 19.

Archived May 14, 2009

CNC Online: On May 6 a team from Biesse North America and 20-20 Technologies hosts an online live video presentation to demonstrate the processing of various furniture parts on one of Biesse's new CNC routers using stand-alone software that creates machine code on the fly from .DXF or MPR files.

Archived April 27, 2009

Milan Scene: This month's Milan Furniture Fair sees the launch of the Linie cabinet and Funkis drawer unit by Helena Jonasson, alongside other designers sponsored by Hidden Art, a London-based design-support organization.

Archived April 27, 2009

VIA's Best: Paris-based furniture design support organization Valorisation de l'Innovation dans l'Ameublement (VIA) presents VIA Labels, an exhibition of 25 designs selected for recognition by a jury of manufacturers, designers, experts and journalists. To June 22.

Archived April 19, 2009

Saving Samples: This year's Ample Sample competition again challenges designers to rethink and recycle discarded carpet samples to make new products, with winners showcased at NeoCon 2009 in June. Deadline May 8.

Archived April 19, 2009

Green Sweden: Italian designer Manolo Bossi has won the 10,000€ Green Furniture Award sponsored by Swedish furniture producer Berhin Studios.

Archived April 19, 2009

A Week in the Life: UK's Design Council presents an insight into the career of Matthew Hilton, furniture designer for SCP, Driade, Authentics and Habitat.

Archived April 19, 2009

Legno Riciclo: Results of Rilegno's "legno d’ingegno" (ingenious use of wood) design competition seeking new uses for wooden packaging waste will be on display at Sparkling, one of the Zonatortona off-site exhibits at this year's Milan Furniture Fair. April 21-26.

Archived April 10, 2009

Australian Awards: View a 360-degree, panoramic image of 14 Australian furniture designs chosen for the Cicely & Colin Rigg Contemporary Design Award displayed at the National Gallery of Victoria.

Archived April 10, 2009

Making in Canada: Mogens Smed, the Calgary entrepreneur who sold his office furniture company to Haworth Inc. in 2000, expresses his opinions on manufacturing in Canada in the Globe and Mail.

Archived April 10, 2009

UK Salaries: Design Week provides an in-depth article on how the economic recession affects salaries, employment and recent graduates in the UK's design sectors (includes a link to a PDF report on UK salaries).

Archived April 10, 2009

Mass Customization: Ken Susnjara, chairman and CEO of CNC router manufacturer Thermwood, contributed an article to FDM Online on a recent six-month trial by his company to test the feasability of today's mechanical and software technology to economically produce "custom furniture" on a mass scale.

Archived April 10, 2009

Two Kinds of ID: Metropolis magazine reports on the industrial design legacies of Raymond Loewy and Dieter Rams.

Archived April 10, 2009

Brooklyn's Best: The seventh annual Brooklyn Design Show encompasses a number of venues and includes a curated "green" exhibition at BSH Showroom, a children's furniture exhibit and multiple design-related evening festivities. St. Ann's Warehouse, 38 Water Street, Brooklyn. May 8-10.

Archived April 10, 2009

CDN Design Policy: To be considered for membership on Toronto's Design Exchange (DX) committee to develop a Canadian National Design Policy contact DX President and CEO, Samantha Sannella.

Archived March 31, 2009

Design Copyright: In the Financial Times, Josh Sims delves into the murky issues of design copyright, particulary its impact on the reproduction of furniture classics.

Archived March 31, 2009

Eco News:Zurich-based Architronic AG reports on "sustainability" discussions it held at last years's Orgatec furniture fair with manufacurers that included BLA, Heller, Knoll, Swedese, Stua, Thonet and Wilkhahn.

Archived March 31, 2009

Less Design? Gabrielle Esperdy, associate professor of architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, submits a manifesto to the Design Observer calling for Design-LESS - this year's theme at the Design Inquiry conference to be held in Maine, June 21-26.

Archived March 31, 2009

Promosedia Awards" New designs for residential or contract wooden indoor chairs can be entered in this year's Promosedia Italian design competition. Deadline May 5.

Archived March 31, 2009

3D Move: UK's Business Week magazine profiles how Craig Jones's London-based furniture design consultancy made the transistion to SolidWorks 3D design software.

