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PROJECT OF THE DAY
Noon Design is a natural-dye production house creating colors from wood, flowers, fruits and insects. Yes, insects. With her Kickstarter project, creator Jane Palmer hopes to bring her textiles to a larger audience.

Noon Design turns the beauty of nature into naturally dyed fabrics for designers and artists by using new technology. Think pomegranate and walnuts.

  $1,146 pledged
  25% funded
34 days to go


DESIGN
Stephan and Genet are designers using a new textile printing process called Lumi to produce photographic images on leather and other materials. The line will focus on unconventional wallets, prints, and other goods emblazoned with iconic Los Angeles imagery — all of which are available to backers.

Lumi Co. creates prints that were previously impossible. Using their new technology, two young designers want to turn the fashion world upside down!

  $7,053.87 pledged
  59% funded
12 days to go


EVENT
Gamma is a beloved indie gaming event showcasing short-form video games based on specific themes. This year the organizers decided to expand by shifting the conference from Montreal to SF. With their project, they're covering the costs by offering tons of sweet rewards.

Kokoromi is offering rare indie game rewards, game download keys, and three all-access GDC passes to kickstart the Gamma4 event in San Francisco!

  $2,430 pledged
  41% funded
26 days to go


FASHION
The NYC-based collective Yestadt Milinery create handmade hats from locally sourced and high-quality materials. Backers receive everything from inspirational sketches to customized head pieces.

Yestadt Millinery is a collection of hand made hats based in NYC. Everything is made locally and sourced from the finest materials. Help us take our

  $3,299 pledged
  55% funded
19 days to go


PRINT
Crap Hound is a legendary zine collecting line art taken from vintage catalogs, obscurities and curiosities. In 1994 they published Crap Hound #4, a particularly legendary issue that's been unavailable since. Their Kickstarter project will republish that issue, along with several others. Awesome.

Beloved by artists, crafters and designers alike, Crap Hound is a great resource and a work of art in and of itself. Come on pledgers, let's publish!

  $11,820.81 pledged
  95% funded
3 days to go


FOOD
Brooke and Caitlyn are urban farmers from San Francisco who have turned a simple plot of land into a working farm that contributes to the local CSA and restaurants. Now they want to expand their operation into a local, sustainable food system, and they're offering great rewards to do it.

Brooke and Caitlyn want to expand their urban farm business. They are carving a space in the market economy for urban food production.

  $9,981.68 pledged
  67% funded
84 days to go


DOCUMENTARY
Filmmaker David Scantling spent the month of October embedded with the Marines in Afghanistan. His doc, "Patrol Base Jaker," will examine the United States' counterinsurgency tactics. Rewards include copies of the film and invites to the premiere.

See US Marines make counter-insurgency work in Helmand Province--the Taliban's stronghold in Afghanistan.

  $6,410 pledged
  14% funded
13 days to go


CRAFTS
Only on Kickstarter will you see a catty soap opera featuring animal salt shakers with the option to start your own family of them. But that's exactly how Dannielle has creatively pitched her Shaker Love project. We're total fans!

Over 500 pairs of salt and pepper shakers are in need of some warm, loving, and caring families! http://shakers.tumblr.com

  $1,428 pledged
  29% funded
50 days to go


COMMUNITY
Ananda Harvest are a collective of urban farmers building a cabin on their upstate New York farm. Backers get tours, fresh food, and weekend getaways.

We're trying to build a second cabin (so you can have a place to stay) at our new farm, Ananda Harvest!

  $7,170 pledged
  72% funded
5 days to go


BOOK
"Coming & Crying," Melissa and Meaghan's book about sex, is best discovered via their beautiful and frank video featuring writers detailing their own sexual desires and fears. With great rewards and oodles of support, the project has reached an amazing 200% funded in just 48 hours.

A book of stories & photos about sex as it really is: messy, awkward, hilarious, painful, true.

  $9,590.98 pledged
  320% funded
20 days to go


FILM
Esteemed French music blog La Blogotheque and the Polyphonic Spree are bringing the Take Away Shows to Uganda in support of Invisible Children, an organization that aids victims of the Ugandan war. The project that has the potential to not only do something cool, but change lives as well.

To help end Africa's longest running war, Invisible Children and La Blogothèque will team up to film Take Away Shows in Uganda with three bands.

  $3,667 pledged
  18% funded
29 days to go


GAME
James Taylor describes his project as the "intersection of art, logic and literature" — which makes its board game format all the more surprising. James has constructed an elaborate game complete with its own imagined history set in the South Sandwiche Islands. Click through for more.

The Gentlemen of the South Sandwiche Islands is a charming board game that sits nicely at the intersection of art, logic and literature. PreOrder $26-

  $8,910.50 pledged
  117% funded
23 hours to go


ART
Mexican-born artist Gerardo Yepiz finds inspiration for his sketches in New York City cafes and subways. His project backers will receive all kinds of creative and quirky goodies.

San Diegian/Mexican artist improvises studio space and finds inspiration in the subways and cafes of NYC. And then he publishes a book about it.

  $1,205.01 pledged
  24% funded
21 days to go


EVENT
SketchyCon is an alt-drawing convention where artists meet, share skills and discuss local events. Backers receive custom sketches and "saucy" graphic novels. Oooh la la!

Dr. Sketchy runs alt.drawing salons in 100+ cities. At SketchyCon, organizers meet, share skills, and learn how to rock their cities' art scenes

  $4,488.14 pledged
  150% funded
22 days to go