Alum: Coraline Allard
Website: https://qnadesign.ca
We are Pierre and Coraline, a couple of French architects from Normandy. When we arrived in Canada, we worked for several years on the development of the Bowlus Road Chief camper, which gave us experience in prototyping, designing and crafting high quality and unique products. We then created Q&A Design in 2014, where we design and craft high quality objects, with locally sourced wood and metal as much as we can. We also enjoy doing custom commission work, custom design or fabrication. From Bird feeders to Fire towers, you can see our various productions during art and craft shows. On another hand, we also work directly with customers on custom projects. It can range from a very unique mailbox, to the design and installation of a trade show booth.
The Entrepreneurship Connections program helped me to focus on what were our business goals, and how to achieve them. Eventho, I didn’t have my own business in France before coming to Canada, the program taught us all the basics of Entrepreneurship, and went far beyond that, especially with the Business Plan explanation. Also, the community we developed during the program is still strong even after 4 years, and I am so grateful for that.’ – Coraline Allard