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Kick Starter of the Week: PlayLab's Peep Show

4 May 2010

You want to be happy right? Well that's PlayLab's goal with all of their projects including "Peep Show."

This week's Kick Starter is art after my heart. With the goal of making people smile how could you not get behind it?

Peep Show is a large metal sculpture set in a vacant store front windows in Norfolk, VA. (You can view them until July 1). The sculpture is made up of 12 pyramid shapes with holes to look inside and see something you "normally wouldn't see." What's inside isn't revealed so I guess if you're in the area, you'll just have to go see for yourself (and let me know!).

As you can imagine, putting up Peep Show wasn't cheap and they need a little cash to keep their projects moving. Hence the Kick Starter project.

If you give a little cash you get a little something in return as usual. Head over and pledge as little as $1 or as much as $2,000 to help them reach their $1,200 goal and then some.

You don't have to take my word for it though. Go to the project page and view the video. How can you not love these guys?

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Kick Starter of the Week: The Oldest Living Things in the World

20 Apr 2010

2000 years and older. Can you even fathom such a thing? Rachel Sussman can and has photographed nearly 25 living organisms that age, including half a million year old bacteria.

The "Oldest Living Things in the World" project is one of my personal favorites. Sussman has been traveling the globe and working with biologists in search of these oldest living things for 5 years now.

She needs our help to finish the job.The biggest trips she has to take in order to complete her goal include the Antarctic Peninsula for 5,000 year old moss, Tasmania for 43,000 year old shrubs and scuba diving in Spain for 100,000 year old sea grass.

Of course, this can get pretty pricey which is where her Kick Starter comes in.

The goal is set at $10,000 and will cover travel expenses, film and gear. Depending on how much you pledge, you can receive proofs of the photographs, thank-yous on her website, invitations to a party in her studio and more.

This is seriously one of the coolest projects I've come across and to me, this is exactly what Kick Starter is all about. It would be a tragedy if she wasn't able to finish, being so close to the end of her adventure. Help out if you can by pledging or spreading the word!

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Kick Starter of the Week: Trade School - pay with barter... not cash

30 Mar 2010

How many times have you wanted to take a class, but you couldn't afford it? Trade School based in NYC has found a solution and wants to continue doing so, with your help.

At Trade School, students actually barter for their classes while specialists teach for basic items. Some classes were taught for pairs of shoes, food, mixed CDs, etc. Classes taught ranged from scrabble strategy to grant writing. Apparently there was even a ghost hunting class!

The first run of Trade School saw over 800 participants and 76 classes. The response was so outstanding that, naturally, they want to do it again. Lucky for me since I missed it the first time!

There's only one little problem, not everything can be taken care of with barter. They need some non salvageable materials and want to be able to pay someone to coordinate the classes, schedule and maintenance of the space.

Their goal? $9,000 by June 27. Pledge $15 and get a credit in the "Funders" section of their website with a personal link. $100 or more and get a unique recipe from chef and trade school teacher Athena Kokoronis. $5,000 and you get a dinner party with the same chef. And of course the doozie. $10,000 and they'll be your personal creative consultants for 3 years. (There's loads of other pledge options too. As low as $1, so head on over!)

Honestly, I don't think I should have to say very much about this. The idea of trading knowledge for goods is a brilliant one. I, and so many people I know, simply can't afford to take classes (and I've been desperate for a photography lighting class by the way) and Trade School makes it possible for us to get our learn on.

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Kick Starter of the Week - Homespun: Modern Handmade

23 Mar 2010

Hey crafters, Etsyers,artists and makers of all kinds; this week's Kick Starter, Homespun: Modern Handmade, is right up your alley.

The creators of the INDIEana Handicraft Exchange, a bi-annual indie craft fair, are looking to make a genuine brick and mortar shop for all things handmade called Homespun.

The goal of Homespun is spectacular. They plan to provide a space for artists to promote, sell and learn with a special workshop area. They'll teach everything from crafting techniques to business development skills.

The goal? Turning hobbyists like you and me into professionals. Now that's a undertaking.

They're only asking $3,000 to help get started. The money raised will be used towards tables and seating for the workshop area (handmade of course!), shelving, supplies, a kitchenette and if all goes well, other little things like a handmade sign, displays, etc.

So what do you get for your pledge, besides the awesome knowledge that you helped out a great cause? Well $52 gets you a free class at the new store, plus a few extra little fun things like a Homespun t-shirt. $121 gets you and a friend invited to the grand opening party. $1,111 and you'll receive unlimited workshops for 5 years and $3,003 gets you a workspace dedicated in your name.

As usual though, you can pledge as low as $5. So if you're an artist or art lover who believes in promoting the handmade, then skip that Latte and give it to Homespun. I'm sure you'll be glad you did.

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Kick Starter of the Week: The Apology Line

16 Mar 2010

This Kick Starter, The Apology Line, is a surprising and incredibly moving art project.

