Our Work
We Make Videos
Our videos are short, simple and focused on making complex ideas easy to understand. We use a whiteboard-and-paper format we call Paperworks that is designed to cut out the noise and stick to what matters.
Our Business
Our business is built around The Common Craft Store, which offers versions of our videos that are:
- Downloadable files
- Presentation-quality
- Licensed for workplace use
We are dedicated to building a library of videos that are focused on helping influencers and educators create change through better explanations.
You can find the free, online versions of our videos on The Common Craft Show.
Small By Choice
Common Craft is a two person, husband and wife company. We work from our home in Seattle, Washington. We have chosen to build a business that doesn't make size the priority. If anything, our priority is building a successful business that enables us to be happy, excited and independent. We believe small is beautiful.
Can We Be Hired?
We have been hired by a number of wonderful organizations to make custom videos. While our focus has changed, we have organized the Common Craft Explainer Network as a way to help organizations find talented explanatory video producers.
If you have thoughts, questions, suggestions or just want to say hello, please feel free to contact us.
You can learn more about our work from these posts:
- Building a New Foundation for Common Craft (9/23/08)
- Making the Election Video (behind the scenes) (9/2/08)
- What videos should we make? (discussion of future videos) (8/11/08)
- Read Write Web: How Common Craft Stopped Doing Client Work (9/2/08)