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March 21, 2024

March Unlocks

Turn concepts into refined projects with two new features.

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Design

March 19, 2024

The Real Deal: Why empty Offices are being converted to coworking spaces

No time for a build-out in pivot to coworking Landlords grab off-the-shelf furniture and phone booths to update and temporarily fill empty space

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Editorial

March 19, 2024

Canoa's Lance Amato meets with Sid Meadows to discuss Canoa's platform

Lance Amato meets with Sid Meadows to discuss how Canoa's platform is revolutionizing the way design professionals select, specify, and manage office furniture inventories.

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March 13, 2024

Podcast: Explore the process of selling circular solutions and the challenges faced in the industry, with Canoa's Head of CX, Lance Amato.

Listen in to discussion between Garr Punnett, CEO of Looplayer, Sabira, Product Leader at Rheaply and Canoa's Head of CX, Lance Amato.

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Circularity

March 12, 2024

How investors should prioritize diverse investments in AI

Fortune article written by John Kell featuring our Chief Operating Officer, Ellie Cunningham.

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Editorial

March 6, 2024

The Battle to Unseat the Aeron, the World’s Most Coveted Office Chair

Bloomberg article written by Matthew Boyle featuring our CEO Federico Negro

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March 1, 2024

Canoa featured in Metropolis Spring Issue: Testing the Limits, New Approaches and Technologies.

Read more of what Federico Negro, Canoa's CEO has to say about Canoa and where AI fits in.

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February 29, 2024

February Unlocks

February was a big month for us with eight key features unlocked today: Scale, Frame, Align, Add Shapes, Text, Comment and Import + Export work.

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Design

February 21, 2024

Release Notes: Improvements & Mirroring in Canvas

Canoa releases new product info features for easy visibility and data creation.

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February 12, 2024

Release: Projects

Canoa releases new product info features for easy visibility and data creation.

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February 9, 2024

Kicking off our 2024 Product Roadshow!

January kicked off our in-person product roadshow. A week long experience to meet with our early adopters IRL and connect with more designers who are actively rejecting status quo processes and practices and are embracing new ways to master their craft.

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February 6, 2024

Release: Frames & Improvements

Canoa releases new product info features for easy visibility and data creation.

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February 5, 2024

Innovation : 2050 Materials w/ Phanos Hadjikyriakou

Today, we engage in a conversation with Phanos, the co-founder of 2050 Materials

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Editorial

February 1, 2024

Panel Discussion: Elevating Workplace Intelligence

Our CEO Federico Negro joins Plastarc Panel discussion: How organizations can leverage AI to elevate the design, construction, operation, and experience of their workplaces.

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January 30, 2024

Brand Storefronts Are Here at Canoa

Today we are launching brand storefronts, our new experience to help brands, dealers and interior designers connect.

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January 29, 2024

Learnings with Lance: Innovation : Compostable Commercial Furniture w/ Samuel Aguirre

Stay tuned as we delve into the transformative intersection of design and sustainability with Samuel Aguirre.

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Circularity

January 29, 2024

Release: Comments & Fixes

Canoa releases new product info features for easy visibility and data creation.

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January 25, 2024

Release: Alignment

Canoa releases new product info features for easy visibility and data creation.

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January 16, 2024

Release: Scaling, Measure & Opacity

Canoa releases new product info features for easy visibility and data creation.

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January 9, 2024

Release: First Release of 2024: Text in Canvas and Side Panel Updates

Canoa releases new product info features for easy visibility and data creation.

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January 2, 2024

8 big ideas designers should embrace in 2024

Fast Company Article Focusing on 2024 Design Focuses

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Editorial

December 22, 2023

Canoa’s 2023 handoff

Sit back in your favorite chair and read about our 2023 top features, community highlights, and 2024 look ahead

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Editorial

December 12, 2023

Learnings With Lance: Chapter 9

What is Vegan Leather? In this discussion, we interview Maggie Ulrich, educator in sustainable textiles to review the aspects of vegan leather, shedding light on its environmental impact, ethical considerations, and overall performance.

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Circularity

December 12, 2023

Release: Better Product Data Tooling for Better Design

Canoa releases new product info features for easy visibility and data creation.

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December 12, 2023

Release: Catalog Pro experience and Shuffling product options

Canoa releases new product info features for easy visibility and data creation.

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December 4, 2023

Chapter 6 : Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) - Part 2

Chapter 6 : Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Part 2

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Circularity

December 4, 2023

Release: Pilot for Catalog Pro, Powerful Product Upload Tool

Canoa releases pilot program for catalog upload and management tool.