Archived March 31, 2009

Chosen for ICFF: The organizers of the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) released a list of this years's Bernhardt Studio design competition winners whose prototypes will be on display at ICFF, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, May 16-19.

Archived March 23, 2009

State Stimulus: The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal outlines a study by Stennis Institute that indicates 5,000 jobs could be saved and another 1,500 created if the Mississippi State legislature responds to the 8,000 jobs lost in its furniture industry in the last eight years with a proposed $2,000 tax credit for every furniture upholstery worker still employed in the State.

Archived March 23, 2009

Design Victoria: Download this Australian Broadcasting Corporation interview about the importance of design to the state of Victoria's business sector (mp3 format).

Archived March 23, 2009

Down Under Awards: Australian and New Zealand full-time students or recent graduates are eligible for the Australasian Student Design Awards Deadline March 18.

Archived March 23, 2009

BC Awards: Designers who have lived in British Columbia for the past three years can enter their work for this year's British Columbia Creative Achievement Awards. Deadline March 31.

Archived March 23, 2009

3D Planners: 20-20 Technologies Inc of Laval, Quebec, developed the free 3D room planner software, available on the Ikea website.

Archived March 23, 2009

US Sofa Sales: Data from Stationary Sofas Product Potential Report, published by Furniture Today's Market Research team, show sofas (including sleep sofas but excluding "non-Stationary" upholstery) accounted for an estimated 15 per cent of the total US furniture market in 2008, with a sales decline of 10.3 per cent for the segment when compared to 2007.

Archived March 23, 2009

Design North: UK's Gateshead Council granted planning approval for Design Centre North, comprised of a five-storey building with two wings – one housing the Design Centre and the other office and studio space, to be built next to the Open University regional headquarters.

Archived March 23, 2009

US Office Sales: Reuters quotes the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association (BIFMA) as stating U.S. orders for office furniture fell 25 per cent in January to $565 million, and shipments fell 26 per cent to $630 million.

Archived March 11, 2009

French Editions: The VIA Gallery in Paris hosts Design Available for Production (Design Libre à Edition), an exhibition of furniture developed with grants from VIA (an agency promoting the French furniture industry). To March 22.

Archived March 11, 2009

Cleveland Creates: Kent State University’s Urban Design Collaborative becomes the first tenant in Cleveland's new District of Design on Euclid Avenue, which aims to "foster" a culture of product design development with a geographical concentration of showrooms, design studios, schools and retail.

Archived March 11, 2009

Timely Seminar: FPInnovations presents a seminar at its Vancouver Forintek Division on market trends, finance and manufacturing for wood products manufacturers "in these uncertain times." March 10.

Archived March 11, 2009

Eco News: Furniture Today reports that seminars held by the Sustainable Furniture Council at the recent Las Vegas Market received a positive reception and were well attended.

Archived March 11, 2009

Spark Awards: Students can enter this year's Spark Awards for $50, plus shipping expenses to deliver and return their prototypes. Early deadline for all entries April 1.

Archived March 3, 2009

Green Ply Award: The Nature Conservancy, US Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and sponsor EcoSystems present Going with the Grain, a design competition based on a single sheet of FSC-certified plywood measuring 4-feet x 8-feet x 1-inch. Deadline June 20.

Archived March 3, 2009

Droog Date: The New York Times announced that Dutch design collective Droog opens a store at 76 Greene Street in New York's Soho district on February, 26.

Archived March 3, 2009

Vote Often: Influence UK design opinion by voting online for one of the 13 furniture pieces entered in this year's Brit Insurance Awards, organized by the UK's Design Museum.

Archived March 3, 2009

Design Defended: In the Independent newspaper Annie Deakin, editor of mydeco.com, refutes Design Week's January 27 item with the quote from Ian Cochrane, managing director of UK-based management consultants Ticegroup, that too many students are enrolled in British design schools with no jobs waiting for them on graduation.

Archived March 3, 2009

Design-led Report: Mississippi State's Franklin Furniture Institute makes available Improving Curb Appeal in the Furniture Industry, a pdf report that connects design-led development with improved sales.

Archived March 3, 2009

Green Jobs: Joel Makower, author of Strategies for the Green Economy, offers his opinions on Greenbiz.com about the hype surrounding the promotion of "green jobs" by President Obama and the US Congress.

