Matthew Kronsberg of Gourmet featured several great food projects, from Sweet & Stout to Homesweet Homegrown, reporting: "The food category is a small but vibrant piece of the Kickstarter project mix; 241 food and beverage-related projects brought in just over $2.8 million from 30,682 backers in 2011. The spread of funding requests reflects the general culinary zeitgeist — keyword searches turn up 118 beer projects, 80 tagged 'vegan,' and 74 tagged 'foodtruck.' And then, of course, there is the great common denominator, cupcakes, with 50 listings, including 8 vegan cupcake projects, 6 cupcake trucks, and 1 beer cupcake."

Tiffany Hagler-Geard of ABC News shared an early look at some of the photographs from Tim Mantoani's Archiving Photographic Legends book project: "For the past five years, Tim Mantoani, has been making portraits of noted photographers, holding their most iconic image, on the rare and huge format of a 20×24 Polaroid camera.  He created a book showcasing 158 photographers with their iconic images."

Chantaie Allick of The Toronto Star explored the successes of two documentary projects — Continental and The Jungle Prescription noting: "Toronto-based independent filmmaker Malcolm Ingram wanted to do a movie about the famed Continental bathhouses in New York City. The problem: paying for it. Instead of going the usual route of finding investors, applying for grants and pitching to broadcasters, he turned to the Internet. Specifically, to Kickstarter.com, a crowd-sourced fundraising site that allows artists and other creative types to make appeals for money, doled out in portions as small as $1, to finance projects. The platform has had a huge impact on the way independent films are funded and is changing the way filmmakers connect with audiences."

Ray Hu of Core77 spotlighted the tastefully designed Alden Seats project: "Enter Carson Leh's beautifully brogued bicycle saddles, which have far more in common with handmade dress shoes than, say, a $20,000 Hublot × BMC. Rather, they hearken back to the signature details of oxfords and derbys, a logical intersection of Leh's obsession with vintage footwear and his passion for cycling."