The Experts – Trade Secrets “The cities top decore pros shair their inspirations. Randy Simmen has been honing his industrial design chops since he began working for his family’s manufacturing business at 16. Desmond Chan spent a decade as creative director of a luxury outerwear firm. Long-time friends, they founded Cofo on their shared interest in the process of making well-crafted products.” Read Story
Toronto company is doing high-end furniture by local designers Fresh grads and budding furniture designers are getting a chance to showcase their creativty through a company that helps them build and sell their work. Read Story
COFO Wants to Manufacture Your (Really Good) Furniture Ideas Desmond Chan and Randy Simmen of COFO are giving young designers a chance to turn their ideas into Canadian-made home furnishings. Read Story
Three Rising Canadian Design Studios to Watch Desmond Chan and Randy Simmen founded COFO Design with the goal of building a Canadian-made furniture collection comprising pieces by a variety of young designers. The duo plans to… Read Story
COFO Gives Undiscovered Talent a Platform to Produce and Sell Their Work Canadian design collective COFO, short for “Cofounders”, launched in 2017 by Desmond Chan and Randy Simmen as a platform for undiscovered designers to get their work out there. Along with bringing their designs to market, they also… Read Story