Before I tell you more, I have to insist you go to the page and start the 10 minute video of recorded apologies. Some are hysterical, some unremorseful ...many of them goosebump worthy; particularly one woman emotionally apologizing to a Reverend.

The Apology Line, created by William Bridges and James Lee, was launched in the UK as an experiment. They spread the word with posters, fliers, and advertisements inviting people to call a number and leave an anonymous apology. The response was astounding with hundreds of calls each week

The Kick Starter funds will go towards bringing the line to America and eventually create a touring art show from it. Now that's something I want to hear.

The goal is lofty at $10,000, but totally doable with your help. Pledge $50 and receive a CD full of apologies from both the UK and US. $100 or more and you get yourself that same CD plus a special exclusive invite to the opening of the Apology Line exhibition. Kinda of hard to pass that up.

Here's an example apology in case you haven't started listening to that video yet:

"I would like to apologize to my daughter who is twenty-seven now. For the fact that I always resented having a daughter. I wanted a son. And I wasn't a very nice mother to her. I told her I'm sorry. Things in her childhood... I have never told her the real reason because I think it would hurt her too much. I just want to say sorry. I don't want her to know it was me, I think that would be too painful for her. I love her very much. Thank you."

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Gotta See It: Pooh Sticks by Lenny

11 Mar 2010

This has got to be one of the most unique and imaginative photo collections I've seen in awhile. Lenny combs the beach for odds and ends (wood, feathers, flowers, etc) and creates these little boats.

Shell Beach pooh stick (by Lenny&Meriel)

North
Yorkshire Pooh Stick (by Lenny&Meriel)

Marble bay
pooh sticks (by Lenny&Meriel)

The images of these little creations are absolutely wonderful. Something as simple as a piece of wood with a leaf becomes a reminder to let your imagination go and an inspiration to create.

Goose feathers, bark & bamboo boats (by Lenny&Meriel)

It's not all Pooh Sticks with Lenny though. Be sure to check out the rest of the Flickr stream and his blog as well.

So, what will you create today?

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Kick Starter of the Week - Noon Design Studio: The only natural dye house in the US

16 Feb 2010

This week's Kick Starter feature is really something special, especially if you're all about going green.

Noon Design Studio, run by Jane Palmer, is the only natural dye house in the United States and she needs our help. As I write this post, the project has less than a month to go and only 43% of the funds needed to complete.

What does she need the money for? To pay off the lease on what she calls the heart of her operation, her industrial dye machine. This machine allows Jane to dye multiple yards of fabric at a time rather than standing over a tiny boiling pot on the stove.

Why not pledge a little so she can get back to concentrating on the real project, dying beautiful fabrics? For $5 get a patch dyed using the Shibori method (Japanese way of creating a pattern through stitching and folding cloth). $200 and have something larger (duvet cover, shower curtian, etc) dyed using this technique.

The doozie, $500 gets you a private Shibori workshop with Jane in Chicago. There's only 4 slots available for this one so you'd better hop on it!

If you can't spend the dough, spread the word! There's plenty of backers out there, we just have to make sure they know about Kick Starter and all the wonderful projects within. Tweet this post (easy button up near the title) and tell your pals about Noon Design Studio!

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Kick Starter of the Week- Bit Parts: Photographs

9 Feb 2010

In a search for Kick Starters similar to what I plan to put together one day, I found Mia Erin Beach's project and fell instantly in love.

It's very simple. All of her current funds go towards her family, 2 kids with one on the way, and daily expenses. Art supplies have sadly taken a backseat and that's what you'll be funding when you pledge to this project.

The main focus is to complete her "Bit Parts" photography series and prepare it for publication and galleries. It would be a cryin' shame if this incredible series was never completed. Romantic, creative, mysterious and utterly unique, you simply must click that link and see for yourself.

While you're at it, peruse the rest of her photography site. I can't tell you how inspired I feel after just quick little glimpse.

Her goal is a mere $983 and with the lowest pledge set at $1, how can you resist? However, $5 and up gets you a unique piece of work from the artist. And five people who donate $200 will have their own image turned into a custom "Bit Part" piece. How's that for reward?

"Admiring their new view, the Turners pause in a moment of reflection before continuing" by Mia Erin Beach

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One in Five Photo Project - Subway in the Snow

8 Feb 2010

A new project where I take 5 different shots of one person, place or thing. This weeks "One in Five" is my subway stop after a snowstorm.

What would you shoot five different ways?

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Really easy DIY recycling project - Hurricane Cover

25 Jan 2010

Normally I see "DIY Recycling project" and think "Yeah right, this is gonna take 5 hours and a whole lot of stuff I don't have." Then I stumbled across A Little Hut's recycling projects and they actually seem...doable. And in a reasonable amount of time too!

There's a handful of excellent projects but this hurricane cover is awesome. A couple of cardboard tubes, some scissors, glue, couple sheets of paper, some tape and voila!

Well, and a glass hurricane and candle of course.

Heck, there's an even simpler and just as pretty hurricane cover minus the cardboard tubes. So get on it!

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Make a toy a day...with your printer!

