Topic: Etsy Inc.

The Best of Artisan Cosmetics

If you wouldn't eat your bath and body products, you're using the wrong stuff, says Teporah Bilezikian, owner of the makeup company Monavé: "Cosmetics are like fresh batches of pudding -- they shouldn't last six months."READ»

Start Your Own Business Selling Cheap Jewelry

Whether you are a jewelry lover or a jewelry maker, you could start your own business by selling discount jewelry. A lot of people make a good income from selling jewelry, it can be a very lucrative business to get into.If you are ...READ»

Etsy's Artists Are Totally Not Starving

The once starving artists of homespun craft marketplace Etsy.com have officially achieved mogul status. Last month, the site posted $133.1 million in annual sales--all before the holiday rush. (Would it be bragging to say we saw ...READ»

RegrETSY: 3 of the Worst Items on Etsy.com

Regretsy catalogs some of the worst pieces to found on Etsy.com, the online makertplace for would-be craft mavensREAD»

Scaling Startups

How can startups develop a distinctive culture, and sustain it as they grow? Are the characteristics that define today's high potential technology startups the same as five or ten years ago? And does the current environment of low-cost infrastructure and open information sharing give new companies an advantage?READ»

Regretsy Showcases the Worst of Etsy

At its worst, Etsy is a gallery of handcrafted horrors.READ»

• The Best of Etsy's Handmade Objects
• Slideshow: The Worst of Etsy

Design Scorecard: Who's Winning and Losing the Recession?

The economic upheaval has wreaked havoc on the world of design. Which brands are thriving despite the financial woes and which have been decimated, perhaps forever?READ»

Viva La Craftolution: Etsy Movement Cracks Over Politics

You would think that Etsy, the groundbreaking Web site that serves as a $90 million market for designs made by small-scale artisans, would be populated by placid, like-minded sellers who humbly connect with buyers much like a ...READ»

• The Fast Company 50 - #44 Etsy

Craigslist Heartbreak Turned Into Art

A Brooklyn illustrator has begun turning "missed connections" posts from Craigslist into a series of art prints, which she posts on her blog. (Here's one of her posts, taken from a "m4m" ad.) According to the New York Times ...READ»

The Best of Etsy's Handmade Objects

Look past the handmade trash and you might just find some splendidly designed treasures on Etsy.READ»

Next Decade Dream Jobs

These jobs are awesome AND likely to be hot throughout the next decade.READ»

• Top Jobs 2010
• Top Jobs 2010: How to Search Smarter
• Seven Radical Steps for Career Changers

Friday Fun: How to Bake a Cake that's Horrifying, Un-P.C., and Hilarious

Apocalypse Cakes creates confections inspired by the most terrifying facets of our modern world.READ»

Next Gen Furniture in Wood

Lately we've been noticing lots of interesting designs in wood—not the super ironic, kitschy stuff that's been so common lately, but clean, understated designs that speak to the wood itself. Here's a roundup of some ...READ»

Most Innovative Companies - Food

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Drive a Mercedes with Your iPhone and Nine Other Mind-Blowing Stories This Week on Fast Company

"Interferometric modulation," driving your Mercedes with an iPhone, driving your computer with your mind, Minute Maid's juicy new packaging, locavore Thanksgiving, a next-gen activity monitor to help you burn it off, and other great stories on Fast Company this week.READ»

Designing in Real Time for a Participation Economy

Everyone's (or no one's) favorite redesigned brands, Tropicana and Facebook, came up yet again at this weekend's Y Conference as Liz Danzico, chair of the new Interaction Design MFA program at the School of Visual Arts, focused on ...READ»

The 10 Most Creative Small Businesses

Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business represent the best and the brightest in innovation and creation, but the companies they rep aren't all powerhouses--yet. Here are 10 of the most creative small business drawn ...READ»

How To Hack Harvard

College tuition has risen more than any other component of the cost of living for the last 18 years. But in the Internet era, information is free and ubiquitous. To the extent education is a knowledge industry, it would seem ...READ»

Lo-Fi Design Is Conquering the World of Tech

One of the things that excites people most about technology is that it is seen as a gateway to the future. So how does that explain the recent glut of lo-fi adverts, software, and user interfaces that seem to be being spewed out by so-called hi-tech companies? READ»

Hot New NYC Restaurant The Collective Will Specialize in Leftovers

For the Meat Packing District eatery due to open March 17, designers ICrave hired artists on Craigslist and Etsy, a plumber who also designs lighting fixtures in styrofoam, a former Swiss goldsmith who recycles street signs, and a pair of women carpenters from Brooklyn who create dazzling floors from reclaimed wood.READ»

Foodzie Co-Founder Emily Olson on Mouth-Watering Sustainability ... And Bacon Jam

San Francisco-based online artisan food market Foodzie operates on a direct-to-Web consumer model in an effort to strengthen the relationship between sellers and consumers--all while providing the freshest food possible. The Foodzie ...READ»

Geoff Vuleta's Fahrenheit 212 Is Scorching the Consultancy Business

The New Zealander and former ad man develops large-scale growth initiatives for major firms seeking $100 million-plus in new revenue. He only makes money if the idea works.READ»

• What's Next: Rolling Stone Restaurant
• Where's Next: China Beach

Our Profiles, Ourselves

Why marketers who use social-networking sites may be pitching into the void.READ»

Adoptabot: the Friendly Household Upcycled Robot

Looking for a household pet? Consider picking up an Adoptabot, a robot made from found items like cameras, bells, and cutlery. Brian Marshall's Adoptabots reside in an Etsy robot orphanage, where they're waiting for you to adopt ...READ»

How the Portland Art Museum Is Bringing Art to the People

Its latest exhibition, China Design Now, uses crowdsourcing and experience design to shift the museum’s role from curator to moderator, and to put the museum in the center of a global conversation.READ»

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