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This project successfully raised its funding goal on October 10, 2011.
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THE PHOTOGRAPHER PACKAGE - You will receive three photo prints from the magazine, plus updates on our progress.
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THE EDITOR PACKAGE - You will receive a print copy of Issue One: Re-culture and be listed as a supporter in the magazine.
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THE COLLECTOR PACKAGE - You will receive a print copy of Issue One: Re-culture, plus three photo prints and a kickass illustrated t-shirt. You will also be listed as a supporter in the magazine.
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THE EXPERT PACKAGE - You will receive a one-year subscription to Makeshift, including four print issues. You will also be listed as a supporter in the magazine.
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THE FAIR TRADER PACKAGE - You will receive a one-year *premium* subscription to Makeshift, which includes four print issues, four sets of photo prints, four fair trade products (including a Holstee wallet handcrafted by artisans in India), and four kickass illustrated t-shirts. You will also be listed as a supporter in the magazine.
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THE PARTIER PACKAGE - You will receive a one-year *premium* subscription to Makeshift (see Fair Trader), plus admission to the three-day Better World by Design conference (tickets are $250) in Providence, RI, where we'll be launching Makeshift with a huge party and exhibition on September 30! You will also be listed as a supporter in the magazine.
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THE MIXOLOGIST PACKAGE - You will receive the Partier Package (see Fair Trader), plus Editor Steve Daniels will personally design you a drink at the launch party and Damen Ewens, our bicycle-powered DJ, will play a song of your choice.
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THE PROMOTER PACKAGE - You will receive a full-page ad in Issue One or Two. You will also receive a one-year *premium* subscription to Makeshift (see Fair Trader) and be listed as a supporter in the magazine.
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THE EXPLORER PACKAGE - We'll fly you out to Mexico City*, where Editor Myles Estey and a local historian will take you through Tepito, Mexico's largest black market. Meet marketeers, dealers, artists, builders, boxers, "Marco Polos", and many others who make this underground economy tick. Hang with Myles for a weekend of roaming through Latin America's biggest street market and co-produce a story and video with him for our next issue. You will also receive a *premium* subscription to Makeshift (see Fair Trader) and be listed as a supporter of the magazine. *Note: We will cover airfare equivalent to an off-peak flight from NYC or LAX.
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THE INNOVATOR PACKAGE - The editors will come give a workshop for your organization on constraint-based innovation (other topic suggestions welcome). Travel and lodging not included. You will also receive a *premium* subscription to Makeshift (see Fair Trader) and be listed as a supporter of the magazine.
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Steve Daniels, Editor-in-Chief of Makeshift, is the author of Making Do: Innovation in Kenya's Informal Economy and founder of the Better World by Design conference. He currently works for IBM Research in the field of ICT for development as a designer, developer, and social scientist. He has several years of publishing experience having self-published his book and founded the successful satirical newspaper The Brown Noser. Steve studied Technology for Emerging Markets at Brown University.
Myles Estey, Senior Editor and Photo Editor of Makeshift, is a writer, photographer, and producer researching the global informal economy. Previously based in Liberia, he now operates from Mexico City and searches for stories of how people get by at the base of the pyramid throughout Central America.
Niti Bhan, Editor of Makeshift, is a researcher, writer, and founder of the Emerging Futures Lab, a multidisciplinary research and consulting practice focused on understanding people at the base of the pyramid. She runs the blog REculture and is currently based in Singapore.
Jul, my comment was directed at you and others who asked about prizes. Your first issue is on its way.
I posted a question to you below and have not heard a response. i see that there are other responses. would you please respond to my comment? thank you, jul swann
I received my magazine today (UK). It looks so beautiful, much better than most mainstream magazines. Such lovely design and layout. Can't wait to read it.
Just posted a backers update. The prizes went out this week and are on their way! We apologize for the delay, October was an overly ambitious estimation. Hope you all enjoy your prizes. We look forward to your feedback.
Steve, I pledged $50 and was looking forward to the year subscription. Is that still going to happen? Jul Swann
Any idea when issue #1 will ship?
Changing commitments after the project is closed seems more than a bit unfair to me. I may be the only person bothered but I am bothered a great deal!!! When you raise close to 3 times your goal and then renege it shows poor planning, at the least.
A very unhappy backer!!!
Have you had a chance to check out the "Global Village Construction Set" Kickstarter project? I think they would make a great subject for a future article.
From their Kickstarter home page: "Open Source Ecology is a network of farmers, engineers, and supporters building the Global Village Construction Set - a modular, DIY, low-cost, open source, high-performance platform that allows for the easy fabrication of the 50 different industrial machines that it takes to build a small, sustainable civilization with modern comforts."
When you credit your backers, please credit my donation on behalf of our Hacker/Makerspace "Quelab"
Thanks for the suggestions Sylvia. Ten Thousand Villages would be a great partner for us, and the Berg Encyclopedia looks pretty rad. I'll get in touch with them, message me if you have any contacts.
I look forward to seeing the first issue! Two suggestions: (1) in the US, I wonder whether the chain of fair-trade handicraft stores called Ten Thousand Villages would be interested in carrying the magazine, even collaborating on an issue. (2) Check out the editor of the Southeast Asia volume of the Berg Encyclopedia of Dress and Fashion for a contact who knows women "makers" throughout India and Southeast Asia. Good luck!
Woohoo! Psyched to read this.