Archived March 3, 2009

UF Regulations: Furniture Today reports on the US furniture industry's reactions to possible national rules on formaldehyde emissions to be regulated under their federal government's Toxic Substances Control Act.

Archived March 3, 2009

Green Chair Award: Belgrade Design Week and the USAID Serbia Competitiveness Project present Sitting Green, a sustainable wooden home seating design competition. Open to everyone. Deadline March 20.

Archived March 3, 2009

Class Seats: BBC News reports Matthew Hilton is working with one of six design teams awarded £20,000 by the UK's Design Council to develop prototypes for classroom furniture.

Archived March 3, 2009

Digital Tour: UK's Metropolitan Works in London's Eastend offers free tours of its new digital manufacturing centre on February 26.

Archived February 20, 2009

Screen Design: Design a See Me™ screen for a Kimball Office workstation and win $5,000 plus a trip to Chicago in June 2009. Deadline February 28.

Archived February 20, 2009

Dyson Digs Deep: The Gaurdian notes the James Dyson Foundation plans a donation of £5m to help the Royal College of Art complete (by 2012) its new Battersea campus, which will include 40 business "incubator units" for use by recent graduates to develop designs from drawing board to the market.

Archived February 20, 2009

Dust Down: ISWOLINE provides an overview of dust extraction systems for woodworking facilities and their important contribution to worker health and safely.

Archived February 20, 2009

Freud Sold: Modern Woodworking reports that Stuttgart-based Robert Bosch GmbH will acquire the power tool accessories business of the Italian Freud Group, manufacturer of power tools, saw blades and router bits.

Archived February 20, 2009

Design Cops: British Design Innovation reflects on the role of designers as "design police" when they aim to control public behaviour with "crime-stopping design" concepts in street furniture.

Archived February 20, 2009

Down Again: Smith Leonard's latest statistics show new orders for US residential furniture manufacturers and distributors declined 23 per cent in November 2008 compared to November 2007 and fell five per cent compared to October 2008.

Archived February 20, 2009

Doc on Design: Gary Hustwit’s Objectified, an independent documentary about the profession of industrial design, is set for release later this year.

Archived February 20, 2009

Design Debate: An article, courtesy of Interactions, titled Design or Innovation, explores approaches to design education based on interviews with Scott Klinker (Cranbrook Academy of Art) and Jeremy Alexis (IIT Insitute of Design).

Archived February 10, 2009

Green Jobs: TimesOnline reports on the viability of "green-collar" jobs created by Pli Design and other UK manufacturers.

Archived February 10, 2009

NY Lectures: Bruce Nussbaum, Business Week columnist and professor of Innovation and Design at Parsons The New School in New York coordinated the school's lecture series that includes several of the top minds in innovation and design thinking from around the world. January 26 to May 18.

Archived February 10, 2009

Eco Conference: Interdisciplinary sustainable design conference Compostmodern 09 explores the range of design thinking necessary to create a socially and ecologically responsible society. Venue: San Francisco's Herbst Theatre, February 21.

Archived February 10, 2009

UK Creative Centre: London-based Metropolitan Works opens its new $9 million Creative Industries Centre next month, equipped with $4 million digital design and production technology available to designers, artists and producers on a "pay per use" basis.

Archived February 10, 2009

No Jobs in Design: Ian Cochrane, managing director of UK-based management consultants Ticegroup, told Design Week that too many students are enrolled in British design schools and no jobs await them upon graduation.

Archived January 30, 2009

Design Measures: Dexigner makes available a Korea Institute of Design Promotion report (PDF-format) that evaluates the design competitiveness of 17 major countries.

Archived January 30, 2009

Lean Views: The UK's Guardian interviews Philippe Starck, Sir Terence Conran and Kirstie Allsopp on the future of their industries in these lean economic times.

Archived January 30, 2009

Book Pick: An active ethics and environmental campaigner with the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada since 1984, Ottawa-based David Berman recently authored Do Good Design, a book about sustainable business practices.

Archived January 30, 2009

Design Protection: Designers wishing to protect their designs from unauthorized use can consult Barry Hutsel's article in the Ottawa Business Journal for an explanation of copyright, patents and industrial design registration.

