1. America from bottom to top.

    Ameressence is a project documenting a year-long journey from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska, covering all 15,000 miles of the Americas.

    The plan is to begin at the southern tip of Argentina and journey north, creating an illustrated story every week for a year. The project is the joint effort of a writer and a photographer, both based in Berlin, who plan to collaborate on each dispatch in words and images and publish the results in three languages.

    Over the course of 2013, this adventurous duo hopes to explore the many cultures and environments of the Americas while bringing backers along for the ride. Sounds like all of the breathtaking vistas and poignant moments with none of the 17-hour bus rides!

  2. Play with your food.

    Clarence and the Spoon serves up a magical tale of mayhem, manners — and a whole lot of soup.

    Each richly illustrated page offers a peek into the imagination of its namesake character, while asking the important question: “Why use a spoon when your hands work just as well?”

    Author Jeff Nitzberg says it’s exactly what he would have wanted to read as a weird little kid himself. Our quirky inner child couldn’t agree more: This strange charmer is our Project of the Day.

  3. Dear Kickstarter. When David David Katzman first created a Kickstarter project, it was to self-publish a “psychedelic novel” he called A Greater Monster. An imaginative, cross-media experience, the book contains 65 pages of illustrations, visual poetry, graphics, and links to original music and animation. As one of his rewards, Katzman promised to send backers “a unique stream-of-conscious email” inspired by their name. The project was a success, the book was published, and the letters — 128 in total — were written to backers. That was almost one year ago to date. Yesterday, Katzman launched a new project, for an illustrated handmade book that will compile the best “funny, angry, sad, weird” letters that were written as a result of his first project. In this collection, he promises “ridiculous dialogues, flash fiction, personal confessions, rants, cultural commentary, and outlandish weirdness.” Plus, pictures. Katzman has renewed his offer of a unique, stream-of-conscious email for backers of this new project — so, if things go well, we just might be seeing a second edition soon.

    Dear Kickstarter.

    When David David Katzman first created a Kickstarter project, it was to self-publish a “psychedelic novel” he called A Greater Monster.

    An imaginative, cross-media experience, the book contains 65 pages of illustrations, visual poetry, graphics, and links to original music and animation. As one of his rewards, Katzman promised to send backers “a unique stream-of-conscious email” inspired by their name. The project was a success, the book was published, and the letters — 128 in total — were written to backers. That was almost one year ago to date.

    Yesterday, Katzman launched a new project, for an illustrated handmade book that will compile the best “funny, angry, sad, weird” letters that were written as a result of his first project. In this collection, he promises “ridiculous dialogues, flash fiction, personal confessions, rants, cultural commentary, and outlandish weirdness.” Plus, pictures.

    Katzman has renewed his offer of a unique, stream-of-conscious email for backers of this new project — so, if things go well, we just might be seeing a second edition soon.

  4. TOMORROW: TOMORROW FOR SALE →

    tomorrowmag:

    Miss your chance to get the magazine on Kickstarter? Good news! We’re taking orders for issue no. 1 of Tomorrow magazine at our new online store. The magazine is currently being printed, so we’ll be ready to ship in just a few weeks.

    If you want your own copy of this 112 page…


    Tomorrow is available, today!

    View on Kickstarter

  5. Lauren Simkin Berke collects vintage photographs from antique shops and flea markets, using them as inspiration around which to build drawings, paintings, and mixed media pieces. She creates a new one about every weekday; a catalog which became the subject for a gallery show last winter. Her book, To Be Kept began life as the extended catalog for this exhibit, but quickly grew into something much more — a full-blown publication that included an introductory essay, extra notes, additional images, and more. She even started her own printing press around it. A must see for bibliophiles, vintage photo enthusiasts, bookbinders, literary nerds, scrapbookers, and — um, well — just about anybody, to be honest. Head over to her project page for more.

  7. Today’s Project of the Day is InDigest, an online literary magazine that used to be about the size of a single desk in the apartment of its founding editor. My how they’ve grown! Now the publication includes things like podcasts, a reading series, digital broadsides, e-books, and more. Did we mention it’s all free? If that’s not enough or ya, fun rewards like “a poem from Abraham Lincoln” should win you over. It certainly did it for us.

    Today’s Project of the Day is InDigest, an online literary magazine that used to be about the size of a single desk in the apartment of its founding editor. My how they’ve grown! Now the publication includes things like podcasts, a reading series, digital broadsides, e-books, and more. Did we mention it’s all free? If that’s not enough or ya, fun rewards like “a poem from Abraham Lincoln” should win you over. It certainly did it for us.

  12. Based on a poetry chapbook by Andy Young, The People Is Singular will be a multimedia event using spoken word, video art, and soundscapes to explore the recent Egyptian Revolution — a presentation as dynamic as the social moment it documents. A one-night only event that will take place at Cafe Istanbul in New Orleans, we think that seeing it happen might be worth the trip. Definitely worth making it our Project of the Day.

    Based on a poetry chapbook by Andy Young, The People Is Singular will be a multimedia event using spoken word, video art, and soundscapes to explore the recent Egyptian Revolution — a presentation as dynamic as the social moment it documents. A one-night only event that will take place at Cafe Istanbul in New Orleans, we think that seeing it happen might be worth the trip. Definitely worth making it our Project of the Day.

  14. Today’s Project of the Day is Swoon, a NY/LA-based independent music, fashion and philosophy media project. In their upcoming issue, Swoon aims to retrospectively explore the use of technology in music, art and culture throughout the past 20 years. They filter through a barrage of pop culture artifacts — from Kraftwerk to Kompakt, Tony Conrad, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, and also including contemporary counterparts like Glass Candy and Nite Jewel — to find and share gems that will, well… make you swoon!

    Today’s Project of the Day is Swoon, a NY/LA-based independent music, fashion and philosophy media project. In their upcoming issue, Swoon aims to retrospectively explore the use of technology in music, art and culture throughout the past 20 years. They filter through a barrage of pop culture artifacts — from Kraftwerk to Kompakt, Tony Conrad, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, and also including contemporary counterparts like Glass Candy and Nite Jewel — to find and share gems that will, well… make you swoon!

  15. For the last 16 years, Steve Hughes has been listening to people. People at jobs, people in subways, people on the street, but mostly people in bars. Specifically, drunk people in bars. And he’s been recording their drunken stories of sadness, broken hearts, disappointments, and general bad luck. If you’re anything like us, you’re immediately rushing to this project page to double-check that the-guy-you-met-last-night-and-had-a-moment-of-commiseration-with was NOT Steve Hughes. Then you’re pledging for a copy of the ‘zine, regardless, because it sounds amazing and is just six bucks. Oh, and did we mention that artist Matthew Barney will be illustrating the next issue?

    For the last 16 years, Steve Hughes has been listening to people. People at jobs, people in subways, people on the street, but mostly people in bars. Specifically, drunk people in bars. And he’s been recording their drunken stories of sadness, broken hearts, disappointments, and general bad luck. If you’re anything like us, you’re immediately rushing to this project page to double-check that the-guy-you-met-last-night-and-had-a-moment-of-commiseration-with was NOT Steve Hughes. Then you’re pledging for a copy of the ‘zine, regardless, because it sounds amazing and is just six bucks. Oh, and did we mention that artist Matthew Barney will be illustrating the next issue?