Jon Buda

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Jon Buda joined Kickstarter on September 16, 2009

XOXO Festival by Andy Baio

A festival this September in Portland, Oregon bringing together artists and toolmakers to celebrate disruptive creativity.
- Technology
- Portland, OR
- 135% funded $169,209 pledged
- 630 backers
Deepworld: A Cloud-Based Multiplayer Crafting Adventure by Mike Laurence

Explore and build fantastical worlds with your friends in Deepworld, a cloud-based MMO coming to Mac, iOS, and Windows.
- Video Games
- Chicago, IL
Funding Unsuccessful (05/17/2012)
Funded!
This is Not a Conspiracy Theory by Kirby Ferguson

A True Story About Why We Are. From the creator of Everything is a Remix.
- Webseries
- Brooklyn, NY
- 113% funded $54,610 pledged
- 2,231 backers
- Funded Mar 16, 2012
Funded!
Elevation Dock: The Best Dock For iPhone by Casey Hopkins

Undocking's a breeze and it works with cases. Built at a whole new level of quality with a beautifully minimal design.
- Product Design
- Portland, OR
- 1,952% funded $1,464,706 pledged
- 12,521 backers
- Funded Feb 11, 2012
Funded!
LunaTik Touch Pen: The Evolution of the Stylus by Scott Wilson + MINIMAL

The LunaTik Touch Pen seamlessly goes from paper to iPad or tablet with a click of a button. It writes. Both ways!
- Product Design
- Chicago, IL
- 412% funded $309,183 pledged
- 4,201 backers
- Funded Feb 10, 2012
Funded!
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.
- Periodical
- Chicago, IL
- 150% funded $20,317 pledged
- 515 backers
- Funded Feb 17, 2012
Funded!
The Cosmonaut: A Wide-Grip Stylus for Touch Screens by Dan Provost & Tom Gerhardt

The Cosmonaut is a minimal, wide-grip capacitive stylus for touch screens. Perfect for sketching and doodling on any tablet.
- Design
- New York, NY
- 268% funded $134,236 pledged
- 6,192 backers
- Funded Apr 20, 2011
Funded!
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.
- Product Design
- Chicago, IL
- 6,283% funded $942,578 pledged
- 13,512 backers
- Funded Dec 16, 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
Funded!
Feltron vs Kickstarter by Charles Adler

An exploration into statistical displays on Kickstarter.com. For this endeavor we're pulling in Nicholas Felton, famed information graphic designer.
- Graphic Design
- Chicago, IL
- 107% funded $3,222 pledged
- 132 backers
- Funded Oct 14, 2009
Funded!
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.
- Art
- Chicago, IL
- 130% funded $84,613 pledged
- 1,312 backers
- Funded Nov 05, 2009

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XOXO Festival by Andy Baio

Deepworld: A Cloud-Based Multiplayer Crafting Adventure by Mike Laurence

This is Not a Conspiracy Theory by Kirby Ferguson

Elevation Dock: The Best Dock For iPhone by Casey Hopkins

LunaTik Touch Pen: The Evolution of the Stylus by Scott Wilson + MINIMAL

Distance: long essays about design, published quarterly. by Nick Disabato

The Cosmonaut: A Wide-Grip Stylus for Touch Screens by Dan Provost & Tom Gerhardt

TikTok+LunaTik Multi-Touch Watch Kits by Scott Wilson + MINIMAL

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

Feltron vs Kickstarter by Charles Adler

Designing Obama by Scott Thomas

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