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Bill Couch

San Francisco, CA

Designer, photographer, futurist, cyclist. Front-end engineer at Twitter. Probably eating your leftovers.

  1. XOXO Festival by Andy Baio

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

    • 135% funded $169,083 pledged
    • 627 backers
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    Corter Leather Bottle Hook by Eric Heins

    A beautiful antique-inspired key hook for your belt loop that opens bottles. Made in the USA.

    • 2,651% funded $58,333 pledged
    • 1,247 backers
    • Funded May 18, 2012
  3. Assaz Crocante! ⚡ Banjo & Synthesizer Little LP by Vulfmon

    Clawhammer banjo virtuoso & German-American synthesizer professor record a 7" 33⅓ Little LP; 15 minutes of music.

    • 55% funded $1,328 pledged
    • 76 backers
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    TOC Guide to SF by Shan Wang & Eric Meltzer

    The TOC Guide is a list of amazing places in and around San Francisco, printed on an origami-inspired map.

    • 163% funded $16,319 pledged
    • 489 backers
    • Funded Mar 15, 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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    Dark Sky - Weather Prediction, Reinvented by Adam Grossman & Jack Turner

    Down-to-the-minute weather prediction for your exact location. Accompanied by stunning high-resolution radar animations.

    • 112% funded $39,376 pledged
    • 1,203 backers
    • Funded Nov 30, 2011
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    Longshot Issue #2 by mat honan

    Longshot Magazine is a raucous experiment in harnessing new tools to erase media’s old limits. We create a print magazine in 48 hours.

    • 226% funded $17,007 pledged
    • 473 backers
    • Funded Jul 24, 2011
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    This is not a Kickstarter shirt by Yancey Strickler

    Get a shirt featuring the final stats of this project! Why? Why not?

    • 1,710% funded $8,554 pledged
    • 532 backers
    • Funded Jun 14, 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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    LetterMpress: A Virtual Letterpress on Your iPad by John Bonadies

    Experience the Art and Craft of Letterpress Printing on your iPad

    • 263% funded $39,495 pledged
    • 1,601 backers
    • Funded Apr 21, 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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    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.

    • 415% funded $112,159 pledged
    • 2,109 backers
    • Funded Mar 02, 2011
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    Cards Against Humanity by Max Temkin

    Cards Against Humanity is a free party game for horrible people.

    • 389% funded $15,570 pledged
    • 758 backers
    • Funded Jan 30, 2011
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    TikTok+LunaTik Multi-Touch Watch Kits by Scott Wilson + MINIMAL

    Transform your iPod Nano into the world's coolest multi-touch watches with TikTok + LunaTik by Scott Wilson and MINIMAL.

    • 6,283% funded $942,578 pledged
    • 13,512 backers
    • Funded Dec 16, 2010
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    Glif - iPhone 4 Tripod Mount & Stand by Dan Provost & Tom Gerhardt

    Glif is a simple iPhone 4 accessory with two primary functions: mounting your iPhone to a standard tripod, and acting as a kickstand to prop it up.

    • 1,374% funded $137,417 pledged
    • 5,273 backers
    • Funded Nov 02, 2010
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    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.

    • 130% funded $84,613 pledged
    • 1,312 backers
    • Funded Nov 05, 2009
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    Cadence & Slang is a book about interaction design. by Nick Disabato

    I'm writing, designing, and publishing a book about the art and craft of interaction design. Handmade outline for $20; pre-order the book for $40!

    • 124% funded $12,206 pledged
    • 258 backers
    • Funded Dec 04, 2009
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    Robin writes a book (and you get a copy) by Robin Sloan

    I'm writing a detective story set halfway between San Francisco and the internet. And the more people who reserve a copy, the better each one will be!

    • 398% funded $13,942 pledged
    • 570 backers
    • Funded Nov 01, 2009
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    Kind of Bloop: An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis by Andy Baio

    What would the pioneers of jazz sound like on a Nintendo Entertainment System? Coltrane on a C-64? Mingus on Amiga? For years...

    • 432% funded $8,647 pledged
    • 419 backers
    • Funded Aug 01, 2009