Archived January 30, 2009

3D Freedom: Onur Mustak Cobanli, a master's student at the Politecnico di Milano in Italy, told VCR he uses the 3D modelling software Lightwave, because it allows him to work on organic designs as if he were sketching freely by hand.

Archived January 30, 2009

Design Talk: The Faculty of Design at The Ontario College of Art and Design presents a talk by Jane Fulton Suri, chief creative director of IDEO. January 29.

Archived January 30, 2009

Brazilian Design: This PDF press release from La galerie de Pierre Bergé & associés in Brussels provides images from their upcoming exhibition of Brazilian furniture designers, including the work of Carlo Hauner (1927-1997), Sergio Rodrigues (born 1927) and Jorge Zalszupin (born 1922).

Archived January 22, 2009

Ryan Franks: The eco-friendly designs from South African Ryan Franks London studio rate this coverage by his home country's Sunday Independent newspaper.

Archived January 22, 2009

China Trade: New Changes in China's Furniture Industry, an MS Word-format research document from the Alberta China Office at Canada's Embassy in Beijing, briefly describes current furniture trade issues between Canada and China.

Archived January 22, 2009

Finnish PR: Motto, the customer magazine of Finnish furniture manufacturer ISKU Interior, demonstrates self-promotion as stylish and informative.

Archived January 22, 2009

IMM Designs: Design Spotter previews a selection of designs to be exhibited at the IMM Cologne Furniture Fair. January 19-25.

Archived January 22, 2009

US Student Designs: Dwell's blog list of entries from the student furniture design competition, sponsored by New Orleans-based Billes Products LLC, includes MIT Media Lab research fellow Dimitris Papanikolaou's flat-pack chair with its innovative application of CNC router technology.

Archived January 13, 2009

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Noxon Exhibit: Toronto's Dominion Modern Gallery exhibits the work of Canadian architect and industrial designer Court Noxon and includes a wide range of the furniture produced by his company Metalsmiths between 1954 and 1982.

Archived January 13, 2009

IDEA Awards: The deadline for regular entries to the 2009 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), co-sponsored by BusinessWeek and the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), is February 6.

Archived January 13, 2009

RCA Leadership: DesignWeek interviews Paul Thomson (currently head of New York's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum) on his appointment as rector of London's Royal College of Art (RCA) in September 2009.

Archived January 13, 2009

Help Conserve: The West Vancouver home designed and built by artist B. C. Binning in 1941, complete with original furniture, is now under the stewardship of The Land Conservancy of BC. Please consider donating to the fund established for the ongoing maintenance of this historic house.

Archived January 13, 2009

Eco Finishing: ISWOline reviews three furniture manufacturers who achieved high-quality finishes on their products while maintaining productivity, profitability and sustainability.

Archived January 3, 2009

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CFDA Display: The exhibition Deceptive Design: Experiments in Furniture, sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America and the Chicago Furniture Designers Association, continues at the Chicago Cultural Center until January 4.

Archived January 3, 2009

Plant Closure: Office furniture manufacturer Haworth Inc., closing its Allegan seating plant by next summer and cutting up to 200 jobs, plans to eliminate 350 jobs in total from its North American plants. Source: Grand Rapids Press.

Archived January 3, 2009

Top Ten Tips: George Hedley of FurnitureWorld claims his "top ten" list of direct actions will help furniture manufacturers survive today's tough economic times.

Archived January 3, 2009

Festival Competition: Montréal mayor Gérald Tremblay is planning a competition for the design of temporary festival furniture to be used in the city's Quartier des spectacles. The project's parameters will be defined over the next few weeks with various stakeholders.

Archived January 3, 2009

IDS Exhibitors: The Toronto Interior Design Show provides a list of exhibitors. February 5-8 at Exhibition Place, Toronto.

Archived January 3, 2009

Eco Award: Sue Patrolia, founder of the Sample Waste Initiative for Furniture and Textiles (SWIFT), received first place in Net Impact's 2008 Green Challenge.

Archived January 3, 2009

Furniture Wizard: DesignWeek offers insight into the work of Munich-based design furniture designer, Stefan Diez.

Archived January 3, 2009

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MFI Update: UK's largest furniture retailer, MFI, ceased trading and closed all 111 stores nationwide, resulting in the loss of 1,400 jobs. Source: BBC.

 
 

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