Copeland Furniture Designers
Armin Driver is the Design Director for Copeland Furniture. Armin started her education at SNDT University, Mumbai, India where she completed her diploma in Interior Design. Upon graduating from SNDT, she joined Circus Design Studio as a founding partner where she worked on several interior and architectural projects for nine years. In 1998 she moved to Ft. Bragg, California to attend the College of Redwoods studying fine woodworking under master craftsman James Krenov for two years. She then joined Copeland Furniture and has been with them since then.
Carl Thompson trained and graduated as an Industrial Designer. He has worked for some of the most respected names in modern design including Eliot Noyes, Walter Dorwin Teague, and Henry Dreyfuss. Over the course of his career he has designed a broad range of products with a particular emphasis on aircraft interiors, rapid transit vehicles, and industrial vehicles. In each case, seating is an elementary and important piece. That experience applies to furniture design, a continuing interest. He believes design is the synthesis of materials, methods, art, and science producing attractive, comfortable, useful objects and furnishings. This approach has led to domestic and international recognition.
Carl Thompson trained and graduated as an Industrial Designer. He has worked for some of the most respected names in modern design including Eliot Noyes, Walter Dorwin Teague, and Henry Dreyfuss. Over the course of his career he has designed a broad range of products with a particular emphasis on aircraft interiors, rapid transit vehicles, and industrial vehicles. In each case, seating is an elementary and important piece. That experience applies to furniture design, a continuing interest. He believes design is the synthesis of materials, methods, art, and science producing attractive, comfortable, useful objects and furnishings. This approach has led to domestic and international recognition.
Marc Boudreau grew up near the sea on the Quebec eastern coast where he first learned to work with wood in his father’s workshop. For reasons he can’t quite explain, furniture design has always been a passion. Throughout his career, Marc has contributed to numerous commercial successes and has received several design awards in recognition of his work. With over 25 years of experience in product design, he spent few years in the industry before establishing his own studio in Quebec City in 2002.
Since then, he has collaborated with various American and Canadian companies to create residential furniture, urban furnishings, and playground equipment. As a designer, his greatest strength lies in his creativity. He is driven by the pursuit of simple, innovative concepts that align with his clients’ philosophies and enhance their brand image.
Marc Boudreau grew up near the sea on the Quebec eastern coast where he first learned to work with wood in his father’s workshop. For reasons he can’t quite explain, furniture design has always been a passion. Throughout his career, Marc has contributed to numerous commercial successes and has received several design awards in recognition of his work. With over 25 years of experience in product design, he spent few years in the industry before establishing his own studio in Quebec City in 2002.
Since then, he has collaborated with various American and Canadian companies to create residential furniture, urban furnishings, and playground equipment. As a designer, his greatest strength lies in his creativity. He is driven by the pursuit of simple, innovative concepts that align with his clients’ philosophies and enhance their brand image.
Jake Hanson was born and raised in Grand Rapids, MI, and started working with local cabinetmakers in high school. He studied at Kendall College of Art and Design, majoring in Furniture Design while taking an assortment of drafting, woodworking, and metalworking classes. He started his career learning to engineer high end furniture, combining his skills from cabinet shops and college courses with large scale wood and upholstery manufacturing. Caring deeply about utilizing the natural beauty of the wood and sustainable practices, he has joined Copeland as a designer and engineer.
Jake Hanson was born and raised in Grand Rapids, MI, and started working with local cabinetmakers in high school. He studied at Kendall College of Art and Design, majoring in Furniture Design while taking an assortment of drafting, woodworking, and metalworking classes. He started his career learning to engineer high end furniture, combining his skills from cabinet shops and college courses with large scale wood and upholstery manufacturing. Caring deeply about utilizing the natural beauty of the wood and sustainable practices, he has joined Copeland as a designer and engineer.