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My London Design Fair 2009

Chauncey Zalkin | Posted 09.30.2009 | Style

Read More: Creativity, Women, Wapping, Independent Stores, Furniture, Feminist, Girl, Bloomsbury, Terence Conran, Galleries, Artisans, Tom Dixon, Design, London Design Week, City, Trends, Innovation, Knitting-Comeback, Recent Graduate, London, Crafts, Skandium, Persephone Books, Portobello, Sustainability, Independent Design, Designers, Designer-Maker, Recycled Furniture, Entreprenurs, Style News
Chauncey Zalkin

The week surpassed all expectations. London surprised me. The design energy there is unmistakably moving forward in creative, thoughtful and innovative ways.

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Great, Green Fashion Brands

Avital Binshtock | Posted 11.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Hiking, Clothing, Patagonia, Cotton, Artisans, Green, Earth, Billabong, Timberland, Planet, Outdoors, Jewelry, Organic, Trees, Recycling, Etsy, Rei, Style, Diy, Environment, Sustainability, Fashion, Bamboo, Business Suit, Shoes, Menswear, Brands, Handmade Crafts, Silver, Green News
Avital Binshtock

Some of the most eye-catching baubles are made of stuff that had a past life--and many of them can be found on Etsy, a global network of artisans selling handmade works.

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How to Green Your Art Collection

Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Artisans, Sculpture, Green, Earth, Conservation, Artists, Painting, Paper, Soy, Recycling, Art, Diy, Environment, Sustainability, Endangered Species, Climate Change, Global Warming, National Parks, Ink, Green News
Avital Binshtock

If you're an art collector, aficionado, or appreciator, these four tips should help you shift your collection (or simply the way you see art) into a more earth-minded endeavor.

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Last Week in India: Hillary Clinton, Landslides and Opportunities

Eve Blossom | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

Read More: Floods, India, Artisans, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Business News, Hillary Clinton, Business, Sustainable, Outsourcing to India, World News
Eve Blossom

India has a wonderful cultural and economic opportunity with a strategic competitive advantage in their incredibly skilled individuals, from textiles, furniture and basketry to woodcarving.

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A Fashion Foreign Policy

Michael Likosky | Posted 08.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Auto Industry, Sporting Goods, Vivienne Westwood, Punk Rock, How Luxury Lost Its Luster, Bailouts, President Obama, Target, Globalization, California, Paris, Bernard Arnault, Luxury, Fashion Foreign Policy, Foreign Commercial Policy, Guilds, Trade Agreements, Rules of Origin, What Not to Wear, Export-Import Bank, Bailing Out Luxury, Carla Behrle, Loomstate, Private Equity, Artisans, America's Next Model, Nafta, Jennie Livingston, Outsourcing, Labor, Paris Is Burning, Worker Rights, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, LVMH Moet Hennessy, Dana Thomas, Culture Industry, Wto, Business News
Michael Likosky

To protect American workers, in the luxury sector and elsewhere, our government trade negotiators should revisit outsourcing rules.

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Beyond Chachkas: Indigenous Crafts Plus Northern Design Equals Success

Julia Moulden | Posted 10.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Toronto, International Contemporary Furniture Fair, Artisans, Mexico, Globalization, New Radicals, North South Project, Rotman School of Mangement, Guyana, Indigenous People, New York, Skoll Foundation, Patty Johnson, Crafts, Caribbean, Ceramics, Branding, The Giving Life, Living News
Julia Moulden

Hands up if you've ever bought a handicraft while traveling, only to have it end up collecting dust in some closet at home. Thought so. We've all ...

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