Northform 2.5-inch angled paintbrush crafted with a sculpted maple handle

Coming soon · Vancouver, BC

Design meets
function.

A precision 2.5-inch angled brush, reimagined from first principles in BC Bigleaf maple and Canadian steel.

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Discover Northform

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BC Bigleaf mapleCanadian steelDesigned in VancouverPaint-repellent finish

The idea

A tool that creates beauty should be beautiful on its own.

Northform brings industrial precision and quiet, purposeful design to one of the most familiar tools in the world. Nothing decorative for decoration's sake. Every line has a job.

One continuous form

A sculpted wood body replaces the visual clutter of a conventional brush and feels considered from every angle.

Built for the work

A precision 2.5-inch angled profile is being developed for control, clean lines and demanding daily use.

Made to clean easier

The finished handle is designed around a durable, low-sheen surface that resists water and latex paint.

Materials with a place

Rooted in British Columbia.

Bigleaf maple gives every handle its own grain, tone and character. Canadian steel adds quiet strength. Together, they create a tool that feels distinctly at home here.

Designed & developed in Vancouver, Canada

Northform founder · Vancouver, BC

The story

Born on the jobsite.
Refined by design.

I grew up in a small town and started a painting company at eighteen, straight out of high school. Years on jobsites made one question impossible to ignore: why did the tool responsible for creating beautiful spaces always feel like an afterthought?

Northform began with the belief that a working tool can be precise, durable and genuinely beautiful. Our first brush brings local material, Canadian ingenuity and considered engineering into one uncompromising form.

“Make the object as considered as the work it creates.”

First release

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the first stroke.

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