/// FURNI AND ICI

Oh la la, a little press from one of Montreals Weeklys....My french is just good enough to know that they are not making fun of us!!! Cheers.

// JUXTAVIEWS INTERVIEW

Juxtaviews is a real interesting site, focusing on interviews with "people who make the web" so imagine my surprise when Kevin (someone who I met from a former web incarnation) dropped me a line a last week asking if he could interview furni......Take a read here i'm really pleased with how well it came out!

// FURNI AND GRASSROOTS MODERN

Grassroots modern is a really great weblog that I've been following for a couple years, I did my routine check for updates today (Right now they are featuring some killer info on there bathroom re-model and home addition) and saw a little post about us....very nice! Check them out when you have a sec......

// THE BLOGOSPHERE

Not long after our mention on Mocoloco earlier this week appeared these little nuggets.............we seriously can't get over how killer the support structure of the design community is!!!!!!

// FURNI AND MOCOLOCO

Mocoloco is a web magazine featuring modern contemporary design news and views. Not only do we worship it's findings on a daily basis, but are fortunate enough to get mentioned every now and again. This past weekend we sent them pics of our new ALBA digital alarm clock, within 3 days of their posting we had over a dozen pre-orders for it! Make sure to bug a local retailler in your town to get some in if you want to see it in person!

/// BACK FROM THE IDS

So we made it back safe and sound from the IDS show in Toronto, ran in to some old friends and met some new ones....If all goes well we should be able to add a couple Toronto locations to our Stockist page....here's a couple pics of the booth we built for the show...it matches our new catalogue layout....The image with the dude on the ladder is Mr James Kerr himself who's artwork and illustrations are also part of the catalogue....

// FURNI AND COLOR MAGAZINE

Vancouver based Color magazine is killer, the most recent issue features some killer artwork from their recent "Said and Done" artshow which is top notch.....we also managed to sneak into the magazine which is also awesome (on a smaller scale)...

// FURNI AND ELSEWARES

We just finished making a brand spanking half dozen "Gator SE" clocks for the awesome dudes at Elsewares. Ryan was cool enough to let us launch our "branding program" with them as our first customer. Elsewares will be our first store getting their initials "EW" stamped in western font into the lower back corners of their order of the "SE's". We plan to launch this option full on when we show the new line at this years IDS in Toronto (more on that at a later date) The "branding" option is like those stickers the dealer puts on your car when you buy it from them, only way cooler!

// CUSTOMIZED GATOR SE

All I am saying is that I have a sweet "Country and Western" punch set in my possession and I know how to use it..... We are going to be adding the option to add your initials to the back of your clock, bling bling! Stay tuned to the online store for new pics and the "Customize" option in the new year....

// FURNI AND "MONSTER CHILDREN"

Sure Australia is the other side of the world, that doesn't mean cool takes any longer to get to them though, I got a box of mags from the dudes at Monster Children about a month ago and I am still working my way through each one trying to suck the awesomeness out of each layout and photospread.....hit their site here for a nice little dose of cool.
(on a side note, the pic they ran is of the McGill flip clock, it's since been dropped from our lineup for a couple reasons.....please don't e-mail us trying to get one, sorry for any confusion, the difference between article submission dates and publication dates seem to be years apart.....)

// FURNI AND "CANADIAN INTERIORS"

After a month of rumours and mentions It's actually true, we are featured in the latest issue of Canadian Interiors as one of the top nine Quebec Designers.....Apart from the small typo in the article that states that the GatorSE is made from "birch" and not "beech" like it should have said, and the fact that there's supposed to be a caption that states the pictured SE is a special "prototype" made from Murado....We are super stoked!!!! Click on the pic for a zoomed view if you want to read the text....

// FURNI AND USELESS ART

We are working on something beyond special for this february, let's just say we will be supplying our clocks as canvases for some of the coolest artist in the world (we think) click on these words to check out the site.....

// FURNI AND "REAL SIMPLE" MAGAZINE

Real Simple is a super stylish magazine out of Florida with the tag line "Life Made Easier" It was rad of them to give a little shout out to our "Miller" cutting board who's design does just that. You can get them for 28$ at our online store

// FURNI AND "CANADIAN INTERIORS"

Canadian Interiors July/August issue had a little writeup about this years ICFF in New York and our "Magnusson" Acrylic wall clock made an apperance in the spread!

// FURNI GIVES A HOOT!

Why do big businesses suck so much??? Shouldn't they be the ones to pave the way for a more responsable future???? I'm not sure if it's due to the fact that I just saw the movie who killed the electric car ? but I decided to make a little fact sheet about some of the practices we use at Furni in our production process (Click on the thumbnail for a larger image) we are doing our best to give a hoot!

// FURNI AND "COOL'EH" MAGAZINE

Cool'eh magazine is out of New york and it's freakin awesome, the latest issue is their art issue and we are honured to have a little mention. If you don't suscribe to it you are seriously looney.

// FURNI AND "READYMADE"

Check out the latest issue of the coolest DIY mag in the world, it's called Readymade and we were lucky enough for a little coverage on page 27 of this months "Travel Issue"
**** As a side note I contributed an article called "Match Set" to their last issue, it can be found here

// FURNI AND "TRANSWORLD SKATEBOARDING"

Seriously..............We are in the August issue, I am still pinching myself.....no seriously...pinching hurts. For those who aren't familiar with Transworld SKATEboarding it's been around since before I started skating (at least 15 years) and it's the number one skate mag in the world. I will sleep well tonight.