14 Jan 2010

I have NO idea how Toy a Day slipped passed my radar for so long. Luckily this little Twitter bird came through on my Twitter stream. It's exactly as the title says, a toy almost every day to print out and put together yourself. You could build a damn army!

Some of my faves are David Bowie (Ziggy Stardust), The Beatles (Yellow Submarine), Pablo Picasso, Tweedledum & Tweedledee and Yoda.

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Art House Scavenger Project....Do It!

13 Oct 2009

If you haven't been over to Art House yet, you simply must...whether you consider yourself an artist or not! It's filled with collaborative projects and a great artist community.

They just announced the latest of projects, The Scavenger Project!

From the site:

An international scavenger hunt to see how artists from around the globe visually interpret the same items, which are then documented in a book and exhibitions.

If you head over that link up there, you'll see the scavenger list, but just to whet your appetite, here's a few:

Social Network
Cats with their head out a window
Just a minute, just a second
Fortunes from cookies I have found

This is going to be a seriously fun project so go check it out!

P.S. Any medium is welcomed!

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Hey artists! Get in Art Forum Mag for $1.50

5 Aug 2009

Ok, it's not exaaaactly what you thought...but this is one seriously cool project by artist Jeff Thompson.

Thompson has come up with a brilliant way to feature multiple artists in the well known art magazine Art Forum. A full page ad costs $4200 so he created this grid you see above made up of 3/16"x3/16" squares.

So what do you do? Pay $1.50 (per square) and showcase your miniature piece of art...then when the ad goes up, brag to your friends that you've hit the big time with a feature in Art Forum of course.

Seriously, how could you pass up being a part of this fantastic project. Go check it out!

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Underwater fairytale

2 Jul 2009

How could you not love this amazing project called Underwater Fairytale by Elena Kalis? Go there and check out the rest of her underwater shots. They're stunning!

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Gotta See It - Fallen Princesses

2 Jul 2009

"Rapunzel II"

This incredible series of photographs by Dina Goldstein took my breath away at first glance. In the project, Goldstein takes well known fairy tale characters and places them in modern day settings. Like Cinderella getting soused in a dirty bar or Belle going under a plastic surgeon's knife.

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Be a part of something big...

26 Apr 2009

You don't have to call yourself a photographer to be a part of the "A Million Little Pictures Project," you just have to be able to take photos with a little disposable camera!

"One thousand people from around the world will document their lives in 24 frames using a disposable camera. An exhibition will be held showing over 24,000 photographs."

So why not go for it? They send you the camera, you take the pictures, develop them, send them back and then get the awesome feeling of being a part of something pretty big.

Are you gonna do it?

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What does your TV say about you?

21 Apr 2009

Channels
by Ian J. Whitmore

Photographer Ian J. Whitmore takes a close look at how people's televisions are set up. What's interesting is how much it appears to say about a person.

Mine would tell you that we like video games, never dust and my creativity stops short of designing a room.

So what does your TV say about you?

via: Human Resources

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Gotta see it - Simon Hoegsberg's 100 meters of existence...

17 Apr 2009

"We're All Gonna Die"
100 meters of existence by Simon Hoegsberg

You've gotta see this fantastic project for yourself. Photographer Simon Hoegsberg strung together shots he took over the course of 20 days on a railroad bridge in Warschauer Strasse in Berlin. The results are fantastic and only a few of the passers by appeared to even notice the camera. The entire image measures 100 meters long.

Oh, and if you have the time, check out the rest of his site. He's a wonderful portrait photographer.

via: Twitter

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Blanket Magazine - Pass It On

7 Apr 2009

I love me some artist collaboration!

A fun project from Blanket Magazine that I found on the Sub-Studio Design blog. Check out this post for a play-by-play of how the project went down.

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How are you doing?

2 Apr 2009

Inspiring. Heart breaking. Uplifting. Brilliant.

You simply must check out The How Are You Doing Project and listen to these calls while you surf the internet. Then call 1-800-737-6045 and let them know how you're doing.

via: Design for Mankind

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Results tagged “project”

Kick Starter of the Week: PlayLab's Peep Show

Kick Starter of the Week: The Oldest Living Things in the World

Kick Starter of the Week: Trade School - pay with barter... not cash

Kick Starter of the Week - Homespun: Modern Handmade

Kick Starter of the Week: The Apology Line

Gotta See It: Pooh Sticks by Lenny

Kick Starter of the Week - Noon Design Studio: The only natural dye house in the US

Kick Starter of the Week- Bit Parts: Photographs

One in Five Photo Project - Subway in the Snow

Really easy DIY recycling project - Hurricane Cover

Make a toy a day...with your printer!

Art House Scavenger Project....Do It!

Hey artists! Get in Art Forum Mag for $1.50

Underwater fairytale

Gotta See It - Fallen Princesses

Be a part of something big...

What does your TV say about you?

Gotta see it - Simon Hoegsberg's 100 meters of existence...

Blanket Magazine - Pass It On

How are you doing?

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