Kristian Bjørnard

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Baltimore, MD

Designer / Sustainabilitist A designer of books, miscellaneous print, letterpress, and web / Also enjoys design, music, bicycles, architecture, food & drink

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The Banner Saga by Stoic

A mature, story-driven, turn-based strategy game steeped in viking culture, by three game industry veterans.
- Video Games
- Austin, TX
- 723% funded $723,886 pledged
- 20,042 backers
- Funded Apr 20, 2012
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The Sutro Mission Bicycle: Designed for City Riding by Eman Eng

An innovative bicycle designed specifically for city riding. Custom designed and built by hand, one at a time, in San Francisco.
- Product Design
- San Francisco, CA
- 668% funded $66,875 pledged
- 170 backers
- Funded Apr 09, 2012
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South Sound Users Guide by ken miller

The South Puget Sound: a million people, 3,000 square miles but no guidebook. 'Til now. Join us in this art-drenched, grassroots guide.
- Nonfiction
- Tacoma, WA
- 103% funded $22,700 pledged
- 287 backers
- Funded Mar 17, 2012
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Kern and Burn: The Book by Tim Hoover

Kern and Burn is a book about design entrepreneurship. It shares the stories of passionate designers who love what they do.
- Graphic Design
- Baltimore, MD
- 246% funded $18,502 pledged
- 480 backers
- Funded Mar 16, 2012
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TouchFire: The Screen-Top Keyboard for iPad by Steve Isaac & Brad Melmon

TouchFire is a thin, feather-weight device that puts the "touch" back into typing - it makes your iPad feel like a normal keyboard!
- Product Design
- Seattle, WA
- 2,014% funded $201,400 pledged
- 3,146 backers
- Funded Dec 13, 2011
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Hidden Radio & BlueTooth Speaker by John VDN + Vitor Santa Maria

The simplest, most powerful radio and wireless speaker for iPhone + iPad ever in a compact form. Lift the cap, the louder it gets!
- Product Design
- San Francisco, CA
- 751% funded $938,771 pledged
- 5,358 backers
- Funded Jan 18, 2012
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Forgotten Foods by Jonathan Bevers

Forgotten Foods is a documentary series about Professional Chef & Archeologist Ben Hargett and his culinary adventures in the world.
- Documentary
- Oaxaca, Mexico
- 109% funded $4,380 pledged
- 14 backers
- Funded Nov 14, 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.
- Documentary
- Springfield, MO
- 130% funded $26,100 pledged
- 360 backers
- Funded Sep 09, 2011
Graphic Design for Architecture by Jenny Kutnow

A book that examines the intersection between graphic design and architecture.
- Graphic Design
- Baltimore, MD
Funding Unsuccessful (08/16/2011)
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Strange Attractors: NonHumanoid Extraterrestrial Sexualities by Encyclopedia Destructica & Suzie Silver

A 300 page, full color book and DVD containing art, writing, and film that envisions non-humanoid extraterrestrial sexualities.
- Art Book
- Pittsburgh, PA
- 107% funded $10,720 pledged
- 194 backers
- Funded Aug 27, 2011
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New Digital Fonts from Rare Letterpress Wood Type by Matt Braun & Matt Griffin

We're collecting rare historical letterpress wood type to convert into Opentype fonts. Check out our free beta font download!
- Graphic Design
- Pittsburgh, PA
- 128% funded $19,204 pledged
- 443 backers
- Funded May 18, 2011

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The Banner Saga by Stoic

The Sutro Mission Bicycle: Designed for City Riding by Eman Eng

South Sound Users Guide by ken miller

Kern and Burn: The Book by Tim Hoover

TouchFire: The Screen-Top Keyboard for iPad by Steve Isaac & Brad Melmon

Hidden Radio & BlueTooth Speaker by John VDN + Vitor Santa Maria

Forgotten Foods by Jonathan Bevers

Linotype: The Film - Final Push by Douglas Wilson

Graphic Design for Architecture by Jenny Kutnow

Strange Attractors: NonHumanoid Extraterrestrial Sexualities by Encyclopedia Destructica & Suzie Silver

New Digital Fonts from Rare Letterpress Wood Type by Matt Braun & Matt Griffin

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