Archive for the ‘green’ Category

Custom moulding/ custom frame prototypes

Friday, February 27th, 2009

The Frame Maker has always greatly appreciated and recommended fine hardwood picture frame mouldings when the piece calls for this kind of classic picture frame. Obviously, many premium hardwoods have today grown scarce from the rapid growth of industry, trade and commerce. For framers and their clients, this scarcity drives three ...

Custom finished frames for Jasper Johns @ MCASD

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

This week has been a crazy one for multi-tasking @ The Frame Maker when it came to really custom picture frame design for some of San Diego's museums and designers-- with pretty positive results. First up, are the 13 custom finish maple frames we made for the upcoming Jasper Johns: Light ...

Green case study #5: how does it work?

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

In the last post, I had worked my way back to the example of Sierra Pine's sustainable MDF line as an area of growth driven by demand for a clean, "green" product. Another reason Sierra Pacific is such a great example is that their marketing and copy on their website clearly ...

Green case study #4: whats in it for me?

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Its the business owner's bottom line, after any pitch or presentation about anything, especially for a relatively unproven niche market like "green" building or design: how does this product/service/alternative help me and my business make money? If you own or manage a business and read any of these articles about "green" ...

Green case study part 3: clean, green MDF

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

There are solutions for some of the "green" issues I've discussed about MDF- what's it made from, what its made with, and so on-- and I mean real solutions in the form of product available in the marketplace today. Check out Sierra Pine an established wood-composite manufacturing company that supplies ...