Cat on a Constellation Quilt. This feels right.
Cat on a Constellation Quilt. This feels right.
Shepard Fairey’s limited edition poster for A Total Disruption.
‘Make Magic Things’ Miscellaneous Adventures risograph prints arrived today, and they came out real nice thanks to Bolt Editions. These are available exclusively to those who backed my Kickstarter campaign and they’ll be posted out to backers this week! Thanks and thank you.
This risograph looks incredible! Nice work, Andrew!
Philosophy explained using shapes and colors, aka Philographics.
A sketch of the Project page from 2007, two years before Kickstarter launched.
Today in Kickstarter, Wednesday April 10th 2013:
- This is how you screen print rewards, by Kris Roche (above)
- Veronica Mars ends tomorrow!
Massoud Hassani working on the Mine Kafon.
A few months ago Lauren Daley launched a project to create architecturally-inspired lamps. She recently completed her first design, Eco, which are now on their way to backers mailboxes.
Another inspiring update from the First Bus Map of Dhaka project. Amazing to see them coming so close to solving a problem they identified not that long ago. The people of Dhaka will surely be appreciative.
Did you know over 40,000 Pebbles have been manufactured so far? Lots of other great info in this update. And yes, they are still shipping.
Weavers of the Gandhi Ashram.
5 Year Plan Jhola Project is an ongoing effort to commission handmade bags, called jholas, from a collective of artisans in northern India. Brought to the collective by a woman from West Bengal, this painting just might be the next jhola design. We’d sport that tiger any day.
Oculus Rift behind the scenes.
Super excited to read the latest update from the Oculus Rift crew. After a great week at CES, the team has been holed up on the factory floor producing the developer kits and cranking out the first 40 units of a pilot run. The plan is to start shipping the full kits to developers in March!
Meanwhile, Jimmy Fallon got to try out the prototype. He just might freak out…
House of straws.
Patrick Martinez’s LINX project allows anyone to build mesmerizing structures from drinking straws using specially designed plastic connectors. Hyperallergic posted a great review of Martinez’s new installation at Parker’s Box in Brooklyn, on view through February 17.
Family business.
Pine-Stock is a father-and-son woodworking shop devoted to handmade furniture. The Kent gents build one-of-a-kind pieces with reclaimed lumber from old barns, while clearly charming everyone they meet.
LA Art Book Fair starts today.
We’re at the inaugural LA Art Book Fair this week, celebrating the world of art-in-print on Kickstarter.
More than two dozen Kickstarter-funded projects are represented, encompassing everything from Paul Mpagi Sepuya’s major monograph, STUDIO WORK, to cartoonist Will Laren’s $7 zine, Slurricane #3.
In LA? Drop by MOCA’s Geffen Contemporary space and check out some printed matter in person, now through Sunday.