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Compost Collector bag in but not in frame
Gift Lab: Fresh Air Compost Collector
July 5, 2012, 1 Comment

The Fresh Air Compost Collector, designed by Heather Tomasetti and Tal Chitayat, is a smart-looking, new-fangled contai ...

Roberta eating wheatgrass, close-up. Photo: Marisa Bowe.
Wheat Grass in the House! (and the tortoise, and the cats)
June 19, 2012, No Comments

At UncommonGoods, we're big fans of “Reduce, Re-use, Recycle." So, after we used 24 flats of wheat grass for a photo, ...

Nooks d'objets
Inside the Designer’s Studio with Laura Lobdell
April 16, 2012, 1 Comment

We want to give you an exclusive look inside the minds of our uncommon artists. For Laura, there is no real division bet ...

Red Carpet in Cannes. Copyright © 2000 Rita Molnár {{GFDL}}
Uncommon Film Festivals
March 14, 2012, No Comments

A couple of UncommonGoods people are at SXSW this week; at the interactive part, not for film. But some of us who aren't ...

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Delancey Underground: A Most Uncommon Commons
March 1, 2012, 2 Comments

Recently, our founder Dave Bolotsky signed on as an advisor to a very uncommon idea for the common good that's being flo ...

IMG_0064 - risotto & lettuce in pots
Gift Lab: Stackable Lunch Pot
February 22, 2012, 1 Comment

Background Research: The Stackable Lunch Pot is a sleek, chic, airtight food porting device comprised of two container ...

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Urban Gardening & Fire Escape Flora
January 11, 2012, 2 Comments

I had an actual garden plot, in the ground, at a local community garden for a year. There, I took my first shot at tomat ...