Trophy Case

This Start-Up Sells Wool Blankets Inspired by Oregon's State Flag

The Kickstarter–funded blanket has already raised $64,000. Pendleton Woolen Mills will produce it.

02/25/2019 By Ryan Ashby

Cards for Humanity

A Portland-Made Card Game Reveals Just How Well You Know Your Friends

Ami Baio's new game is basically cards for humanity.

05/22/2018 By Emma Mannheimer

Cannabis

This Adult Coloring Book Celebrates Modern Cannabis in All Its Diversity

The Stoner Babes Coloring Book may be the intersectional weed-related crafts opportunity you've been waiting for.

03/22/2018 By Jagger Blaec

ACCESSORIES

This Portland Start-Up Wants You to Lick Your Cat

The Kickstarter-funded Licki Brush lets you groom your pet.

06/21/2016 By Michelle Porter

AROUND THE WORLD

Hot Travel Links: The War on Public Transportation, A Cure for Car Sickness, and Google's Travel Data

This week's best travel stories.

09/08/2015 By Marty Patail

SLIDE SHOW

A Portland Artist's Mindboggling Buckminster Fuller Book

Cole Gerst's Kickstarter-funded tome celebrates the inventor's radical vision of home, design, and society.

03/03/2014 By Zach Dundas

Slideshow

Portland Artist Cole Gerst's Amazing Buckminster Fuller Book

The Kickstarter-funded 'Poet of Geometry' explores the great inventor's radical, mind-blowing work.

02/28/2014

HOME & GARDEN

Backyard Agriculture Meets Legos? Yes!

Portland start-up Together Farm turns recycled plastic into snap-together raised garden beds.

12/03/2013 By Zach Dundas

AN APPLE A DAY

Help Kickstart Reverend Nat's Cidery

Local cidermaker Nat West is hoping to get a little help from his friends (and friends of friends of friends) to open a new cidery and tap room.

03/28/2013 By Allison Jones

ARTS NEWS

Reading Frenzy Kickstarts Its Relaunch

Proprietor Chloe Eudaly rolls out a plan to relocate and expand her beloved bookstore, art gallery, and zine emporium.

03/19/2013 By John Chandler

Slide Show

Burn, Baby, Burn

Cooking with wood, keeping it clean and green – behind the scenes stove-making at ADX.

09/09/2012 By Kristin Belz

Design School

Kenya Cookstoves Kickstart in Portland

Kickstarting the wood stove, but keeping down the carbon emissions, and the price.

09/02/2012 By Kristin Belz

HOMETOWN PRIDE

Support Local Salt

Ben Jacobsen of Jacobsen Salt Co. is setting out to open the first salt harvesting facility on the Oregon coast since Lewis & Clark, and he needs your help.

06/18/2012 By Allison Jones

Mudroom

Gear Shift

Kickstarter’s industrious Portland future takes crowdfunding beyond the demo tape.

04/27/2012 By Martin Patail