Jina Bolton

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San Francisco, CA

Designer with a love for UX, IxD, CSS/Sass, Typography, art in my coffee, and sushi & robots.

gTar: The First Guitar That Anybody Can Play by Incident

The gTar is a fully digital guitar that enables anybody to play music quickly and easily with the help of LEDs and a docked iPhone
- Technology
- Santa Clara, CA
- 245% funded $245,709 pledged
- 645 backers
Funded!
rails.app by Yehuda Katz

Let's make Rails on OS X easy again! "Install this .app. Good job, you now have a working Rails install!"
- Open Software
- San Francisco, CA
- 204% funded $51,219 pledged
- 739 backers
- Funded May 12, 2012
Funded!
Red Pop by Beep Industries

Red Pop adds a big red button to your iPhone camera so you never miss a moment and that perfect shot.
- Product Design
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- 240% funded $48,081 pledged
- 611 backers
- Funded Jul 02, 2011
Funded!
Capture Camera Clip System by Peter Dering

A device that allows your camera to be rigidly secured to your body while maintaining total accessibility. Find freedom with your SLR
- Product Design
- San Francisco, CA
- 3,646% funded $364,698 pledged
- 5,258 backers
- Funded Jul 16, 2011
Funded!
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.
- Periodical
- Belfast, United Kingdom
- 133% funded $53,290 pledged
- 825 backers
- Funded Mar 10, 2011
Funded!
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.
- Design
- Portland, OR
- 415% funded $112,159 pledged
- 2,109 backers
- Funded Mar 02, 2011
Funded!
Great icons for iPhone 4 apps by Joseph Wain

Make the great icons at http://glyphish.com completely free for unlimited unlicensed use without attribution or any kind of restriction!
- Graphic Design
- New York, NY
- 1,370% funded $27,413 pledged
- 1,049 backers
- Funded Aug 06, 2010
Funded!
Two Pints Lighter by Matt Lawrence

The filmmakers who brought you “Shoebox Redhead” and “Between Night” bring you a fresh look at the vampire genre–a human story about a human monster.
- Narrative Film
- 107% funded $9,131 pledged
- 68 backers
- Funded May 27, 2010
Funded!
TITANIA by Lisa

The faery queen, Titania, embarks on a journey of rediscovery after she is betrayed and brutally attacked within the forest of her realm.
- Documentary
- New York, NY
- 106% funded $10,610 pledged
- 204 backers
- Funded May 20, 2010
Funded!
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!
- Art Book
- Chicago, IL
- 124% funded $12,206 pledged
- 258 backers
- Funded Dec 04, 2009

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gTar: The First Guitar That Anybody Can Play by Incident

rails.app by Yehuda Katz

Red Pop by Beep Industries

Capture Camera Clip System by Peter Dering

The Manual by Andy McMillan

The Shape of Design by Frank Chimero

Great icons for iPhone 4 apps by Joseph Wain

Two Pints Lighter by Matt Lawrence

TITANIA by Lisa

Cadence & Slang is a book about interaction design. by Nick Disabato

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