December 2010
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Viva La Moda, Part II
Super-fly fashion projects have been popping up all over the place, so earlier this week we started sharing some of the brightest. Here’s round two of lovely collections-to-be and the brains behind them.
ULTRA: A Malaysian journey in sustainable fashion — by We Are ULTRA
With under a week left on their campaign, Malaysian-Chinese clothing line ULTRA has sustainability on its mind...
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Viva La Moda, Part II
Super-fly fashion projects have been popping up all over the place, so earlier this week we started sharing some of the brightest. Here’s round two of lovely collections-to-be and the brains behind them.
ULTRA: A Malaysian journey in sustainable fashion — by We Are ULTRA
With under a week left on their campaign, Malaysian-Chinese clothing line ULTRA has sustainability on its mind...
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Photography Projects Come to Life
Every once in a while projects we’ve highlighted on Kickstarter make their way into the real world. This past week, two in particular have made their way off the site, manifesting as an exhibition in Chicago and in Time Magazine’s Best Photos of 2010 feature. Exciting!
I Love You Real Fast — by Krisanne Johnson
Every year Time Magazine looks back on the year in images....
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Photography Projects Come to Life
Every once in a while projects we’ve highlighted on Kickstarter make their way into the real world. This past week, two in particular have made their way off the site, manifesting as an exhibition gallery in Chicago and in Time Magazine’s Best Photo’s of 2010 feature. Exciting!
I Love You Real Fast — by Krisanne Johnson
Every year Time Magazine looks back on the year in...
This Robot Can Shred Better Than You
Just like any other kid worth their weight in misguided rockstar dreams, I spent a lot of time as a ten-year-old fantasizing about wailing on my guitar in front of sold-out stadium crowds — which is probably why I now think what the folks behind the MARIE project is amazing. A rowdy band of DIY tinkerers who call themselves EMMI (Expressive Machines Musical Instruments), they’re...
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Viva La Moda, Part I
Fun fashion projects are popping up all over the place! There are so many sweet designs, videos, and stories up right now that we’re overflowing, so here begins a mini series of roundups. Check out the lovely collections-to-be and the brains behind them below, and stay tuned for more.
Creating the 2nd collection of the dresses line POPAVINA!!! — by Marina Rahlin
Marina Rahlin makes...
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Printing Posters with Lilia
Too magical not to share! The filmmakers behind “Lilia” — the story of a man’s struggle to keep his family afloat when he unexpectedly loses his job — have just posted this stylish clip/behind-the-scenes peek of how they’re hand printing each one of the full-sized movie posters being offered to backers. I’m a big fan of process in general, but these...
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Viva La Moda, Part I
Fun fashion projects are popping up all over the place! There are so many sweet designs, videos, and stories up right now that we’re overflowing, so here begins a mini series of roundups. Check out the lovely collections-to-be and the brains behind them below, and stay tuned for more.
Creating the 2nd collection of the dresses line POPAVINA!!! — by Marina Rahlin
Marina Rahlin makes...
Oh the Monsters He'll Make!
Sometimes I come across a project that feels like it was made just for me to love. Usually that project touches on my favorite genre, science fiction, but with Derek Tonks’ “Oh the Monster I’ll Make,” I was utterly blown away by his talent, ambition, and commitment to what he loves most: making monsters!
At just 17-years-old, it’s kind of incredible what Derek...
Oh the Monsters He'll Make!
Sometimes I come across a project that feels like it was made just for me to love. Usually that project touches on my favorite genre, science fiction, but with Derek Tonks’ “Oh the Monster I’ll Make,” I was utterly blown away by his talent, ambition, and commitment to what he loves most: making monsters!
At just 17-years-old, it’s kind of incredible what Derek...
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Creator Q&A: Jade's Costume Fantasy Art Show
Jade’s been doing costume design for over ten years and recently moved to New Orleans, where she’s hoping to put on her first-ever show of glamorous, fantastical designs. Watch her at her sewing machine in her video above to get a wonderfully hypnotic glimpse of her work and her story. Below, she tells us about her craft, its place in the art world, and of course, her project,...
Creator Q&A: Jade's Costume Fantasy Art Show
Jade’s been doing costume design for over ten years and recently moved to New Orleans, where she’s hoping to put on her first-ever show of glamorous, fantastical designs. Watch her at her sewing machine in her video above to get a wonderfully hypnotic glimpse of her work and her story. Below, she tells us about her craft, its place in the art world, and of course, her project,...
