VCR Home Page Blog: July 2008

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Monday, July 28, 2008

US Eco Seminars

Furniture World Magazine provides background on the Sustainable Furniture Council's six free educational seminars to be held at the Las Vegas summer furniture market. July 27-30.

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Think About It

Design blog Noise Between Stations describes the methods of design research conducted by Nigel Cross of the UK's Open University. The different ways experts and novices approach problem solving particularly interests Cross.

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More Eco Buyers

The recently released EcoMarkets 2008 Summary Report from TerraChoice Environmental Marketing finds 68 percent of North American organizations increased their green purchasing in the past 12 months, and 91 percent of purchasers believe they will become more active green purchasers over the next two years.

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Ron Arad Exhibition

New York's Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) recognizes the contribution to industrial design by London-based Israeli-born architect and designer Ron Arad with a retrospective exhibition opening August 2.

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Logs to China?

The Financial Post reports a delegation of First Nations recently visited China to discuss "Chinese companies building sawmills in BC, or First Nations sending logs to China for manufacture into furniture, which can then be shipped back to Aboriginal artists to carve with traditional themes."

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Green Dot Awards

Sponsored by the Los Angeles-based Farmani Group the Green Dot Awards "reward those who practice excellence in environmental responsibility." Deadline September 15.

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Monday, July 21, 2008

UK Furniture Museum Online

Take a virtual tour through the UK's Geffrye Museum's chronological room settings that range from a circa 1630 entrance hall of a London mechant to a modern loft conversion in 1998.

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Dowtown Ikea Store

The National Post reports that Canada’s first "urban IKEA store" will open on a non-permanent basis in Toronto's furniture district at 143 King Street East on July 31. The Swedish furniture giant has other specialized urban stores in New York and Paris.

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California Formaldehyde Standards

FDM Online reports on the preparations by furniture producers to meet the California Air Resources Board's formaldehyde emission standards that come into effect on January 1, 2009.

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AHFA Revises Shipment Statistics

The American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) revised its previously published data because of newly released US Department of Commerce data on domestic furniture. While US residential wood furniture imports grew from $7.6 billion in 2002 to $10.8 billion in 2006, total domestic production fell from $23 billion to $21.2 billion for the same period.

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IDEA Award Winners

The International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), co-sponsored by BusinessWeek and the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), announces the winners for 2008. Furniture designers and design studios recognized include Centerbrook Architects and Planners, Design: One & Co, Carolina Pena Villarreal and Shelly Shelly.

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Monday, July 14, 2008

Bone Up

"Bone" furniture connection hardware from German manufacturer Form Art enables the construction of worktables, shelf units and counter systems in numerous configurations.

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Seattle Scene

Metropolis Magazine editor Susan S. Szenasy speaks on the pressing need for research in design, supported by a showing of the film Brilliant Simplicity: 15 Designers Research Collaborate Innovate at the Seattle Public Library. July 23.

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Student Exhibition: Paris

Responsible for promoting French furniture design, VIA displays a selection of student work from French design, fine art and applied art schools at its Paris gallery until August 24.

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Explore Design 08

Explore Design 08 offers high-school students, educators and parents the opportunity to evaluate career and education options through displays and presentations by leading interior, architecture, graphics and fashion design professionals. Metro Toronto Convention Centre, October 1-2.

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Saw Savvy

Sam Gazdziak of ISWOnline provides numerous tips on saw blade selection and maintenance.

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Monday, July 07, 2008

Asahikawa Winners

Jacob Joergensen (Denmark) and Toshihiro Kawada (Japan) won the gold leaf awards in this year's International Furniture Design Competition Asahikawa (IFDA). Vancouver-based Mario Sabljak's Simplicity 2 cabinet (above) reached the finalist category.

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Canwood Update

The Penticton Western News confirmed that the sale of Canwood Furniture to Stork Craft Manufacturing (reported earlier by VCR) will result in the closure of Canwood's Penticton plant and the loss of 91 jobs. "Domestic-made products do not have a market," according to Mel Kemp, Canwood's president.

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Designs Added by Context

Context Furniture of Royal Oak, Michigan, will add Mike Devereaux's domestic workstation (People’s Choice Design winner of Design Democracy '08) to their regular catalogue.

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Students Design for Ercol

Online magazine Deezeen reports extensively on an exhibition of prototypes created by Buckinghamshire New University design students for UK-based Ercol Furniture.

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San Francisco Green Conference

The San Francisco chapter of IDSA presents Digging Deeper, an evening conference on the eco-issues faced by designers. July 26.

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Design in Waste

Designer collective Keeseh Studio sponsors Make Some Green, a waste-material-use design competition to promote more upcycling. Deadline October 1.

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