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Toboom - Winner of Formica Canada’s Industrial Design Competition
Architecture and Design

Canadian students win first prize at Formica’s 2021 FORM Student Innovation competition

...furniture for children. This marks the second year in a row that the award was won by Canadian students. Now in its fourth year, the competition invites architecture, interior design and furniture design students from across Canada and the U.S. to create furniture using Formica® Brand products. A record total of 244 en...

Ikea - Just How Sustainable is the Swedish Big-Box Furniture Retailer?
Products and Materials

Ikea sustainability and their new sell-back program

...furniture with non-toxic, formaldehyde-free materials, or non-toxic zero-VOC finishes. Here is a non-toxic natural wood finishing oil we found and used, and it can be easy to overlook since it isn't wrapped in a splashy ‘eco-friendly’ logo, we had to read the fine print to learn this - "The main ingredients in the wood...