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Michael Mandiberg

Straightpin New York, NY

Michael Mandiberg is an artist, designer, educator and bicyclist. He is known for selling all of his possessions online on Shop Mandiberg - http://Mandiberg.com/shop, making Firefox browser plugins - http://TheRealCosts.com and for his creative use of the laser cutter - http://www.flickr.com/photos/theredproject/sets/72157607325984494/ . He co-authored Digital Foundations: An Intro to Media Design - http://digital-foundations.net/ .. He is a Senior Fellow at Eyebeam and an Assistant Professor at CSI/CUNY.

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Projects by Michael Mandiberg (1)

Bright Bike DIY Kits: night visibility for safer riding

by Michael Mandiberg
Bright Bike DIY Kits make riding a bike at night safer. Scale this project up to make riding safer.
  125% funded
$2,506.75 pledged
86 backers
successful

Michael Mandiberg is Backing (20)

8-Bit Cities: real-world maps that look like 80s video games

Help me create interactive web maps of real cities, in the 8-bit style of 1980s video games. Try it out at 8bitnyc.com.
  122% funded
$3,649 pledged
60 backers
20 days to go

Escape From New York

Escape From New York is a tour de force exhibition taking place in Paterson, NJ, May 15 - June 19, 2010 that will showcase over 30 NYC artists
  59% funded
$2,056 pledged
37 backers
5 days to go

THE APOLOGY LINE

We want to set up a freephone telephone line across the US allowing people to leave anonymous apologies on an answering machine.
  13% funded
$1,330 pledged
18 backers
74 days to go

Brooklyn Soda Works - artisanal, handmade sodas made with fresh ingredients

Not your average soda - small batch, artisanal sodas and sparkling juice, made in Brooklyn, featuring unexpected flavor combinations
  124% funded
$1,867 pledged
56 backers
18 days to go

osloom: an open source jacquard loom (DIY electromechanical thread-controlled loom)

OSLOOM (short for OPEN SOURCE LOOM) is a project creating an open source electromechanical thread-controlled loom that will be computer controlled.
  8% funded
$827 pledged
21 backers
44 days to go

LOVELAND Season 2 Pre-Game: The Legend of The Ghost Inches

Warning! There have been reports of strange phenomenon in the Greater Detroit Metro Complex. Ghost inch threat level: rainbow. Catch these $1 inches!
  356% funded
$1,779 pledged
105 backers
successful

Craigslist Diaries

Imagine "Paris, je t'aime", but each scene is 15-45 seconds long and based on a Craigslist post.
  10% funded
$60 pledged
3 backers
44 days to go

I'm working hard on my new album: your pre-order & pledge will fund its production!

After posting free music all Winter long, I'm using Kickstarter to raise the final production budget. Pre-order, and get exclusive rewards!
  79% funded
$9,484.26 pledged
166 backers
17 days to go

Natalie John's music, Unveiled. Be a part of the final stages!

I like to meld jazz with all sorts of things. My first record is a hop, skip and jump away from completion, and you can be a part of the final stages!
  101% funded
$3,045 pledged
71 backers
successful

Save the City Reliquary! Collecting and Protecting New York City Artifacts

The City Reliquary, a non-profit community museum and civic organization needs your help to keep our doors open!
  47% funded
$467 pledged
19 backers
13 days to go

Building the Open Source Bussard Fusion Reactor

by Famulus
Building an open source Bussard fusion reactor, aka the Polywell.
  126% funded
$3,785 pledged
79 backers
successful

1024 bits of you and me

by pesi
you give me words, i give you art. repeat 1024 times. a book gets made. awesome!
  48% funded
$4,950.38 pledged
186 backers
30 days to go

Little City Gardens: An experiment in the economic viability of urban farming

Brooke and Caitlyn want to expand their urban farm business. They are carving a space in the market economy for urban food production.
  114% funded
$17,159.69 pledged
201 backers
47 days to go

WE'RE BUILDING A CABIN!!!

