Ulla-Maaria Engeström
A new kind of activist, Ulla-Maaria Mutanen started her blog because she "thought girls should get more active in defining where society and technology are going. The Helsinki native is also building a free product code system and an open database for products, ThingLinks, while working toward a Ph.D. in the social sciences. In her spare time, she likes to "scavenger second-hand shops for wonderful things, sing, and ride a green bicycle." Note to Dean Kamen: She thinks you should invent a flying Segway.
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Renting Is the New Buying
Are being green and having a little bit of luxury from time to time mutually exclusive desires?
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09: Crafting Green page 22
Big Returns
Marimekko fabric is a slow fashion icon trying its hand at fast fashion.
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08: Weaving page 22
Play Time
How crafting, and our need to solve crafty questions, are related to play.
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06: Play page 29
The Movement for Fun
Today's craft movement is all about following your passion and connecting with friends.
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05: Paper page 35
Pattern Recognition
Free patterns invite us to play.
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04: Costumes page 31
Mana for the Masses
Looking at the life energy -- or mana -- that crafts and artifacts carry with them.
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03: Japanese Influence page 58
My Logo, Not No Logo
Why shouldn't crafters have their own designer labels?
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02: Creative Clones page 20
Crafter Economics
Columnist Ulla-Maaria Mutanen discusses crafter economics and how it differs from a conventional marketplace.
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01: Craft Premiere page 39
Crafter Manifesto
The magic of making things.
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04: Music and Kits for the Holidays page 7
