WEETU CARLY HAS SOMETHING TO SAY

Chicago’s L/WD (League of Women Designers) held their second panel discussion entitled Design & Craft / Hands-on & Digital. Weetu Carly was invited to participate to discuss the contemporary intersection of making, process and product and how that relates to weetu’s design and architectural practice.

LWD presented two panel discussions, hosted by Manifold, featuring leading members of the design community, programmed to cultivate pertinent and timely dialogue in association with Skirt.  

Moderated by Heather Mullins – Relevant ReUse, the Panel Guests included:

Maria Boustead – Owner of Po Campo
Carly Cannell – Founder of Weetu
Sharon Burdett – Co-Owner of Strand Design
Gina Panijan – Independent Surface Designer

QUESTIONS WITH CARLY CANNELL

See what weetu Carly has to say about placing twice with Radical Innovation in Hospitality and the importance of revitalizing local economies by making the most out of what we already have on Earth.

PUREWOW.COM "GREEN MACHINES"

weetu thanks PureWow Chicago for featuring our new products unveiled at this year’s Guerrilla Truck Show!

FLATPACKING + MEATPACKING

Thank you Chicago Magazine Home + Garden for including our Diamond PlantLamp in your “Flatpacking at Guerrilla Truck Show” coverage!

WEETHREE

weetu was so amused at Architizer's Design Challenge: NYC's Worst Bathroom Competition that wee just had to submit. Kenny Lao and his disgusting "Trainspotting" inspired bathroom needed some magic! Led by weetu designstar Carmen Cervantes, the team submitted "Kenny's BathBox" in the final few moments prior to the deadline. The effort paid off, as today we were awarded 3rd place In lieu of a bronze metal, we won recognition on Architizer’s site and a super cool Brizo kitchen touchless faucet.

RECESSION = INNOVATION?

IIDA Perspectives Publication Summer 2010, “THE POWER TO INNOVATE” Thank you to IIDA’s Perspective Magazine and Steve Hendershoot for including weetu president Carly Cannell in the Summer publication about The Power To Innovate. Carly, joined by James Ludwig - VP of Design at Steelcase, Rick Perkins- ideation lead at Haworth and Jan Johnson, FIIDA and VP of Design and Workplace Resources for Allsteel, speak to innovation amidst a recession.

METROPOLIS, "THE COLOR FORECAST"

Carly Cannell and Kevin Estrada were asked by Metropolis Magazine to contribute their approach for the Mind/Body/Soul Collection for Durkan Commercial and specifically, the color named “hot”. They write, “Our team doesn’t begin our process with picking color; we derive color from our explorations and experimentation. With flooring, our intent was to achieve a product that interacts with a space through depth, shadow, transparency, and reflectivity. Using 3-D modeling software, we created dimensional patterns. Hot was derived from the shadows that the patterns yielded, while the highlights were a deep jewel-tone red - hence the name.”