{"id":3382,"date":"2010-09-27T15:02:49","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T19:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.com\/?p=3382"},"modified":"2011-11-25T15:58:53","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T20:58:53","slug":"the-multiblocks-challenge-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/2010\/the-multiblocks-challenge-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"The Multiblocks Challenge and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a weekend!<\/p>\n<p>We got to hear from makers young and old this weekend at World Maker Faire in Queens, New York.<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-large-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/2010\/the-multiblocks-challenge-and-more\/ug-makerfaire-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3383\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3383\" title=\"UG-MakerFaire - 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/UG-MakerFaire-1-515x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/UG-MakerFaire-1-515x686.jpg 515w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/UG-MakerFaire-1-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/UG-MakerFaire-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><em>At the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/item\/item.jsp?itemId=19471&amp;source=blog_makerfaire\">Multiblocks<\/a> challenge, young makers dared to build towers taller than they were.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And we heard some amazing product <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.craftzine.com\/archive\/2010\/09\/uncommongoods_product_pitch_ho.html\" target=\"_blank\">pitches<\/a> from artists, makers and DIY geniuses.<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-large-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/2010\/the-multiblocks-challenge-and-more\/maker-faire-046\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3384\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3384\" title=\"Maker Faire 046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Maker-Faire-046-515x386.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Maker-Faire-046-515x386.jpg 515w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Maker-Faire-046-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><em>Dave talks to a maker about his sample product<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-large-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/2010\/the-multiblocks-challenge-and-more\/maker-faire-002\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3394\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3394\" title=\"Maker Faire 002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Maker-Faire-002-515x386.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Maker-Faire-002-515x386.jpg 515w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Maker-Faire-002-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><em>Thanks to the Make Editors for giving us an Editor&#8217;s Choice Ribbon!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Want to get this Uncommon award-winning style?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/item\/item.jsp?itemId=16112&amp;source=blog_makerfaire\">Klick Desk<\/a>: $230. Available in red, orange, and green<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/item\/item.jsp?itemId=19478&amp;source=blog_makerfaire\">Reclaimed Seatbelt Chair<\/a>: $1500<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/item\/item.jsp?itemId=19464&amp;source=blog_makerfaire\">Chalkboard Pillows<\/a>: $48<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/item\/item.jsp?itemId=19486&amp;source=blog_makerfaire\">Upcycled Wool Pocket Pillows<\/a>: $30<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/item\/item.jsp?itemId=19378&amp;source=blog_makerfaire\">Carrie Masters &#8220;Robot&#8221; Lamps<\/a>: $70<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m already looking forward to next year&#8217;s Faire!<\/p>\n<p>If you missed us at World Maker Faire, but want to share your product ideas and designs, email us anytime at newgoods(at)uncommongoods.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspiring designs at World Maker Faire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":3384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[742],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}