Author Archives: Andrew

About Andrew

Andrew is Chief Hipcycler at Hipcycle, which sells attractive, durable and reasonably-priced upcycled products (coming Fall 2011). You can follow Hipcycle on Facebook and Twitter.

We’re the featured Social Enterprise of the Month at Give to Get Jobs!

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Andrew

The great folks over at Give to Get Jobs are featuring Hipcycle as their “Social Enterprise of the Month.” Browse over to their blog to read their interview with me, where they ask such questions as: What does Social Enterprise mean … Continue reading →

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Upcycled Housing: The Shipping Container

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Andrew

For years, I have driven past empty shopping malls, abandoned theaters, and other unused commercial buildings, and have thoughts race through my head of what I could do with them. One of my favorite recurring notions (perhaps overly romanticized), is … Continue reading →

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ICFF Notes: Signs of Upcycling Going Mainstream

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Andrew

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I checked out the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) recently. I went specifically to check out an exhibitor that makes furniture out of all sorts of found objects. Beautiful stuff, but Hipcycle is … Continue reading →

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5 Top People In The Upcycling Industry, 2011

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Andrew

As part of Hipcycle’s continuing efforts to provide quality information about upcycling, I present to you our (hopefully annual) list of 5 top people in the upcycling industry. Note I did not write “top 5” people, as I am not … Continue reading →

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Upcycled Cooler Becomes a Planter

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Andrew

I went to the International Contemporary Furniture Fair at the Jacob Javits Convention Center back in May. As a person new to the industry, I thought it would be a good way to get a sense of what was going … Continue reading →

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Upcycle Global Gobs of Waste?

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Andrew

I subscribe to the Economist, and it’s a great read, but really dense. A couple of years ago, a special report on global waste came out, and as usual, it was excellent, and densely voluminous in content. I clipped it … Continue reading →

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Hipcycle Status Update

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Andrew

Thank you all for your generous support of Hipcycle so far. Since I have left the corporate world, I have been working really hard on this project, but it has felt like vacation…I’m having that much fun! If anything, the … Continue reading →

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The Vernacular of Upcycling: reused and reclaimed and vintage, oh my!

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Andrew

If you are part of the upcycled industry (yes! it is an industry…small but growing), you know that it has its own vernacular, like any other industry. The vernacular is not overly complex, but it’s potentially confusing nonetheless. A lot … Continue reading →

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Said a mouthful elsewhere on the site….

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Andrew

The Hipcycle site is brand new, and will evolve incrementally over the next few months, and then will change dramatically once the e-commerce portion goes live. What’s written in the Our Story and Product Partners sections of the site are a mouthful rooted … Continue reading →

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So, why am I doing this?

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Andrew

That is, why am I starting Hipcycle? I’ve worked for other people all of my professional life, but have always had this little piece inside of me, longing to break out, that has wanted to be an entrepreneur. I have business ideas … Continue reading →

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