{"id":36776,"date":"2015-01-21T16:18:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T21:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=36776"},"modified":"2017-04-26T11:43:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T15:43:53","slug":"our-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2015\/our-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/?source=blog_ourproducts\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ourproducts-header2.jpg\" alt=\"UncommonGoods | Our Products\" width=\"620\" height=\"208\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWe\u2019re passionate about creative product design, so before bringing each new item into our assortment we make it a point to ask: \u201cWhat makes this an uncommon good?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Truly Uncommon Designs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first part of that answer is easy. Every creation we carry incorporates an element of creativity. Truly uncommon goods meet this goal in more ways than one. We\u2019re on the lookout for designs that serve a purpose, solve a problem, stun us with their beauty, or make us wonder why no one thought of it before.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-36833 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ourproducts-truly.jpg\" alt=\"Truly Uncommon \" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" \/>We\u2019re also proud to offer products that are <a title=\"Handmade Gifts | UncommonGoods\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/sets\/handmade-gifts?source=blog_ourproducts\" target=\"_blank\">handmade<\/a> with impeccable craftsmanship and that are made from interesting, unusual, reclaimed, or <a title=\"Gifts Made From Recycled Materials | UncommonGoods\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/gifts\/collections\/recycled-gifts?source=blog_ourproducts\" target=\"_blank\">recycled materials<\/a>.\u00a0While we welcome fresh designs with great materials stories, we don&#8217;t carry products made with fur, feathers, pearls, or leather.<\/p>\n<p><strong>People Behind Our Products<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our buyers don\u2019t just evaluate new goods based on materials and function. They also take a deeper look at where each design comes from. We\u2019re interested in how it\u2019s made, who\u2019s making it, and the process that leads to the finished product.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-36834 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ourproducts-people.jpg\" alt=\"People Behind Our Producs\" width=\"210\" height=\"210\" \/>We proudly carry hundreds of handmade pieces, but some of our products are manufactured. Our team looks at new goods from many angles, and sometimes we decide to carry something because it\u2019s truly unique, even if it isn\u2019t physically assembled by individual artists. Many of our pieces start out as ideas in the minds of great designers and go through production before landing with us. Others are carefully crafted by hand\u2014whether it\u2019s by a collective of artisans in the US or abroad, a designer working with a team of assistants, or by a single artist painstakingly creating each piece.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the people behind our products are right here, on our <a title=\"Product Development Stories | UncommonGoods\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/tag\/product-development\/\" target=\"_blank\">Product Development<\/a> team. Our team is always working to develop innovative designs and to form partnerships with the producers, artists, and designers that help us make new exclusive goods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Getting the Goods<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As we work to grow our assortment of products designed in-house, we\u2019re also making sure to balance our own designs with products from around the world.<br \/>\nWhen our buying team isn\u2019t traveling the United States visiting trade shows, they\u2019re scouring the web looking for new stuff. They\u2019re searching blogs, crowdbacking sites, artists\u2019 portfolios, and other nooks and crannies of the internet to find our next best sellers.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-36835 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/ourproducts-getting.jpg\" alt=\"Getting the Goods\" width=\"210\" height=\"209\" \/>Many original pieces get discovered by our buyers, who look for everything from jewelry and accessories, to children\u2019s clothing and toys, to art and home d\u00e9cor\u2014to everything else uncommon! But in some cases, outstanding products actually come to us. Artists are welcome to submit their work for consideration through <a title=\"Submit Your Designs | UncommonGoods\" href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/designs?source=blog_ourproducts\" target=\"_blank\">our online form<\/a> at any time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Growing Assortment, Growing Community<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With every <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/this-just-in?source=blog_ourproducts&amp;days_live=30\">new creation we encounter<\/a>, we continue to evaluate our products to make sure they meet our uncommon criteria. Whether the latest uncommon good is developed by our team with the help of one of the many artists we work with, discovered by the keen eye of a member of our buying team, or submitted through our online form, we know that selling the finished product is only one step in continuing to build a fantastic assortment.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re dedicated to carrying the most unique products out there, but we\u2019re only as successful as our artists and designers. We know that we can\u2019t bring the best designs to our customers without a strong network of people to create them\u2014so we\u2019ll never stop supporting the <a title=\"Maker Stories | UncommonGoods\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/category\/maker-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\">people behind our products<\/a>, even as our assortment continues to grow.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/?source=blog_ourproducts\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-36906 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/blogcta-shopourassortment.jpg\" alt=\"Shop the UncommonGoods Assortment\" width=\"540\" height=\"96\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re passionate about creative product design, so before bringing each new item into our assortment we make it a point to ask: \u201cWhat makes this an uncommon good?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[1576],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36776"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56766,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36776\/revisions\/56766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}