// FURNI AND HIGH CASCADES SNOWBOARD CAMP

Our man about Town Mr Majai Bailey managed to hook us up with a nice bit of product placement, our Mullen now graces the wall at the Burton Demo center at High Cascades Snowboard Camp in Oregon. If you make it there take a look around the cafeteria and office for some more Furni goods...

// FURNI AND "INSIDE OUT"

Just got a copy of "Inside Out" architectural design ideas magazine and on page 31 of the latest issue our friend Mr Gator makes an apperance. Rock on.

// FURNI AND TURNTABLE LAB

We've just sent a shipment of the Barbee record shelves over to the dudes at Turntable Lab , they specialise in DJ "culture" (equipment/production tools etc..) they rock.......

// FURNI RUMOURS

Ari at Something Gloirius contacted us awhile ago to see if we'd be offering an alarm clock at any point soon, I told him unofficially "Yes" (This will be confirmed/denied within the next two weeks) armed with that info he was nice enough to do a writeup of us at his site Something Glorius give it a read....

// FURNI AND BLTD

The awesome dudettes over at Better Living Through Design were nice enough to do a little plug for the Jacob, Jones and Brown Line, Check out what they had to say here....

// JJ AND B SITE IS LAUNCHED!!!!

We've launched the new site for the Jacobs, Jones and Brown"studio" line of hand made,exotic wood home accents, the premier piece is the Gator SE (solid edition) based on the popular "Gator" model from our Hilo Line....check it out here

// JJ AND B, GATOR "SE" PIC

Here's a pic of the Gator "Se" (Solid Edition) that we had on show at the ICFF, the response was awesome, stay tuned to the Jacob, Jones and Brown Site as I will be adding more pics in the upcoming weeks....

// BACK FOM THE ICFF

We made it back late Tuesday Night after a stellar visit to the big apple. The show was awesome, distributed over 1500 line sheets,postcard and coasters (Hand screened promo!) We had nice visits from the Kids at COOLHUNTING, MOCOLOCO, CHOCOSHO, CITIZEN CITIZEN, and GIANT ROBOT (To mention just a few) Special props go out to Michelle from "COLOR" Magazine for hooking us up with a place to stay. Once we've had chance to sort ourselves out I will post more pics and updates from the show. Be well....

// FURNI AND "MIX"

We got an e-mail a few months ago from the creative editor at "Mix- Future Interiors" magazine out of London, He was digging our "skate-related" concept. The issue made it to our mailbox yesterday, It's now our new bible.

// FURNI AND "BPM"

I just got a copy of May's BPM Magazine and on page 23 we are featured in a "spot-on" writeup that's my favourite yet. If you are not familiar with the San Francisco based mag, get out from under your bed and head to your local news stand......... it seriously rocks.

// NEW LINE TO BE INTRODUCED AT ICFF

What better place to intro our new high end studio line than at this years ICFF, here's a sneak preview of one of our new clocks, this protoype is in solid beech, we will offer it in Teak,Mahogany,Rosewood and Walnut as part of our new Jacob, Jones and Brown Line

// FURNI AND "STRUT"

Next time you are at the newstand check out the latest issue of Canadian Fashion Magazine "STRUT" not only is it a cool mag, but they posted a little shout out to us in their latest issue!!

// FURNI LOVES NEW YORK

So it's official, we will be at this years ICFF(international contemporary furniture fair) in the big apple. We will be showing in a group exhibit for "New Design Canada" If you are in town come say hi, we will be at booth # 1758. Cheers!

// RADIO REVOLVER 3 "PODCAST"

Revolver 3, a really cool ad agency and branding company out of Montreal just launced their first "podcast" on the topic of creativity, we were lucky enough to be interviewed, check it out here (Most of the profiled artists are interviewed in french, our interview is in english and happens a couple minutes into the "podcast")

// NEW PRODUCT

we've just launched a new addition to the product line called the Miller. The Miller is a bamboo cutting board that cleverly incorporates a flush mounted serving/preparation bowl that can be switched when it's full (our set comes with three stainless steel bowls) It works kick assed when preparing stir-frys and other recipes with multiple ingredients to "prep". The board also doubles as a cool serving tray with sunken "dip" holder!

// FURNI'S HOME "St-Henri" FEATURED IN VIDEO

here's a little profile about St-Henri, the home of furni.......click here to see the video.

// THANKS Cosicosas

My spanish sucks....here's what google has to say:"A good revistero for our hall or study, elegant, minimalista, pleasant and present design. The price? 69$ in Furni Creations" click here for the original feature.

// I THINK THEY LIKE US.....

Just saw a link from hi-id,I wish I could read what they are saying..I hope they like us!

// HOUSE HACKER gets us!

It's nice to know that the dude at house hacker gets us.......

// FURNI and Maissoneuve Magazine

We've been added to the boutique section of Montreals Maissoneuve's online magazine click here to check it out, it's not fully updated yet, but sweet nonetheless!

// Rep packages almost done

We are busy getting together some rep packages, They will be presented in these nice "Recipe" style boxes with a "faux" woodgrain insert.....stay tuned!

// MILLER Bamboo Cutting Board

Here's a sneak preview into a new product due out mid Feb 2006......

// Interview with GRASSROOTS MODERN

the folks over at Grassroots Modern were nice enough to interview us, check it out here

// Interview with the MIRROR

we made it into last weeks montreal MIRROR weekly newspaper,check out the article here