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Media Releases

Contexture Design Awarded Western Living's 2011 Eco Designer of the Year

September 7, 2011

Vancouver-based industrial designers and co-founders of Contexture Design, Trevor Coghill and Nathan Lee, are the recent recipients of Western Living's 2011 'Eco Designer of the Year' Award. The Western Living Design Awards are a celebration of the people who are creating some of the most dynamic and exciting places and spaces on the planet...
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Contexture Design's brand-new hanging mobile 'Pollen Nation' aims to put honeybees first for August 2011

August 10, 2011

For the month of August, Vancouver-based industrial designers and co-founders of Contexture Design, Trevor Coghill and Nathan Lee, will donate fifty percent of profits from every 'Pollen Nation' mobile sold through their online shop to support the making of the documentary 'Vanishing of the Bees', in hopes to educate and raise awareness about the current plight of the honeybee...
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Industrial designers of Contexture Design launch a brand-new collection of modern, eco-friendly designs for 2011

June 29, 2011

This summer, Vancouver-based industrial designers and co-founders of Contexture Design, Trevor Coghill and Nathan Lee, have launched a brand-new collection of modern, eco-friendly products for the design conscious, yet environmentally responsible consumer...
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Contexture Design exhibits sustainable 'Home Phone' at eme3's 2011 International Architecture Festival in Barcelona, Spain

June 24, 2011

Vancouver-based industrial designers and co-founders of Contexture Design, Trevor Coghill and Nathan Lee, will have their phone booth 'Home Phone' featured at the eme3 2011 International Architecture Festival from June 30 to July 3 in Barcelona, Spain...
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Sustainable Designers Save Phone Booth from Landfill, Create "Home Phone"

February 1, 2010

Challenged with the task of transforming a phone booth into a new product for IDSwest 2009's Off the Hook Feature Exhibit, Contexture Design co-founders Nathan Lee and Trevor Coghill designed and built "Home Phone," a special project that explores the concepts of home and shelter, particularly as they relate to homelessness...
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Contexture Design's New Hanging Mobile to be Displayed at the ROM During the TIDF

January 19, 2010

The sustainable design team's new release, "Redfish", a Hanging Mobile, is kinetic art that inspires education about the dwindling British Columbia salmon run...
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Green Designers Win National Design Award

November 26, 2008

Contexture Design is being recognized this week at the 2008 Design Exchange Awards. The design team received top prize indesign for their hanging mobile, "As The Crow Flies"...
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Sustainable Designers Create Hanging Mobile For Babies And Hip Parents

August 27, 2008

Green designers Contexture Design have set their sights on naptime, creating a stylish hanging mobile for babies, hip parents and anyone who appreciates good design in their nest...
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Designer iPod Cases Made From Cassette Tapes Updated To Fit New iPod Nano

December 4, 2008

Green designers Contexture Design have refreshed their line of iPod accessories with the release of their latest cases made from reclaimed audiocassettes. Originally launched in 2007 to fit first and second-generation nanos, the cases known as '45 nano' have been updated to fit the new fourth-generation iPod nano...
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Lowly Cassettes Return As Designer iPod Nano Cases

September 18, 2007

Audio cassette tapes are making a pop culture comeback, this time as protective designer cases for iPod nanos by Contexture Design...
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New iPod Cases Use Reclaimed Vinyl Albums To Protect Digital Music Players

January 17, 2007

Fans of digital music can now dress up their iPods with one-of-a-kind protective cases made using reclaimed vinyl records. Created by Contexture Design, the cases are known as '45', after the typical playing speed of 7-inch vinyl records...
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