How to design with Brand Storefronts

This article will show you how to leverage manufacturer Brand Storefronts and community Canvas mood boards and presentations in your design development and furniture specification process.

What are Brand Storefronts?

Some of our community's favorite brand manufacturers now have digital storefronts, aka Brand Storefronts. These storefronts give you insight into the manufacturer and their design ethos, showcase new product launches and featured furniture, and the best part... Canvas presentations and mood boards with their product catalog and design inspirations that you can copy and paste directly into your own Canvas or furniture layout.

How to find Brand Storefronts?

The Brand Storefronts are conveniently linked in our Product library under 'Brands' and linked through the Resources menu on our home page.

Select the Products icon.

Select BRANDS from the category filters at the top of the page.

Select the Brand Storefront that you'd like explore.

From you Canvas board:

Click on the Canoa logo at the top left of your Canvas board. You will be taken to your Canvas Dashboard.
Click on the Products icon on the Navigation bar on the left.
Select BRANDS from the category filters at the top of the page.
Select the Brand Storefront that you'd like explore.

How to launch a Brand Canvas:

Select a Brand Storefront.
Read more about a brand and their design ethos and mission statement.
A brand's Canvas is embedded within the storefront itself. You can preview their Canvas within the storefront or select Launch Brand Canvas to be taken directly to the public Canvas they created

How to design with Brand Storefronts & Community Canvases

Each Brand Storefront has a public Canvas with their products and inspiration images. Some brands or designers in our community have created additional Canvases with designs featuring products from a brand. When you navigate to a brand's storefront, you can see if there are additional Canvases available.

Click on Launch Brand Canvas or select a Canvas created by the community.
The Canvas will open up in a new tab or window.
Select the products or images that you're interested in, right-click and select Copy or ctrl+C / cmd+C.
Navigate to your Canvas dashboard, which is typically in another tab. Otherwise, click on the Canoa logo to be taken to your Canvas Dashboard. Start a new Canvas or open an existing Canvas.
Right-click on an area of your Canvas and select Paste or ctrl+V / cmd+V to paste the selected brand products into your Canvas.
Let the design fun begin! Incorporate these added products into your design.