Vancouver Sun, October 22, 2010
"Who hasn't gone to a home show looking for the new and arresting, but come away more impressed with the tried and true -- work by men and women like Andres Schneiter, and designers Brent Neave and Dwaina Sprague. They were exhibitors at the recent Interior Design Show West -- or IDSwest -- and caught the eye of reporter Claudia Kwan..."
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Edmonton Journal, November 13, 2010
"Andres Schneiter was a longtime wooden-furniture hobbyist before he decided to devote himself to the pursuit full time."
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Times Colonist, November 13, 2010
"When he was a university student learning about industrial design in Switzerland, Andres Schneiter was subjected to strict discipline from his instructors... Today, the workshop on his expansive Maple Ridge property is scrupulously clean, warm with the heat emanating from a stove burning otherwise unusable pieces of scrap. Wood is carefully sorted according to not only the size and type of the pieces (maple, pine, oak), but right down to the tree it came from. That allows him to match the grain of the pieces for his furniture."
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Regina Leader-Post, November 6, 2010
When he was a university student learning about industrial design in Switzerland, Andres Schneiter was subjected to strict discipline from his instructors. Papers had to be stacked neatly, tools put away.... The training in proper processes would serve him well through a 25-year career in telecommunications. Schneiter had already been a longtime hobbyist when it came to making wooden furniture, but he decided to devote himself to the pursuit full time after the telecom industry crashed in the early 2000s.
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The Province, October 31, 2010
Andres Schneiter spent 25 years working in telecommunications, but was a longtime hobbyist in the making of wooden furniture. When the telecom industry crashed in the early 2000s, he turned that hobby into a full-time pursuit.
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Times Colonist, February 10, 2009
As he crafts his furniture from maple wood, Andres Schneiter aims to make his pieces with as clean lines as possible so that it almost appears to float. His designs look simple and to make them, he combines engineering and art. But the simpler the piece of furniture, the more complicated it is to make.
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Times Colonist, Business Section, Online
Who hasn't gone to a home show looking for the new and arresting, but come away more impressed with the tried and true - work by men and women like Andres Schneiter, and designers Brent Neave and Dwaina Sprague.
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