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New Projects Are Totally Snowed In
What, you thought the holidays would distract us? No way! We’ve been just as excited about new projects as ever. And whether you’re currently snowbound or not, we think you’ll enjoy this round-up of all our favorite newly launched — enough to carry you right into the new year!
Be Nice Guide to Farting and Pooping — by Jen
While toilet humor can be, er, a bit...
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New Projects Are Totally Snowed In
What, you thought the holidays would distract us? No way! We’ve been just as excited about new projects as ever. And whether you’re currently snowbound or not, we think you’ll enjoy this round-up of all our favorite newly launched — enough to carry you right into the new year!
Be Nice Guide to Farting and Pooping — by Jen
While toilet humor can be, er, a bit...
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Happy Holidays From Kickstarter
You’ve heard us say it before — and, if not, we’ll say it again: “Happy Holidays!” — so today we’ll let our project creators do the talking for us. Here’s a quick, holiday themed round-up for your pie-eating, jingle-bell-rockin’, gift-trading, cheers-giving pleasure. Enjoy!
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Even Santa plays the banjo! Happy Holidays from The Banjo...
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Happy Holidays From Kickstarter
You’ve heard us say it before — and, if not, we’ll say it again: “Happy Holidays!” — so today we’ll let our project creators do the talking for us. Here’s a quick, holiday themed round-up for your pie-eating, jingle-bell-rockin’, gift-trading, cheers-giving pleasure. Enjoy!
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Even Santa plays the banjo! Happy Holidays from The Banjo...
Xmas Without China
Can an American family survive one month without Chinese goods? This Christmas, Chinese-American Tom Xia will find out. He’s following the Jones family (yes, the Joneses) in Arcadia, CA, a neighborhood that used to be predominantly white but is now half Asian. The family has already cleared out its entire house of Chinese-made products (so there isn’t much left), and nobody’s...
Xmas Without China
Can an American family survive one month without Chinese goods? This Christmas, Chinese-American Tom Xia will find out. He’s following the Jones family (yes, the Joneses) in Arcadia, CA, a neighborhood that used to be predominantly white but is now half Asian. The family has already cleared out its entire house of Chinese-made products (so there isn’t much left), and nobody’s...
An Update from "Save Blue Like Jazz"
We were pretty excited to see Glif get busy with reward fulfillment — at 5,000+ backers, they had their work cut out for them — and now count us doubly thrilled to see the hugely popular project Save “Blue Like Jazz” joining the ranks of creators who are having fun with life post-success. (“Fun” being a rather loosely defined term here…)
They just...
An Update from "Save Blue Like Jazz"
We were pretty excited to see Glif get busy with reward fulfillment — at 5,000+ backers, they had their work cut out for them — and now count us doubly thrilled to see the hugely popular project Save “Blue Like Jazz” joining the ranks of creators who are having fun with life post-success. (“Fun” being a rather loosely defined term here…)
They just...
A Reward Wish List, Part Four
We’re drumming up some blog cheer with a holiday wish list series: a list from each of us of our most coveted project rewards, essentially an invitation to cyber-window-shop, fantasize, and potentially impulse buy. Today’s contribution comes from product team member Sam, who invented the term “wife-sourced” (and always brings us delicious treats):
One of the very first things I...
A Reward Wish List, Part Four
We’re drumming up some blog cheer with a holiday wish list series: a list from each of us of our most coveted project rewards, essentially an invitation to cyber-window-shop, fantasize, and potentially impulse buy. Today’s contribution comes from community team member Sam, who invented the term “wife-sourced” (and always brings us delicious treats):
One of the very first things I...
Holiday Holidaze from Creators
This just in: a super-cute illustrated holiday postcard from project creator Bleu and his music manager Stacey. Cuuuute! We love it so much we had to share:
Happy Holidays!
Holiday Holidaze from Creators
This just in: a super-cute illustrated holiday postcard from project creator Bleu and his music manager Stacey. Cuuuute! We love it so much we had to share:
Happy Holidays!
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A Reward Wish List, Part Three
We’re drumming up some blog cheer with a holiday wish list series: a list from each of us of our most coveted project rewards, essentially an invitation to cyber-window-shop, fantasize, and potentially impulse buy. Today’s contribution comes from community team member Cassie, who is not allowed to have nice things:
My mom bugs me to make a Christmas Wish List every year, and every year I totally...
