David Olk

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David Olk joined Kickstarter on February 06, 2009

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Feltron vs Kickstarter by Charles Adler

An exploration into statistical displays on Kickstarter.com. For this endeavor we're pulling in Nicholas Felton, famed information graphic designer.
- Graphic Design
- Chicago, IL
- 107% funded $3,222 pledged
- 132 backers
- Funded Oct 14, 2009
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Late Night Tunes by Rob Deeming

Back in the day there was an awesome CD series called Back to Mine. The series asked some of the best DJs and music acts of the...
- Music
- Brooklyn, NY
- 102% funded $510 pledged
- 38 backers
- Funded Jul 01, 2009
Choose Your Own Adventure - A Robot Painting Series by Ryan Allen

This project is for a Choose Your Own Adventure painting series. Here is how it works. You pledge $35 and you are put in line...
- Painting
Funding Unsuccessful (06/13/2009)
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Kickstarter Open House NYC! by Kickstarter Staff

We're having our first Kickstarter party/open-house/meet-up this Thursday night in the Lower East Side (NYC). Two Kickstarter...
- Art
- New York, NY
- 156% funded $125 pledged
- 24 backers
- Funded May 14, 2009
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365 Postcards by Emily Grenader

Postcards are fun to make, fun to send, and fun to receive. I want to send a postcard every day for one year starting June 1st...
- Digital Art
- 171% funded $626 pledged
- 54 backers
- Funded Jul 01, 2009
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Crossword Puzzles! by Eric Berlin

I create crosswords and other puzzles. These have appeared, among other places, in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Games Magazine...
- Art Book
- 151% funded $2,265 pledged
- 163 backers
- Funded Jun 30, 2009
Grace Jones Does Not Give A F$#% T-Shirt (limited Edition) by Perry Chen

About two years ago I realized a profound truth: "Grace Jones Does Not Give A Fuck". Could there be anything more true?! I'm not...
- Fashion
- Brooklyn, NY
Funding Unsuccessful (05/31/2009)
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New York Makes a Book!! by We Make a Book

Let's make the world's first crowd-funded book! New York Makes a Book will be entirely composed of submissions from 100 participants. 100...
- Journalism
- New York, NY
- 110% funded $3,329 pledged
- 110 backers
- Funded May 16, 2009

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