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Frank Chimero

Brooklyn, NY

Frank Chimero is a graphic designer, teacher, writer, and creative person in Portland, Oregon. His fascination with the creative process, curiosity, and visual experience informs all of his work. Each piece is part of an exploration in finding wit, surp... view more

  1. XOXO Festival by Andy Baio

    A festival this September in Portland, Oregon bringing together artists and toolmakers to celebrate disruptive creativity.

    • 135% funded $169,058 pledged
    • 626 backers
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    A Very Graphic Poster by Barbara deWilde

    A modular poster design made of customized, business card-sized rectangular designs typeset with your name and contact information.

    • 223% funded $2,231 pledged
    • 55 backers
    • Funded Apr 29, 2012
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    World's Largest Rainbow Parade by Jessi Arrington

    Drench yourself head-to-toe in your favorite color and join us (+ a marching band) for chrom-tastic parade over the Brooklyn Bridge!

    • 256% funded $3,840 pledged
    • 129 backers
    • Funded Apr 27, 2012
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    WAX MAGAZINE by Zak

    WAX is a new print publication about the connection point between artistic practice and the culture of surfing.

    • 108% funded $16,246 pledged
    • 318 backers
    • Funded Mar 23, 2012
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    MATTER by Matter

    The world is full of big stories. We don't want them to go missing.

    • 280% funded $140,201 pledged
    • 2,566 backers
    • Funded Mar 24, 2012
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    This is Not a Conspiracy Theory by Kirby Ferguson

    A True Story About Why We Are. From the creator of Everything is a Remix.

    • 113% funded $54,610 pledged
    • 2,231 backers
    • Funded Mar 16, 2012
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    Metavari is making a record: "Gravity is Still Everywhere" by Nate Utesch

    An album about the things that hold us up and the things that don't. They want to give it to you on vinyl. And want it to feel special.

    • 111% funded $5,573 pledged
    • 141 backers
    • Funded Mar 31, 2012
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    Double Fine Adventure by Double Fine and 2 Player Productions

    An adventure game from Tim Schafer, Double Fine, and YOU!

    • 834% funded $3,336,371 pledged
    • 87,142 backers
    • Funded Mar 13, 2012
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    Ghoul School by Brook Linder

    Two students break into their high school to steal an exam, only to incur the wrath of the spirit of an ex-principal. Terror ensues.

    • 108% funded $5,424 pledged
    • 95 backers
    • Funded Feb 16, 2012
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    VALUCO Font Design by Aesthetic Apparatus

    Aesthetic Apparatus needs your assistance in bringing this fussy, ultra-display, beveled typeface to life!

    • 191% funded $9,590 pledged
    • 168 backers
    • Funded Jan 31, 2012
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    Distance: long essays about design, published quarterly. by Nick Disabato

    Three essays, five thousand words each, every three months. We want to build a better conversation with you.

    • 150% funded $20,317 pledged
    • 515 backers
    • Funded Feb 17, 2012
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    Don't Go Back to School: A handbook for learning anything by Kio Stark

    A how-to guide for independent learning, with concrete strategies plus stories of people who learn on their own and how they do it.

    • 268% funded $38,928 pledged
    • 1,588 backers
    • Funded Dec 15, 2011
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    The Happy Film by The Happy Film

    The Happy Film is a documentary in which designer Stefan Sagmeister conducts a series of self-experiments to test his happiness.

    • 110% funded $55,336 pledged
    • 661 backers
    • Funded Oct 16, 2011
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    Put This On: Season Two by Jesse Thorn

    Put This On is a web series about dressing like a grownup. Season two will take us to the world's great style cities... if you fund it.

    • 103% funded $70,328 pledged
    • 1,679 backers
    • Funded Sep 16, 2011
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    The Classical by The Classical

    Smart sportswriting for smart readers. No snark, no cheerleader slideshows, no aggregation: Just brainy sports journalism, every day.

    • 111% funded $55,598 pledged
    • 1,070 backers
    • Funded Sep 29, 2011
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    Linotype: The Film - Final Push by Douglas Wilson

    Linotype: The Film is a documentary about the Linotype typecasting machine and its search for a place amongst modern communication.

    • 130% funded $26,100 pledged
    • 360 backers
    • Funded Sep 09, 2011
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    PASTE UP! Madison by Art & Sons

    Paste Up! A 2-week art camp for highschoolers to learn about & create large scale wheatpaste installations in downtown Madison, WI.

    • 101% funded $2,540 pledged
    • 59 backers
    • Funded Jul 31, 2011
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    A History of the Future in 100 Objects by Adrian Hon

    One hundred objects from 2011 to 2100, from 'smart drugs' to the fate of the Arctic, in a blog, book and podcast

    • 195% funded $4,899 pledged
    • 109 backers
    • Funded Mar 19, 2011
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    The Nature of Code Book Project by Daniel Shiffman

    A book about applying topics from mathematics, physics, and generative algorithms to computational systems. With Processing!

    • 631% funded $31,575 pledged
    • 1,189 backers
    • Funded Apr 03, 2011
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    Urbanized: A Documentary Film by Gary Hustwit

    Help finish the new design documentary from the director of "Helvetica" and "Objectified".

    • 139% funded $118,505 pledged
    • 1,814 backers
    • Funded Mar 23, 2011
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    The Manual by Andy McMillan

    The Manual is a new, beautifully crafted journal that takes a fresh look, in print, at design on the web.

    • 133% funded $53,290 pledged
    • 825 backers
    • Funded Mar 10, 2011
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    Smarthistory — Art. History. Conversation. by Beth + Juliana + Steven

    Smarthistory - An Open & Free Art History Textbook

    • 115% funded $11,513 pledged
    • 268 backers
    • Funded Mar 08, 2011
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    Linotype: The Film by Douglas Wilson

    Linotype: The Film is a documentary about the Linotype typecasting machine and its search for a place amongst modern technology.

    • 311% funded $24,915 pledged
    • 279 backers
    • Funded Dec 17, 2010
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    Onomasticon: A Vocabulary for Nowhere by Ian Whitmore

    An artist book project exploring visual + written vocabulary with words + images that are both obscure and familiar. 26 books, one for each word (A-Z)

    • 106% funded $4,275 pledged
    • 43 backers
    • Funded Sep 25, 2010