Meet Jean-François Bussière of Atelier Bussière
Jean-François Bussière went from making countertops to making furniture, which he's showing at the upcoming IDS Toronto show.
At the 2018 IDS Toronto in January, we will again be sponsoring their Maker section, which helps give a platform to designers, makers and brands who are innovating, making a difference or creating design that betters our lives. The Maker section is perfect for businesses that have manufacturing capabilities, and are looking to expand distribution, and we are lucky to be part of the process of choosing them. We talked to Jean-François Bussière of Atelier Bussière:
Jean-François Bussière
How did you get into design and making"
Atelier Bussière has existed since 2010. Until 2016, with a team of 25 employees, we were manufacturing granite, marble and quartz countertops. Since we started manufacturing countertops in 2010, I always wanted to create and manufacture different objects and furniture with the stone slabs leftover that we were not able to reuse to manufacture into countertops. I could not accomplish this dream to create stone furniture and objects because we were extremely busy making the countertops that we were selling at that time. Last year, one of our competitors made us an offer to buy our list of employees, our list of clients, our order book and our slabs inventory. When the transaction was completed, I found myself alone with a workshop, different equipment to transform stone, tons of slabs leftover and this un...
At the 2018 IDS Toronto in January, we will again be sponsoring their Maker section, which helps give a platform to designers, makers and brands who are innovating, making a difference or creating design that betters our lives. The Maker section is perfect for businesses that have manufacturing capabilities, and are looking to expand distribution, and we are lucky to be part of the process of choosing them. We talked to Jean-François Bussière of Atelier Bussière:
Jean-François Bussière
How did you get into design and making"
Atelier Bussière has existed since 2010. Until 2016, with a team of 25 employees, we were manufacturing granite, marble and quartz countertops. Since we started manufacturing countertops in 2010, I always wanted to create and manufacture different objects and furniture with the stone slabs leftover that we were not able to reuse to manufacture into countertops. I could not accomplish this dream to create stone furniture and objects because we were extremely busy making the countertops that we were selling at that time. Last year, one of our competitors made us an offer to buy our list of employees, our list of clients, our order book and our slabs inventory. When the transaction was completed, I found myself alone with a workshop, different equipment to transform stone, tons of slabs leftover and this un...
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