Archive for the ‘hospitality design’ Category
Friday, April 17th, 2009
From the desk of John Hiemstra
"When I started working closely with The Frame Maker on this website and developing a forward looking plan of action for the business last year, I began right away on the "green" mission I've been carrying along to different degrees since I was a kid. ...
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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
When San Diego architect James Brown approached us about framing for his show "The Third Country/El Tercer Pais" (opening this Thursday April at the Athenaeum in La Jolla), he asked for a simple gallery treatment in a spare natural wood frame. When I asked if he had a lumber preference ...
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Friday, February 20th, 2009
Here are some pics of the maple picture frame moulding we had custom milled for Xu Bing's 135" paper piece from the Artist's Respond! show at MCASD.
[caption id="attachment_51" align="aligncenter" width="504" caption="custom maple picture frame moulding for Xu Bing"][/caption]There is no commercial picture frame moulding made at these lengths, which we ...
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Friday, May 16th, 2008
(Disclaimer: you're not allowed to take pictures at this show unless you are "official" press, which I am clearly not, so there won't be any pictures in these posts.)
If I could have take pictures inside the hall at the HD Expo this weekend, I could show you several very ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
In attending the Hospitality Design Expo this weekend on behalf of The Frame Maker, we as a shop are trying to get a clearer picture of where the hospitality industry is headed, not just as it relates to our own contract framing services, but what's happening for our professional client ...
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