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Philip Karpiak

Winnipeg, Canada

I’m the Filipino/Ukrainian/Irish Commander Shepard; design is my Paragon interrupt; kill many bear.

  1. Light Table by Chris Granger

    Light Table is a new kind of IDE - a reactive work surface for the creation and exploration of our programs.

    • 128% funded $256,346 pledged
    • 5,736 backers
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    Shadowrun Returns by Harebrained Schemes LLC

    Shadowrun Returns brings back one of our most original & cherished game settings as a 2D turn-based RPG for tablets & PC.

    • 459% funded $1,836,447 pledged
    • 36,276 backers
    • Funded Apr 29, 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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    Wasteland 2 by inXile entertainment

    Wasteland 2 is a sequel to the amazingly popular 1988 RPG Wasteland and the post-apocalyptic predecessor to the Fallout Series.

    • 325% funded $2,933,252 pledged
    • 61,290 backers
    • Funded Apr 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.

    • 246% funded $18,502 pledged
    • 480 backers
    • Funded Mar 16, 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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    TidyTilt for iPhone by Zahra Tashakorinia & Derek Tarnow

    TidyTilt is an earbud cord wrap, kickstand, and mount for iPhone 4/4S, designed for the modern lifestyle.

    • 2,231% funded $223,174 pledged
    • 4,001 backers
    • Funded Jan 29, 2012
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    Designer Founders: stories by designers of tech startups by Enrique Allen

    35+ rare interviews with the designer founders of YouTube, Tumblr, Flickr, AirBnB... help us make the book free for students!

    • 115% funded $34,594 pledged
    • 207 backers
    • Funded Jan 22, 2012
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    PANDA: Eco-friendly Handmade Bamboo Sunglasses by Vincent Ko

    Help us launch the first completely environmentally friendly sunglasses brand manufactured from sustainable bamboo.

    • 649% funded $19,485 pledged
    • 275 backers
    • Funded Dec 31, 2011
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    the Prop by Justin Brouillette & Nicholas Pajerski

    The Prop is an affordable and portable laptop stand.

    • 119% funded $21,597 pledged
    • 606 backers
    • Funded Nov 20, 2011
  11. Offscreen Magazine by Kai Brach & Jess Murray

    A new print magazine that goes behind the scenes of companies and individuals that create websites and apps.

    Funding Unsuccessful (12/01/2011)
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    2012 Typographic Wall Calendar by Harald Geisler and Elizabeth Waterhouse

    The 2012 Typographic Wall Calendar is a project to produce a large (27.56in x 39.37in) printed wall calender made of 2012 keyboard keys

    • 968% funded $18,089 pledged
    • 428 backers
    • Funded Nov 06, 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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    Preview “Design for Hackers” by backing the book tour by David Kadavy

    David Kadavy, author of "Design for Hackers: Reverse-Engineering Beauty" will travel around the U.S. speaking about design.

    • 194% funded $5,827 pledged
    • 138 backers
    • Funded Sep 07, 2011
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    KTOWN COWBOYS THE MOVIE by KTOWN COWBOYS

    We want to turn our popular webseries KTOWN COWBOYS into a feature film! Support us!

    • 137% funded $13,750 pledged
    • 180 backers
    • Funded Aug 24, 2011
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    Brimstone - Metallic Gold Accented Card Deck by Russell Kercheval

    Straight from the fiery pits comes BRIMSTONE playing cards! Sulfur in the air has tainted and twisted the deck into darkness.

    • 419% funded $20,983 pledged
    • 764 backers
    • Funded Jun 24, 2011
  17. Haptica Braille Watch by David Chavez

    Haptica™ is a Braille watch that allows a blind person to check the time quickly and accurately without an audible disruption.

    Funding Unsuccessful (03/04/2011)
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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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    GAMEFUL, a Secret HQ for Worldchanging Game Developers by Jane McGonigal

    Good games make us better and change the world. We’re the people making and playing those games. We need a Secret HQ.

    • 3,248% funded $64,965 pledged
    • 593 backers
    • Funded Sep 29, 2010
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    Reading With Pictures: Getting Comics into Schools and Getting Schools into Comics by Josh Elder

    Help get comics into schools by ordering the RWP educational anthology featuring Jill Thompson, Fred Van Lente and 50 other kid-friendly cartoonists.

    • 149% funded $14,969 pledged
    • 376 backers
    • Funded May 23, 2010
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    Indie Game: The Movie by BlinkWorks

    Indie Game: The Movie is a feature documentary about video games, their creators and the craft.

    • 155% funded $23,341 pledged
    • 297 backers
    • Funded Jul 20, 2010
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    Decentralize the web with Diaspora by Daniel G. Maxwell S. Raphael S. Ilya Z.

    Fully Funded! Diaspora will be an open source personal web server to protect and share all of your stuff online.

    • 2,006% funded $200,641 pledged
    • 6,479 backers
    • Funded Jun 01, 2010
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    Art Space Tokyo: iPad Edition + Hardcover Reprint by Craig Mod

    Art Space Tokyo is a beautiful guide to Tokyo through its art world. We're funding an update, reprint and iPad edition.

    • 158% funded $23,790 pledged
    • 265 backers
    • Funded May 01, 2010
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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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    A Dictionary Story - Art book by w_sam

    Playing with language, poetry and type this illustrated story is about a dictionary that brings her words to life.

    • 121% funded $8,485 pledged
    • 170 backers
    • Funded Oct 13, 2009