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Update #1: Our backers are the bee's knees
Picture us spreading our rusty sheet metal arms and giving you all a great big Makeshift hug. Sorry about that, it's all out of love.
Thanks to you, we hit our goal within the first half of our campaign. With more than two weeks left to go, we have raised nearly $30,000 from almost 400 backers. Needless to say, we are totally stoked!
We are indebted to those who donated, promoted, interviewed, live televisioned, social networked, and emailed. In return we vow to produce the best documentation of street-level ingenuity around the world in, well, the world. Now that we've recovered some of our costs from Issue One: Re-culture and have some some cash to put towards developing the business side of Makeshift, we ask that you continue to support our campaign so we can build out the necessary infrastructure to keep the exploration and production churning. After releasing Issue One, we'll start to expand our editorial staff and contributors, create more online multimedia content, grow our infrastructural departments, and get to work on Issue Two: Mobility.
Our small team has been overwhelmed keeping on top of everything, so apologies if an email or two has slipped through the cracks. We're currently gearing up full throttle for our launch just one week from today. Check www.mkshft.org next Friday and follow us on Facebook and Twitter at @mkshftmag.
We look forward to getting copies in your hands and launching our website. But this is just the starting point; there are many different directions Makeshift can go from here. Your feedback so far has been invaluable. Please continue to let us know how you want to see Makeshift collect and tell stories of the world's hidden creativity.
Many thanks,
The Makeshift Team
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Funding Successful
This project successfully raised its funding goal on October 10, 2011.
Pledge $15 or more Pledge $15 or more
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.
Pledge $125 or more Pledge $125 or more
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.
Pledge $300 or more Pledge $300 or more
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.
Pledge $1,000 or more Pledge $1,000 or more
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.
Pledge $1,500 or more Pledge $1,500 or more
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.
This project is inspired and inspiring for all ages -- congratulations! Great work, Steve. Looks like a cresting wave across cultures for sustainable design, invention and enterprise. It's a thrill to see your network growing so fast. There are several related KS projects who might be nodes in that network -- three I've talked to. I'm tweeting about the launch party next Friday and look forward to meeting you and hundreds more at the Expo!
~Diane (youngworldinventors.com)
Is there anyway we can contribute more than just donating $?
At the fab Makeshift launch party last night in Providence Steve told me he'll need volunteers to help -- the campaign is now at $45K! Many issues to send to backers. Tweet your heart out, spread the word, FB news and watch the sites for developments. send him email here. (A few ideas until he gets some sleep.)