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FFi (Fine Furniture International) - Unsung Hero ·
This (is a) unique furniture collection. You will discover a remarkable range of fresh spirited design in creative styles and themes that will excite your imagination.

Fans are bound to fall in love with (Keer's) fun loving, well crafted (furniture)... it can nestle into almost any nest - corporate, commercial and residential.

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ARTS MAGAZINE - Furniture I Presume, Exhibit Review ·
Keer's designs express the whimsy of cartoons. (This) furniture is a forum for creativity.

MINNESOTA MONTHLY ·
(Keer's) primary talents are in the areas of personal expression and design... (each) piece of furniture... tells a tale.

ACCESSORY MERCHANDISING - The Big Picture ·
with gravity defying hair styles and turned up collars, Keer's clever pair of Lucy & Ricky (retro) Portrait Mirrors - works.

(MINNESOTA) ARTS BOARD NEWS ·
With several different layers of meaning... complex themes run through (Keer's) work from postmodern and deconstruction to classical architecture...

*STAR AND TRIBUNE - Critics Choice* ·** Witty, beautifully crafted furnishings... Keer's luxurious designs give a spin to tradition.		(3)
SKYWAY NEWS · Feast your eyes... (Keer's work) is an intriguing blend of the functional and the patrician.
ARCHITECTURE MINNESOTA (AM) · Fun... is at the core. (Keer's) furniture work... explores the creative and (the) artistic. Design so wonderful it catches the spirit, it's larger-than-life exaggeration, and the visual cacophony of colors, forms and shapes (make it) unique. (Keer's Daphy armchair) will enrich any room with a bit of history, comfort and dalliance.		(4)

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ETCHINGS · Often whimsical, always well crafted... Keer's furniture tests definitions and boundaries of art, architecture and design.
*NICHE MAGAZINE - Awards* · (Proto)** recognized for the technical mastery and creativity in surface design and form; for market viability of the work; and the work's distinct quality of unique and original thought.
MIDWEST HOME & GARDEN - Designing People · (Proto) - it's a winner! Keer creates (furnishings) in which geometry collides with understated whimsy - turning common objects into works of contemporary art.

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FINE WOODWORKING - DESIGN BOOK 5, (Includes Daphy)· Innovation in design and craftsmanship... a vibrant showcase of the finest work in wood.
WASHINGTON POST: FINE WOODWORKING - DESIGN BOOK 5, Review, (Includes Daphy) · This furniture is dreamland... (you) will be amazed, entertained and inspired.
FINE WOODWORKING - DESIGN BOOK 6, (Includes T.Squares)· Innovative... furniture with great confidence and command of both visual and technical ability.
CWB (Custom Woodworking Business) - Everlasting Beauty, Design Portfolio Awards 2001, 2000 · The Cleo Mirror is a standout! A playful use of wood with serious craftsmanship. What fun! (Tux and Zoot are) a masterful combination of form, texture and color. A delight to behold...A beautiful combination of art, design and craftsmanship. Keer's furniture designs are artistically fresh and eclectic. (This) work serves as a standard of excellence and an example of the impressive talent that exists in the custom woodworking industry.

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CREATIVE DESIGNS IN FURNITURE, (IncludesDaphy and T.Squares) · The featured work will take your breath away. (It) is the celebration of some of the most beautiful handcrafted furniture being created today.		(12)
AMERICAN SOCIETY of FURNITURE ARTISTS - Furniture Of The 90's, Exhibit Catalog, (Includes Proto)· Great technical prowess and evocative power: Furniture to be reckoned with.
The book and magazine pages reproduced herein appear with the permission of the following publishers: (1) FFi - Fine Furniture International, G+W MacNamara Publishing, Inc.; (8,12) Guild.com - Kraus Sikes, Inc.; (5,6,7) Architecture Minnesota; (4) Art Calendar; (9) Midwest Home & Garden, Minnesota Monthly Publications; (10,11) CWB - Custom Woodworking Magazine, Vance Publishing Corp.