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VentureBeat article on CustomMade moving artisans to the web

Posted by Seth in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers, Founder's Blog on March 16, 2010

Anthony Ha of VentureBeat also got a chance to speak to president Mike Salguero about CustomMade.com.  His article focuses on the difference between CustomMade and sites like Etsy, Zazzle or Blue Nile.  Mike goes on to describe what CustomMade has been up to in the last short while, highlighting progress since it was [...]

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VentureBeat Article

Posted by CustomMade in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on March 15, 2010

Today’s article by Anthony Ha at VentureBeat discusses our mission here at CustomMade.com and how we differ from other marketplaces for hand-crafted and/or customized products.

We’ve said it before and we say it again in the article – we believe custom is a service, not a product. What do you think?

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And the winner is

Posted by CustomMade in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on March 3, 2010

Congratulations to Bryce Van Dyke, winner of the 2010 CustomMade.com Design Challenge!

His Orca Coffee Table is amazing and he has won the opportunity to work with one of our woodworkers to have it custom made for him using Rockler tools and supplies.

Thank you to all of our entrants – the designs were incredible [...]

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Design Challenge 2010 – Vote Now!

Posted by CustomMade in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on February 22, 2010

Cast your vote now for the best original design in the 2010 CustomMade Design Challenge!

We asked you to design a piece of furniture that you’d like to have custom made by one of our woodworkers and you sent us some amazing entries.  In fact, so many great designs came in that we decided to [...]

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Why I’m a Custom Made Guy

Posted by CustomMade in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers, Founder's Blog, The People Behind CustomMade on February 19, 2010

When my partner Seth and I tell people about the company we are building, they often say, “Custom woodworking – that’s an odd business for two guys from Boston…are you guys woodworkers?” Our answer is, of course, no.  We are website marketing guys.

So why are we involved in a company that is the online [...]

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Design Challenge 2010 – Deadline Extended!

Posted by CustomMade in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on February 12, 2010

We’ve been truly amazed by the incredible entries received so far for the CustomMade.com Design Challenge sponsored by Rockler Woodworking and Hardware. In fact, we’ve enjoyed seeing these designs so much, we’ve decided to extend the challenge one more week – the new deadline is Friday, February 19!

Plus, we’re going to let everyone vote [...]

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Culin & Colella, Inc. win 2010 Design Portfolio Award for Residential Furniture Built-In!

Posted by CustomMade in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers, Maker Spotlight, The Wide World of Custom Making on February 10, 2010

Congratulations are in order to CustomMade.com subscribers Culin & Colella, Inc., winners of the 2010 Design Portfolio Award for Residential Furniture Built-In!

Winning Project: Entertainment Center

This entertainment center features butternut solids and veneers and carved elements.  The size of this entertainment center caused several challenges including pre-assembly for fitting and installation. It took horizontal [...]

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Design Challenge 2010 – Sneak Peek!

Posted by CustomMade in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on January 29, 2010

There are two weeks left to enter the CustomMade.com 2010 Design Challenge (sponsored by Rockler Woodworking and Hardware) but already we’ve been amazed by the entries.  We can tell that a lot of thought went into the unique and creative furniture designs we’ve received so far.

Lamps, book cases, buffets, tables…we’ve even seen a pipe [...]

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Woodworkers and other Custom Providers Get their Due

Posted by CustomMade in Company News and Info, Concepts & Buyer Guides, For Customers, For Makers, The Wide World of Custom Making on January 25, 2010

Wired Magazine says we’re “The New Industrial Revolution”

This weekend I received my Feb 2010 Wired Magazine in the mail and was thrilled to see the cover story, “The New Industrial Revolution” written by editor-in-chief Chris Anderson.  Informative and inspiring, it portrayed custom makers and designers of all different types as drivers of the new economy.

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CustomMade.com Design Challenge 2010 – Official Rules and Regulations

Posted by CustomMade in Company News and Info, For Customers, For Makers on January 22, 2010

OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS

No Purchase Necessary

The following are the official rules for the CustomMade.com Design Challenge 2010 (“Challenge”):

1. Sponsors: The Challenge is sponsored by CustomMade Ventures Corporation, located at 99 First Street, Cambridge, MA 02141 and Rockler Woodworking and Hardware, located at 4365 Willow Drive, Medina, MN 55340 (together “Sponsors”).

2. Eligibility: Any [...]

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