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on February 26
Kai Brach & Jess Murray
Posted project update #4Offscreen Magazine: Issue #1 now available
Post CommentJust in case you've been living under a rock for the last 2 weeks, Offscreen Magazine Issue #1 is now available at http://www.offscreenmag.com
We'd love to hear what you think. :)
Kai Brach
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on December 1
Kai Brach & Jess Murray
Posted project update #3A final Thank You and reminder...
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on November 27
Kai Brach & Jess Murray
Posted project update #2What happens next?
Post CommentDear supporters of Offscreen Magazine,
Putting an idea out there on Kickstarter is a thrilling experience. In the last 30 days we were nothing short of amazed about the support from so many different people that provided us with helpful feedback, encouraging comments and, of course, generous pledges.
Just a few days before the end of our funding period, we are still one third short of the amount we are trying to raise. Admittedly, it's tough to realise that maybe our idea hasn't reached as many people as we expected. It also became clear that trying to launch a new print magazine from scratch through Kickstarter comes with some potential problems.
With all the feedback and ideas coming in, we've made various changes to our initial concept over the past 4 weeks. Setting up the project page on Kickstarter, we wanted to provide as many details on the magazine as possible. On the other hand, disclosing detailed specs limits our ability to change things as we go along and potentially leave some backers disappointed later on.
We are very happy with the reactions so far and believe that there is still a place for Offscreen even without successful funding through Kickstarter.
That's why we decided to go ahead and work on Offscreen issue #1—either way! We've been busy setting up guidelines, refining our content plan and this coming week, we'll begin with conducting our first interviews.
And here's the important part: since Kickstarter only allows us to contact our backers directly if the funding was successful, we need to make sure that we can reach all of you through a different channel.
If you would like to be notified when Offscreen #1 is available for pre-order through our website (early next year), please make sure you do one of the following:
- subscribe to our newsletter
- follow us on Twitter
- like us on Facebook
We'll be publishing regular updates on Twitter and Facebook and we'll get you guys involved as much as possible, so your input is still shaping the first issue!
We are really excited about our magazine and hope you are too! You can still support us by spreading the word and directing people to our (redesigned) temporary website www.offscreenmag.com
Feel free to contact us with any questions or suggestion, also via email to info@offscreenmag.comAnd thanks again for your continuous support!
Jess & Kai
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on November 5, 2011
Kai Brach & Jess Murray
Posted project update #1Half-way there...
5 days into our Kickstarter project we have reached the 50% mark. We can not tell you, how grateful we are! Every time a "New Backer!" email from Kickstarter hits our inbox or we stumble across an Offscreen tweet, we realise that our idea to print a magazine about digital things wasn't so silly after all.
So, once again, a big thank you to all of you!
We've also received a ton of suggestions and questions about Offscreen. To our surprise, many of you seem to put Offscreen in the same category as .net or even Wired magazine—asking for certain features, a more frequent publication cycle or a digital version of the magazine.
This makes us wonder, whether we have done a good job explaining what the magazine is and what it's not. Offscreen is by no means a newsstand magazine that can or wants to compete with major publications such as the ones mentioned above. We are a tiny team of creatives. We want to build a well designed, collectible print product with the intention to get us *away* from the screen for some distraction-free time without blinking banners or chiming notifications.
On the other hand, some of you seem to have fallen in love with our idea so much that they made significantly larger pledges than suggested by the different tiers. We can't tell you how much we love you! :) However, our intention in using Kickstarter was not just to reach a set amount of funding. Even more important to us is to be able to measure the interest in Offscreen in terms of potential readership numbers. As much as large pledges will help us get issue #1 off the ground, Offscreen's long-term survival depends on single issue sales beyond the first issue.
That's why we decided to lock the tiers of higher amount pledges, so we can get a better picture of how many readers we can attract in this early stage. The higher the number of backers the more confident we are that Offscreen can become a sustainable periodical. Even if we don't end up reaching the funding goal on Kickstarter, if we think that enough readers are out there supporting our idea, we might still move ahead with a first print run.
Thanks again so much for your support and please keep spreading the word!
Jess & Kai
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on November 1, 2011
Kai Brach & Jess Murray launched a project
Offscreen Magazine by Kai Brach & Jess Murray
A new print magazine that goes behind the scenes of companies and individuals that create websites and apps.
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on October 8, 2011
Kai Brach & Jess Murray
backed a project
Makeshift Magazine by Steve Daniels
Makeshift is a quarterly magazine and multimedia website about grassroots creativity and invention around the world.
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284% funded $42,718 pledged
- 626 backers
- Funded Oct 10, 2011
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on January 31, 2011
Kai Brach & Jess Murray
backed a project
The Shape of Design by Frank Chimero
The Shape of Design is a short, accessible book about the creative process & the intersection of storytelling, craft & improvisation.
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415% funded $112,159 pledged
- 2,109 backers
- Funded Mar 02, 2011
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on June 15, 2010
Kai Brach & Jess Murray
commented on a project updateI've tried commenting here and sent 4 emails over the last 3 weeks. HOW CAN I CANCEL MY ORDER AND GET MY MONEY BACK?????? Worst customer service ever! Kai
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on May 24, 2010
Kai Brach & Jess Murray
commented on a project updateHi, same here, I've emailed to cancel my order (sorry) but haven't heard back from you yet. Cheers, Kai
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on September 17, 2009
Kai Brach & Jess Murray
backed a project
Designing Obama by Scott Thomas
The Design Director of the Obama campaign has collaborated with artists and designers to create a book of art & design from the historic campaign.
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130% funded $84,613 pledged
- 1,312 backers
- Funded Nov 05, 2009
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Kai Brach & Jess Murray
Melbourne, Australia
Kai is a German-born web designer living in Australia and has been pushing pixels for a living for more than 10 years now. He's moved his client work out of the way to concentrate on this project full-time. Jess is a creative director at a marketing company in NYC. She'll be the US based hand for the magazine, helping with editing and distribution.
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