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As a young child, I remember going to a few local auctions with my parents. My memories are generally limited to the fact that I knew my dad would buy me a hot dog and soda, and otherwise he and my mom would stand around a lot. Sometimes I saw adults I knew from [...]

Earlier this week I went to the New York International Gift Fair at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. It wasn’t as large as some of the largest shows I’ve attended when I was in other industries, but it was a pretty huge none-the-less. The show was broken up into subsections by [...]

For a recent wedding gift, I made these gorgeous paper flowers from some books that were (literally) falling apart. As an avid reader myself, I am completely against the destruction of any books that are still in good condition and completely readable, so I highly recommend stopping by your local thrift shop to find some [...]

I’m addicted. I admit it. Ever since I learned about the concept of upcycling just a few months ago, I can’t get enough of it. Whether I’m surfing the Internet for new ideas, admiring Hipcycle’s upcoming products, or contemplating what a burnt-out light bulb could be in its next life, there’s just no denying the [...]

As I have been working with my team to get Hipcycle geared up for its October launch, I have had a chance to examine a lot of upcycled products. When I check these products out, I’m looking for things that I hope will be popular with our customers and sell well. That is: are they [...]

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 to you?
How does Hipcycle have a positive impact on society?
How do you balance the profit mission [...]

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 to build out a brewpub in an old theater, retaining much of the old vaudeville [...]

Do you know where I can find a table like this?
I'm cheap. There, I said it. I. Am. Cheap. My home is filled with furnishings from thrift stores, my children only wear "gently used" clothes off Craigslist and I'd rather stab myself in the eye than pay full boat for a Loft frock. But, you [...]

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 not going to be in the $2000 chair business (find out why here), so I [...]

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 implying that this is a ranking and that one person is more important than another [...]