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Release Notes

December 4, 2023

Chapter 8 : Design Impact - MSR Design

Chapter 8 : Design Impact - MSR Design

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Circularity

December 2, 2023

Chapter 7 : Innovation - Urban Machine

Chapter 7 : Innovation - Urban Machine

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Circularity

November 28, 2023

Release: Domain Admin and Mobile Views

Canoa releases cool new canvas features, including domain admin and a view-only mobile experience.

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November 17, 2023

Release: The Canvas Right Click Menu You've Been Waiting For

Canoa releases new product features, including a helpful right click menu with designer friendly options.

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Release Notes

November 16, 2023

Embrace the Tension: Interior Design and AI

Federico Negro, our founder and CEO shares his thoughts on the current state of interior design and AI.

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Design

November 15, 2023

Chapter 5 : Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)

Chapter 5 : Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)

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Circularity

November 14, 2023

Lance Amato on Chapter 4 : Re-Upholstery

Chapter 4 : Re-Upholstery

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Circularity

November 13, 2023

Lance Amato on Chapter 2 : Certified Preowned Furniture

Chapter 2 : Certified Preowned Furniture

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Circularity

November 13, 2023

Lance Amato on Chapter 3 : What is Cradle to Gate

Chapter 3 : What is Cradle to Gate

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Circularity

November 8, 2023

Canoa x Reseat 

Today marks a new milestone as we work towards supporting our design community in providing solutions with circularity at the forefront.

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Circularity

November 7, 2023

Lance Amato on Chapter 1 : The Green Lease

Chapter 1 : The Green Lease

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Circularity

November 7, 2023

Release: New Sign Up Flow and Canvas Keeps Getting Better

Canoa releases new product features, including account-based sign up flow and cool new canvas improvements.

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Release Notes

October 31, 2023

Release: Rename, Duplicate, and Share Your Canvas

Canoa releases new canvas features, including rename, duplicate, share right from the canvas dashboard.

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October 23, 2023

Canoa Featured in the 2nd Annual Eclipse Carbon Optimization Report

Canoa's focus on reusable and modular designs can result in reduction of carbon emissions.

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Circularity

October 19, 2023

Canoa Talks Accessible Design on Practice Disrupted Podcast

Canoa joins the Practice Disrupted podcast to discuss how utilizing technology can make good design efficient and accessible for everyone.

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Editorial

October 6, 2023

Introducing Canoa version 2.0

Canoa releases an AI recommendation engine and infinite design canvas to help designers create with Canoa.

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Release Notes

September 28, 2023

Release: Product Catalog Updates

Canoa releases new product features, including improvements to product data in our furniture catalog.

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Release Notes

September 19, 2023

We Return to TRXL Podcast "Design Tools and the Circular Economy"

Lance Amato returns to TRXL to discuss Canoa's design tool and how the platform drives furniture discovery for sustainable design.

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Editorial

August 30, 2023

Studio Anand Sheth x CANOA

Anand Sheth has a conversation about design, collaboration, and his Canoa collection.

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Editorial

August 22, 2023

See How Raise Commercial Real Estate Uses Canoa

Meet Raise Commercial Real Estate and learn how they use Canoa to design.

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Editorial

August 15, 2023

Meet Denvir Enterprises

Meet Denvir Enterprises, a creative studio based out of LA and founded by Holland Denvir.

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August 2, 2023

Release: Product Data Imports

Canoa releases new product features. Data imports from supplier ecommerce sites make our product catalog even bigger.

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July 25, 2023

Meet REDDIE

REDDIE is an Australian furniture house that sees the beauty in recycled trash. Design with REDDIE on Canoa.

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Editorial

July 19, 2023

Public Shop Launch

Product Catalog (formerly The Shop) launches to the public, giving designers a whole new way to discover their new favorite things.

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July 18, 2023

A love letter to interior designers

Finding design inspiration just got way better.

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July 12, 2023

Meet PROWL Studio

Exploring regenerative design with PROWL Studio. Design with PROWL on Canoa.

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Editorial

June 27, 2023

Federico Negro Joins PROWL Studio On Architecture 5 10 20 Podcast

A conversation about sustainable furniture with PROWL Studio and CANOA hosted by Florencia Kratsman at FXCollaborative.

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Design

June 2, 2023

Release: Little Updates

Canoa releases new product features, including product card enhancements and other little updates.

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May 31, 2023

Lance Amato on Everything Coworking Podcast

Lance Amato joins Jamie Russo on the Everything Coworking podcast to discuss Canoa's commitment to sustainability in design.

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Editorial

May 11, 2023

Release: The Cart

Canoa releases a new product feature. For the first time, shop directly from your floorplan with add to cart.

