It's go time, only a few days left (October 25th to be exact) till the auction ends for the rad artist "enhanced" boards, more over at www.wearecontributors.com

We love Faesthetic! Collectable and affordable, Faesthetic is a collection of art & oddities from around the world. Part comic book & part zine, Faesthetic is a great place to discover new art & ideas. Issue #12 showcases 128 pages of original "Home" themed art from 35 artists. Featuring high quality 2 color offset printing, original cover art by Maya Hayuk, inside cover art by Dan Funderburgh and a feature & recap on our installation exhibit "This Must Be the Place." The first 100 copies sold* come with a keychain provided by Furni! order the issue here: Faesthetic

// NEW WATCH - JULY 1ST

// WATCH IN IT'S NATURAL HABITAT

It's so lovely to catch a glimpse of one of our Furni X Raised by Wolves watches lounging about in it's preferred habitat at the beach....it knows not to venture into the waves (it could die, for it is only water "resistant") and admires them from afar. Ahhh Summer. Thanks Dan for the pic to remind us how lame our summer is stuck infront of a desk.

// COLOR BOXSET CRAZY DEAL!

We did a rad "cigar" box with laser etching to compliment color magazines "a rolling perspective" show, it includes a tee shirt, Color X Momentum “Rolling Perspective” 58mm wheels, Color Magazine special photography edition and special D.I.Y. Edition (Color 2007) + a Color Postcard, dvd and sticker. It's also available for 89.99 at their website here, super slick deal.

// CHARITY AUCTION - DON PENDLETON CLOCK!!

Furni Creations and Don Pendleton have teamed up to create two very unique alarm clocks to benefit EA. Each clock is hand made out of wood that comes from their friend Jason Frenette's 200 year old barn in the Swiss Alps, Once the clock were finished, Skateboard Artist, Don Pendleton painted some of his stylistic signature art on them for a one of a kind look. All proceeds benefit Elemental Awareness. More pics at the element site here,
there are two unique clocks up for grabs linked here and here Bid soon and bid often, we want to get some cash to the cause!!

// BON JOVI

Amazing what you will find when looking for quotes about/involving pencils on Google, this one's part of an upcoming laser project I am working on, thanks JBJ.

// WORD IS SPREADING

nice to see our watches are making onto the arms of the tastemakers. Any site from the Netherlands that talks about fashion probably know what's up, so it's a nice compliment to see Ryan B (never met him) represent!

// MILAN PREVIEW

We are fortunate enough to have teamed up with our good friends over at Big Chief Design in Italy to do a small offsite event in Milan, featuring a display of our current products, an installation by Big Chief and some work be Jack Brandsma. We will also be unveiling our new colab clock with laser etched graphics of the "Big Chief" himself and a how it's made video (which you can watch below) All as part of design week in Milan!




Big Chief and Furni from Douglas Hollingworth on Vimeo.

// FURNI X RITA X REFORD GARDENS

We did this awesome installation for our good friends at Rita design studio as part of the "Canada Blooms" homeshow in Toronto, March 2009. The booth is for the client "Jardin des Metis/Reford Gardens" and is to promote their annual garden/show and festival. It took us three weeks to build, used close to 100 4' x 8' sheets of wood and I was trampled by kids after the show was opened, but it was well worth it.


// FURNI x RITA x REFORD GARDENS from Mike Giles on Vimeo.

// ANTENNA

Another sighting of our watch colab with Raised by Wolves, this time next to a freakin' Gucci watch! Bling Bling. Check out this months Antenna mag for more

// KEEP A BREAST

the fine folks over at lifetime are doing a campaign with the Keep a Breast foundation called "Breast Friends 4 Life" and I'm one of the 28 invited artists. This was an honour and a serious challenge for me as I (a) do not consider myself and artist and (b) not used to working outside of a computer or woodshop. All in all I am quite happy with what I came up with...in case you didn't know the shape of the piece is an actual life cast of a female upper body, I was given it merely as a white plaster mold...mine is called "A friend in need is a friend indeed"

// FURNI x RBW X AP

Alternative press just did a round up of some of the fav watches, looks like we made the cut for the March issue!

// BONJOUR!

nice to get a little press from our hometown, this time for our Hulger colab called the "PAPPA" phone in NIGHTLIFE magazine, the article is in french, click on the image to read it if you are bilingual, if not it basically says the Furni is the wind beneath their wings and the editors want to mortgage their homes and give us money to keep on doing what we do (paraphrased)

// CANADIAN PRESS

Not sure how many of you will get to see the article in person, but the folks over at "House and Home" magazine were nice enough to do a little writeup on us, click the image for a larger version.

// WATCHES ARE HERE!!

Just in time for the gift giving season our newest collaboration with Canadian brand Raised by Wolves is available at our online shop. Get em while you can!

// READY MADE MAG

The peeps at Readymade were nice enough to feature not one, but two of our clocks in their last issue, pretty sweet!

// NEW WATCHES

2 weeks.....that's all I can say for now.

// ALENA

after a little time in the shade the ALENA brand is working it's way back into the limelight, we were lucky enough to help out Jeremy add the final touches to a really cool project he's just finishing up called the "ancestor" series .Be on the lookout for the new hard and soft goods at finer skateshops in your area...

// FURNI ON TV

Sure it's only a second, but it's in a beer commercial so it's extra cool. look for an Alba clock at the start of the ad.