We're trying to build a second cabin (so you can have a place to stay) at our new farm, Ananda Harvest!
  101% funded
$10,140 pledged
103 backers
successful

Ghost Bikes Film Project

The Ghost Bikes Film Project is exploring the intersection of street art, activism, and mourning on the streets of NYC and around the world.
  6% funded
$921 pledged
27 backers
no time left

Crap Hound #4: Clowns, Devils & Bait!

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!
  118% funded
$14,751.81 pledged
304 backers
successful

Comix Journalism: Send Ted Rall Back to Afghanistan to Get the Real Story

Cover travel costs for independent cartoonist/war correspondent to travel and live with Afghans. He report from Afghanistan and write a book.
  47% funded
$11,714.95 pledged
136 backers
17 days to go

Getting Your Sh*t Together: Business of Art Software for Artists

GYST Ink is an artist run company for artists. We are fundraising to rewrite our popular software for artists from the ground up.
  105% funded
$10,505 pledged
77 backers
successful

Turn our cities' windows into vertical veggie farms!

Ordinary folks participate in a mass collaboration toward green innovation (R&D-I-Y) and turn their apartment windows into vertical veggie farms.
  113% funded
$28,205 pledged
221 backers
successful

Emoji Dick

Translating Moby Dick into Japanese Emoji Icons using Amazon's Mechanical Turk.
  105% funded
$3,676.01 pledged
83 backers
successful

Recent Posts by Michael Mandiberg

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    Michael Mandiberg
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    I LOVE IT I live here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theredproject/4418825132/sizes/l/ In between Grand Army Plaza of Zelda, and Contra Heights. LOL awesome
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    Michael Mandiberg
    Posted project update #5

    Bright Bike = EPIC WIN!

    The Bright Bike campaign just finished with a bang. EPIC WIN!

    Thank you all for contributing to the project.

    I believe that a magic door will open in the administrative interface for the campaign, and I will be able to query all the backers about what cut and color combination they want. It didn't happen when the countdown hit zero seconds... I am assuming it will happen at some point.

    I will ship out kits in the order that people backed the project.

    Thanks again to everyone who made this possible!

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    Michael Mandiberg
    Posted project update #4

    Success, with a week left

    Bright Bike is officially successful! The campaign crossed the $2000 mark this morning. I want to thank you all for backing this project! Without you it would not have happened.

    With this milestone reached, I have started fabrication. I put a big order of vinyl on my credit card and have hired a helper to help me start fabricating the kits.

    There are still seven days to go, so you can still pass the word on to friends. More support just means a bigger scale up!

    Thanks Again!

    Michael

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    Michael Mandiberg
    commented on a project

    I was born in Detroit. I love the idea of buying a few square inches of the city, as it returns to wilderness. Maybe I will even be able to visit my 12 square inches this summer.
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    Michael Mandiberg
    Posted project update #3

    Second Jig At Work

    We put the second jig to work today cutting Pinstripe kits. It works beautifully. It makes the hand production we were using look like... hand production. We are still using our hands, because hands are pretty damn precise, but we are moving much much faster now.

    Its kind of like riding a bicycle. You could be in a car, but you can get there without electricity. You just need some gears and two wheels.

    We got our wheels today!


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    Michael Mandiberg
    Posted project update #2

    Video of the first jig in use!

    This post is exclusive to backers.

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    Michael Mandiberg
    Posted project update #1

    Crossed the 1/3 mark!

    The Bright Bike campaign has crossed the 1/3 mark. I'm feeling confident that this is going to happen!

    I'm going to start the process of making the jig over the next few days. I will post pictures as they become available.

    Also, check out Nathan Freitas' sweet pic of his Bright Bike'd "Blue Steel"

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/natty/4348243045/

    Spread the word and make biking safer: http://kck.st/bxOtp1

    Michael

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