A Reward Wish List, Part Three
We’re drumming up some blog cheer with a holiday wish list series: a list from each of us of our most coveted project rewards, essentially an invitation to cyber-window-shop, fantasize, and potentially impulse buy. Today’s contribution comes from community team member Cassie, who is not allowed to have nice things:
My mom bugs me to make a Christmas Wish List every year, and every year I totally...
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New Projects Are Nothing Without You
The holidays are almost here! But before you get stressed — don’t worry, we haven’t done our Christmas shopping yet, either — have some fun with a few of our recently launched favorite projects. They’re fun, they’re colorful, and they’ll help you forget about how you promised to make pumpkin pie for your company holiday party but then...
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New Projects Are Nothing Without You
The holidays are almost here! But before you get stressed — don’t worry, we haven’t done our Christmas shopping yet, either — have some fun with a few of our recently launched favorite projects. They’re fun, they’re colorful, and they’ll help you forget about how you promised to make pumpkin pie for your company holiday party but then...
On the Go with Taxi Gourmet
Layne Mosler has spent the last three years climbing into random taxi cabs and asking the drivers to take her to their favorite places to eat. An exploration of global culture by way of its foodie backstreets, she’s dubbed her ongoing project Taxi Gourmet, and has so far visited three major cities on as many continents: Buenos Aires, Berlin, and New York City.
I originally became...
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A Reward Wish List, Part Two
We’re drumming up some blog cheer with a holiday wish list series: a list from each of us of our most coveted project rewards, essentially an invitation to cyber-window-shop, fantasize, and potentially impulse buy. Today’s contribution comes from community team member Mike, who once referred to his bed as “lasagna”:
Walking down Delancey seeing people clutching massive bags of...
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A Reward Wish List, Part Two
We’re drumming up some blog cheer with a holiday wish list series: a list from each of us of our most coveted project rewards, essentially an invitation to cyber-window-shop, fantasize, and potentially impulse buy. This week’s list comes from Mike, who once referred to his bed as “lasagna”:
Walking down Delancey seeing people clutching massive bags of gifts for the holidays,...
A Holiday Update from the TikTok
As his TikTok/LunaTik project comes to an end on Kickstarter (only 9 hours left!), creator Scott Wilson traveled to China to work out some last minute production issues, in order to get the innovative iPod nano watchband to backers as quickly as possible. While there, he videotaped the process, taking backers into exactly how the LunaTik and TikTok are manufactured, a process rarely seen by...
A Holiday Update from the TikTok
As his TikTok/LunaTik project comes to an end on Kickstarter (only 9 hours left!), creator Scott Wilson traveled to China to work out some last minute production issues, in order to get the innovative iPod nano watchband to backers as quickly as possible. While there, he videotaped the process, taking backers into exactly how the LunaTik and TikTok are manufactured, a process rarely seen by...
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The Photos of Vivian Maier
Finding Vivian Maier, a feature length documentary film — by Toneloof
John Maloof discovered the work of Vivian Maier at a furniture and antique auction in Chicago, when he randomly decided to purchase over 100,000 of her undeveloped, medium format negatives — they had been left in an abandoned storage locker sold off due to delinquent payments, and consisted of photos she’d snapped...
The Photos of Vivian Waier
John Maloof discovered the work of Vivian Maier at a furniture and antique auction in Chicago, when he randomly decided to purchase over 100,000 of her undeveloped, medium format negatives — they had been left in an abandoned storage locker sold off due to delinquent payments, and consisted of photos she’d snapped on the street over the course of five decades.
I found her name written...
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A Reward Wish List, Part One
Stores have been draped in holiday swag ‘n’ schmaltz for weeks now, and New York just got its first snow drizzle. Let’s face it, company holiday parties and sub-zero temperatures are here. We’re drumming up some blog cheer with a holiday wish list series: a list from each of us of our most coveted project rewards, essentially an invitation to cyber-window-shop, fantasize,...
On the Go with Taxi Gourmet
Layne Mosler has spent the last three years climbing into random taxi cabs and asking the drivers to take her to their favorite places to eat. An exploration of global culture by way of its foodie backstreets, she’s dubbed her ongoing project Taxi Gourmet, and has so far visited three major cities on as many continents: Buenos Aires, Berlin, and New York City.
I originally became...
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Eyecatching Updates
Ideas are great, but the moment an idea becomes a reality is really special. This is something we at Kickstarter see everyday, as passionate project creators take their ideas into the world, and begin transforming them into real, living breathing entities — a process often communicated best with ongoing project updates. Here are a few recent ones that caught my eye.
I Want You Magazine...
