Tuesday, February 9, 2010

A Great Place to Spot Design Talent

Madoka tips me off to http://www.etsy.com/, and it looks great.  It seems to be a gathering place for small run artists all over the world.  There are many categories with many items, all quite creative. For example glassware has some 3200 items.  The problem for these people is marketing.  We all have our talents, and wealth is created and extended through division of labor, no matter what Kropotkin says.  These people need your efforts to get them marketed into real stores.

I suppose you could start at etsy.com, but I would say get your own designs going first, and look there for artists who are keen on being promoted (and the hardest part, allowing their items in to small scale production and sold on a royalty basis.)


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