Costco Flyer - 07/01-08/31/2020 (Page 36)

serge turgeon and silvia spampinato paper trail photo courtesy of silvia spampin electronics to go back to basics by mark cardwell company info company high-quality school-year planners and about using paper that people just can't get from electronics book or a child's blanket," says turgeon designs and sells a number of paper agendas provides an opportunity to write manually which is something human beings have done understand and remember information better." turgeon knew nothing about the primal power of paper planners and agendas in 2003 when he started publishing them as a sideline and sold in quebec pharmacies under the but as demand for agendas began to exclusively on the design and production of innovative paper products made using the and sustainability top of mind in addition to eco-friendly materials like acid-free sustainable forest paper and soy- and life agendas feature toxic-free recyclable vegan covers “all the printing and binding is done printing began nearly 1,000 years ago," says in our choice of materials and our minimal- istic functional design in order to provide ing and using beautifully designed and to create objects that will make our custom- ers more productive and happy." that commitment extends beyond the walls of turgeon's home office and into the surrounding community of st-henri spampinato have spearheaded several some 100 members that has organized more than 60 community cleanups and “work-life balance is a core principle for relationships with our colleagues and suppli- an extension of who we are as persons.” ceo and founder serge turgeon; silvia employees internally two employ- ees; outside designer of about eight people as well as around 30 salespeople and headquarters website wmaxwell.com items carried at costco quote about costco "my experience with costco's buying department is that they are competent passionate and fair." mark cardwell is a writer from the quebec city region who uses paper planners