In 2014, creativity was blooming everywhere.
3.3 million people from nearly every country on Earth
Pledged more than half a billion dollars (that's $1,000 a minute)
To bring 22,252 creative projects to life.
Backers resurrected a lost Aphex Twin record
Brought a legendary game designer back to his roots
Saved a neighborhood taco joint
And made the coolest Halloween costume ever.
Neil Young made a hi-fi music player
Reading Rainbow made a huge comeback
A filmmaker discovered a piece of rock & roll history
(Lou Reed reacts to hearing the Ramones for the first time)
And a band delivered pizza to space.
Last year ShaoLan Hsueh launched a project to create Chineasy.
This year she taught it to the prime minister of the UK.
Three years ago Rebecca’s project got a pledge from Scott.
This year they got married. (Congrats!)
Last year hoverboards were a dream.
This year, you’re looking at one. (Yes, that’s Tony Hawk. On a hoverboard.)
TIME named five projects in its 25 best inventions of the year
Dozens of creators were featured in the MoMA Design Store
Hundreds of backers hugged Marina Abramović
And thousands of backers got to make their own computer.
Mine Kafon entered MoMA’s permanent collection
Massoud Hassani (Dutch, born Afghanistan 1983). Mine Kafon wind-powered deminer. 2011. Gift of the Contemporary Arts Council of the Museum of Modern Art. Image courtesy of the museum.
The Square was nominated for an OSCAR®
Kevin Winter/Getty Images North America/gettyimages
And Ai Weiwei filled Alcatraz with art.
Ai Weiwei, Refraction, 2014 (installation view, New Industries Building, Alcatraz); photo: Jan Stürmann, courtesy FOR-SITE Foundation
Ai Weiwei, Blossom, 2014 (installation detail, Alcatraz Hospital); photo: Jan Stürmann, courtesy FOR-SITE Foundation
Ai Weiwei, With Wind, 2014 (installation view, New Industries Building, Alcatraz); photo: Jan Stürmann, courtesy FOR-SITE Foundation
New ideas, big and small, came from people everywhere
And millions of people worked together to make them a reality.
Thanks for letting us be a part of it. We can’t wait to see what’s next.
