It's been an exciting journey. Thanks to everyone who has supported the project. I'm looking forward to the next phase, getting this book printed !!! We reached our goal and then some! Great work to everyone involved.

If you are in Chicago tonight come by the Family Room at 1821 W Hubbard, Unit 202 for the Designing Launch Party and celebrating the anniversary of Obama's victory.
Tonight! 7pm - 11pm
Look forward to seeing you here! If you can't make it I've attached some photos of the gallery.
Work on display from Sol Sender, Antar Dayal, Scott Hansen, Gui Borchett, Jonathan Hoefler, John Slabyk, Will Wan, Lance Wyman, Tristan Eaton, Caleb Kozlowski, Max Estes, and Aaron Meshon.

Real quick (actually kinda long) I want to thank, Kori Schulman for her help and inspiration early on in this project, Sam Rosen for pushing the project forward during times of uncertainty, Charles Adler and the team at Kickstarter (@kickstarter) for making this method of fundraising possible, Allison Jones for all her assistance, all of the participating artists, the Obama New Media team for all that you taught me, John Slabyk for your genius and Scott Goodstein for making Artists for Obama a reality, my Post Family for the unconditional love and support, and finally all of you!

Be well.

We are excited to announce we'll be giving a percentage of proceeds to DonorsChoose.org. We support their approach to a "grassroots method" of funding classrooms around the country. Looking through the projects on their site touched my heart, while others made me laugh out loud.

We hope the energy you have placed in getting our project funded will be continued with the support of great programs like, DonorsChoose.org. Supporting the arts in our education system is vital to a healthy society.

A quote from John F. Kennedy, which inspired the creation of this book:

"For art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstones of our judgment. The artist...faithful to his personal vision of reality, becomes the last champion of the individual mind and sensibility against an intrusive society and an offensive state."

Be well. Spread wealth.

With less then 48 hours to go we have set a new goal. Please take a moment to invite your friends to pledge and make our book even better! This is your last chance to get the special preorder price.

We did it!

We would like to send a special thanks to all of our supporters, because of you Designing Obama is officially going to be printed. Throughout this process we have received an exuberant amount support from all over the country and beyond, this kind of support gives us great confidence in entering the next step of this process: Publishing.

Keep in mind that just because we have surpassed our goal of $65,000 doesn’t mean it needs to stop here! Please pass on our project to your friends and families. The more copies sold on KickStarter by November 5th means the more resources we will have to ensure better materials and the highest quality print process. Last of all, the price of the book will raise after November 5th! The book will be $59.99 after November 5th, so tell your friends to pledge today.

Since we have decided to self-publish the book, a great amount of effort will be done on our part, working one on one with printers to ensure that Designing Obama is printed at the highest possible quality. Can't wait to share with all of you the process of printing the book!

We will be in contact with you shortly regarding all shipping information for when the book is ready for release. Until then please keep a look out for updates on the printing process and new developments at www.designing-obama.com or follow us on twitter as @designingobama.

Thanks again for your support,

With only one week remaining of fundraising, we are only $1,000 away from reaching our goal. Thanks for all the support in getting the word out about this project. We're excited to get Designing Obama off to the press and into your hands.
Please note: $50.00 for the White Sleeve book is a Pledge (Pre-order) offer that will expire on November 4th. The shelf price for the book will go up to $59.99. So get your copy today!
Going beyond our goal is good for us, the book, and you. Having a larger budget will allow us to do some interesting print techniques and use even higher quality materials. So let's get the word out and make this book as great as possible.

Thanks for your continued support! Looking forward to showing you more of the process.

We are planning to donate a percentage of the book's proceeds to a charity supporting the arts in schools and communities (the organization still to be determined). Please let us know if you have recommendations of worthy charities that are working to keep art programs in schools and communities. If you have any further questions or concerns feel free to contact us.

Photos of us in the studio editing the contents of the Designing Obama.

Hello everyone,

So far, so good, we are moving along steadily. I want to answer a few questions we have been receiving:
• The book will be going to press right after the deadline for fundraising on November 5th with hopes of having the production completed and shipped around the New Year.
• For bookstores and publishers, wholesale orders are not being accepted until the minimum amount of $65,000 is reached on Kickstarter. Once the goal is reached we plan on launching a wholesale site for orders of 10 books or more. That information will be made available upon launch. Follow us on twitter for more details. • Domestic Shipping: We are including ground shipping costs for domestic orders.
• International Shipping: Is not included in the the preorder price, sorry. Kickstarter currently doesn't have a method for determining shipping costs for the book. We will be contacting people individually with the price for shipping to your country.

Let us know if you have any questions or ideas. Thanks for all of your continued support.

Scott Thomas

One day ago, we launched this project and we have been super excited about the response. We are looking forward to hearing your thoughts, ideas, and questions about the book. Your ideas will shape the book. The people backing this project is rallying the project telling their friends because they really want to see this book created. The more backers we have the better this book will be. I can't wait to hear what you all have to say.

To everyone that's supported the project in the first hour... Thanks! Keep the support pouring in. Tell your friends. Feel free to tweet your little hearts out.