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Sneak Preview - New Product Specs…

Monday, May 21st, 2007

- No-one else has them: we’ve been working closely with fabric innovators over the last year and we’re there – we have exclusive fabrics to shatter performance standards.

- Breaking the green benchmark: The product line is coming in as the greenest product in the industry, with nearly all our garments being made from recycled or recyclable fabrics.

- Lifetime product: Every one of our garments will have lifetime guarantees - period.

So when will they be here…?

We’re aiming for the start of September, but can’t make any promises. If you want to know the moment they arrive, just give us some details by , clicking here and we’ll keep you posted.

Finisterre’s design philosophy talk

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

Our design director, Tom Podkolinski, will be making a presentation at the secondary schools conference on issues facing designers and manufacturers in the 21st century. Basing his talk on Finisterre’s direct experience, areas’s of discussion will include sustainability, air miles, recycling and the impact of new technologies in their particular field. The conference is taking place on Friday 2nd March at the Design and Making Centre, Pool, Cornwall. For details of availabilty please call 01209 86334 or email:dmcentre@cornwall. Should be a good day.

Field Testing - Poland

Tuesday, February 6th, 2007

Fabric swatches, testing rooms and lab coats are just a first step in the creation of our technical products.
The second stage is a load of field testing and where theory meets reality.
So this Saturday we are off to track wolves (and test our new Finisterre gear) as part of a conservation project in Eastern Poland.

What’s on the cards:
Finisterre new product range
1 x founder, 1 x marketing director, 1 x design director, 1 x doctor
The Carpathian Mountains
8 x pairs of cross country skis and 2m of snow
minus 15ºC temps
days of snow/hail (or both);
1 x bearded wolf /bear tracker (and his Polish mead)
…and some wolves

We’ll let you know how we get on…