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May 1, 2023

Release: Creative Admin (create your own products!)

Canoa releases new product features, including a flexible and powerful way to bring your own products into your catalog.

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April 14, 2023

Release: Product and Kits, Inventory, Comments

Canoa releases cool new product features, including a better way to manage your product cards and inventory.

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March 31, 2023

Release: Self-Signup and Help

Canoa releases new product features, including self-sign up and a better way to get help with your designs.

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March 3, 2023

Release: Magic Link and API Keys

Canoa releases new product features, including a new way to share your designs and integrate Canoa to your workflow.

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February 23, 2023

Four Workplace Design Hacks from the Team Behind CANOA

Learn how to quickly and efficiently design a large workplace floorplan using design hacks made possible with CANOA.

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Design

January 20, 2023

Release: Team Administration

Canoa releases new product features, including an easier way to add team members to your account.

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Release Notes

November 22, 2022

Federico Negro in Business Insider Top 15 List

Federico Negro, founder of Canoa, discusses environmentally friendly office spaces and the impact of reuse in design.

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Editorial

November 17, 2022

Release: Improvements to Layout and Message Center

Canoa releases significant improvements to our layout performance and the message center.

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November 3, 2022

Release: Message Center

The Canoa message center can super-charge collaboration between designers and your partners.

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October 18, 2022

Announcing 'The Shop'

CANOA’s largest product release yet adds a curated marketplace of new and reused products to design sustainably.

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Release Notes

August 4, 2022

DesignIntelligence Interviews Federico Negro on Circularity

DesignIntelligence discusses the circular economy in interior design with Federico Negro, founder of Canoa.

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Circularity

June 3, 2022

CANOA at Milan Design Week 2022

CANOA powers a diverse group of independent designers in Milan Design Week Exhibition, ‘THIS IS AMERICA’

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Editorial

May 2, 2022

CANOA welcomes WOC design studio, ADITIONS

In this entry, ADITIONS founders Alma and Liz share thoughts on what makes for ‘good design’ and we share our updates and plans for 2022.

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Editorial

March 21, 2022

CANOA is Awarded Best New Practice of 2021 by ArchDaily

We are thrilled to be recognized among some of the world's best designers as one of the best new practices of 2021 by ArchDaily.

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Editorial

February 17, 2022

Federico Negro Talks Future of Workplace on Practice Disrupted Podcast

Founder Federico Negro discusses building a business with purpose, the future of workplace, and how CANOA plans to disrupt the industry.

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Circularity

November 30, 2021

Matterport Features Canoa in Case Study

Canoa creates low carbon commercial real estate retrofits and asset planning tool. Featured in Matterport case study.

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Circularity

November 13, 2021

Federico Negro on TRXL Podcast, 'Everything Floats'

A wonderful conversation with Evan Troxel on the founding of CANOA and what our vision is for a decarbonized built world.

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Editorial

November 13, 2021

A year on: technology and commercial retrofits

So, how does a building owner meet their carbon goals when more than 50% of any one building’s impact comes from its tenants?

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Editorial

November 11, 2021

Canoa in LastMeter Talks with John Manoochehri and Antony Slumbers

A fun and informal chat between Antony Slumbers and host John Manoochehri of BASE2 for the inaugural 'Last Meter Talks'.

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Editorial

November 10, 2021

Celebrating CANOA's Next Stage of Growth

With our recently closed pre-seed round, some amazing venture partners join us on the CANOA journey.

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Editorial

November 10, 2021

Designing a low carbon economy

At the end of 2019, Canoa set out to change the way businesses shopped for the office. Now, just over 2 years and a global pandemic since our founding, we are thrilled to announce the raise of $8.7M in seed funding led by Eclipse Ventures, TMV, Building Ventures, and Gemini Ventures bringing our total funding to just over $10m.

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Editorial

May 4, 2021

The Anti-Architect Podcast featuring Lance Amato from Canoa

Lance Amato discusses Canoa and the impact of technology on architecture and design in this episode of The Anti-Architect podcast.

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Editorial

March 9, 2021

Lance Amato on TRXL Podcast, 'The Space Doesn't Care'

Lance Amato talks with Evan Troxel about using technology and automation to drive sustainability and transparency in design.

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Editorial

March 4, 2021

Federico Negro on WeWork's Lasting Impact on Architecture

Hear our founder, Federico Negro, discuss the impact WeWork had on the design profession.

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Editorial

April 30, 2020

A short manifesto on the built environment in 2020

An article on the reasons we started this company and why we hope you'll join us on our mission to decarbonize cities.

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Editorial

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