John T. Unger

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I began my creative career in writing, spending fifteen years as a poet, writer and performer. In 1995 I switched to sculpture, and have made a full-time living as an artist since 2000. I'm best known for my sculptural Firebowls which have been featur... view more

Amanda Palmer: The new RECORD, ART BOOK, and TOUR by Amanda Palmer

Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra are putting out an album. Pre-order it / get more info on the art book & gallery tour, here!
- Music
- Boston, MA
- 890% funded $890,215 pledged
- 18,710 backers
Funded!
FRANK by David Barry

Frank is a wall hook that looks like a rabbit! He's available in some great colors too.
- Product Design
- Brooklyn, NY
- 790% funded $23,728 pledged
- 863 backers
- Funded Mar 23, 2012
Funded!
Meanwhile by Hal Hartley

Joe Fulton can fix anything. But success eludes him.
- Narrative Film
- New York, NY
- 141% funded $56,433 pledged
- 590 backers
- Funded Dec 01, 2011
Funded!
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.
- Nonfiction
- Brooklyn, NY
- 268% funded $38,928 pledged
- 1,588 backers
- Funded Dec 15, 2011
Funded!
CineSkates Camera Sliders by Justin Jensen

CineSkates is a portable tripod slider system that enables fluid, rolling video without the hassle of bulky camera gear.
- Product Design
- Austin, TX
- 2,432% funded $486,518 pledged
- 2,019 backers
- Funded Oct 14, 2011
Funded!
Makeshift Magazine by Steve Daniels

Makeshift is a quarterly magazine and multimedia website about grassroots creativity and invention around the world.
- Periodical
- New York, NY
- 284% funded $42,718 pledged
- 626 backers
- Funded Oct 10, 2011
Funded!
Record Monsters (Laser Cut Vinyl Record Puzzles) by Andrew Hyde

We laser cut vinyl records to become pieces of monster art. We ship cut records that you get to break apart and build.
- Product Design
- Lower East Side, NY
- 2,949% funded $14,749 pledged
- 303 backers
- Funded Apr 16, 2011
Funded!
Mathematician's Dice by Matt Chisholm

Rather than the boring numbers 1 to 6, these dice have the six most important numbers in mathematics on them — i, 0, 1, φ, e and π!
- Board & Card Games
- San Francisco, CA
- 891% funded $19,620 pledged
- 1,228 backers
- Funded Feb 23, 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!
Punk Mathematics by Tom Henderson

Part math book, part online event, Punk Mathematics is an introduction to mathematical thinking for people who question everything.
- Nonfiction
- Portland, OR
- 1,195% funded $28,701 pledged
- 1,022 backers
- Funded Sep 01, 2010
Funded!
Artist-Panhandler Partnerships: Outsiders Build an Art Market for Fun & Profit by Cate White

Class, art, money, addiction, consumption, advertising, exploitation, connection. The artist buys advertising space from panhandlers. Is this right???
- Painting
- San Francisco, CA
- 108% funded $2,167 pledged
- 59 backers
- Funded Mar 15, 2010

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Amanda Palmer: The new RECORD, ART BOOK, and TOUR by Amanda Palmer

FRANK by David Barry

Meanwhile by Hal Hartley

Don't Go Back to School: A handbook for learning anything by Kio Stark

CineSkates Camera Sliders by Justin Jensen

Makeshift Magazine by Steve Daniels

Record Monsters (Laser Cut Vinyl Record Puzzles) by Andrew Hyde

Mathematician's Dice by Matt Chisholm

The Shape of Design by Frank Chimero

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Artist-Panhandler Partnerships: Outsiders Build an Art Market for Fun & Profit by Cate White

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