Is Etsy fostering a new Arts and Crafts movement on the Internet? It would seem so. With the saggy economy, I read recently on Huffington Post, that more and more unemployed people are turning to making and selling handmade crafts to add a little pocket change to those unemployment checks. A few of these new craftspeople are actually making a living selling their wares through Etsy, an online marketplace for handmade things.
Etsy's Mission and Vision: Our mission is to enable people to make a living making things, and to reconnect makers with buyers. Our vision is to build a new economy and present a better choice: buy, sell and live handmade.
Etsy Headquarters: 9,000 square feet of space with 75 employees
Etsy HQ is the buzzing hub of a growing internet based,
global arts and crafts movement.
Tina Roth Eisenberg of the design blog, Swiss Miss, in NYC lives in the neighborhood of Etsy headquarters. She dropped in for a visit and then wrote, "Not only do they have a full time chef (!), they also bought all their furniture and decoration off Etsy. What struck me is that their office is 100% true to their brand. The office maintains the handmade feel of the products they carry. Impressive."
"Did you see those giant orange lamps? And the curtains?"
Tina Roth Eisenberg/Swiss Miss
(lower 2 images from: Apartment Therapy)
Some of my best friends are on Etsy.
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