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Eyecatching Updates
Ideas are great, but the moment an idea becomes a reality is really special. This is something we at Kickstarter see everyday, as passionate project creators take their ideas into the world, and begin transforming them into real, living breathing entities — a process often communicated best with ongoing project updates. Here are a few recent ones that caught my eye.
I Want You Magazine...
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A Reward Wish List, Part One
Stores have been draped in holiday swag ‘n’ schmaltz for weeks now, and New York just got its first snow drizzle. Let’s face it, company holiday parties and sub-zero temperatures are here. We’re drumming up some blog cheer with a holiday wish list series: a list from each of us of our most coveted project rewards, essentially an invitation to cyber-window-shop, fantasize,...
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Creator Q&A: June Millington on "Play Like a Girl"
June Millington formed the original all-girl rock band Fanny in 1969 with her sister Jean. They toured the world — securing open slots for acts like Chicago, Dr. John, and Chuck Berry — appeared on national television, and won praise from musical luminaries like David Bowie (In January 200, he told Rolling Stone “[Fanny] were one of the finest fucking rock bands of their...
Creator Q&A: June Millington on "Play Like a Girl"
June Millington formed the original all-girl rock band Fanny in 1969 with her sister Jean. They toured the world — securing open slots for acts like Chicago, Dr. John, and Chuck Berry — appeared on national television, and won praise from musical luminaries like David Bowie (In January 200, he told Rolling Stone “[Fanny] were one of the finest fucking rock bands of their...
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Now That's What I Call New Projects!
It rained a lot this weekend, so we had plenty of time to spend (indoors) with our brood of most recently launched new projects. Below is a collection of our favorites — you can find even more over at our Discover page. Enjoy!
Build the Pyramid — by Megan Kellie
Ah, Megan Kellie — she’s a funny one! This woman’s hopped around this country’s big cities doing...
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Creator Q&A: Vincent Moon & Lulacruza in Colombia
Electro-folk duo Lulacruza is teaming up with videographer Vincent Moon (of the cult-beloved Takeaway Shows) on a quest to uncover and reinterpret the myriad styles of Colombian music. Part ethnomusicology, part composition, and part cinema, the project offers backers a fully immersive cultural experience with rare field recordings, exclusive outtakes, conversations with the artists...
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Creator Q&A: Jocelyn Towne of "I Am I"
Filmmaker Jocelyn Towne has been involved in a lot of cool projects (Almost Famous and Little Miss Sunshine to name a few) — but her latest endeavor, the feature film/very cool Kickstarter project I Am I, might just be our favorite so far. After falling in love with her inventive project video, we couldn’t resist dropping her a line with some follow-up questions about her creative...
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This Saturday: Kickstarter Conversations
On the heels of last month’s inaugural Kickstarter Conversations, we’ve partnered with the New Museum for a symposium on fine and conceptual art.
Co-founders Perry Chen and Yancey Strickler will be joined by Kickstarter project creators:
Zana Briski, of the Oscar-winning film Born Into Brothels and the forthcoming Kickstarter-funded project Reverence
Zach Lieberman will demonstrate...
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Make every month National Novel Writing Month
Last month was generally known to the aspiring and seasoned writers of the world as NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. It’s a collective call to action for anyone, anywhere to stop saying “Someday, I’m gonna write a novel” and actually do it. The beauty of NaNoWriMo is that it brings together a vast community of people, all enjoying (and at times, suffering) the...
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Disperse/Displace Comes to Life
When conceptual artist Shannon Rankin came to Kickstarter, she was looking to put on her first ever international exhibition; a site specific installation to be premiered at Galerie Voss in Düsseldorf, Germany. Called “Disperse/Displace”, it would consist of meticulously deconstructed and rearranged maps, inviting reinterpretation of our commonly accepted geographies and engaging the...
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"The Secret Number" Cracks the Film Project Secret
Filmmakers often wonder when to bring their projects to Kickstarter — pre-production, production, post-production, the film festival circuit, etc. In our opinion, even more important than when is how. Having a proof of concept is essential: communicating past experience and visual examples of your work and expressing a comprehensive plan to complete your project within a reasonably certain...
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The Weird (and Wonderful) World of New Projects
Happy December! In the interest of helping you procrastinate on holiday chores, we’ve compiled this list of recently launched, totally awesome projects for you to browse. And in case you’re in need of extended distraction, we recommend occupying yourself with our Discover projects page, where you’ll find plenty more great stuff. Enjoy!
Love Train — by Gina
Gina’s...