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A Thousand Forests
Legal Structures for Creative Practices

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Legal Structures for Creative Practices

by A Thousand Forests, Enrique H, and 2 more

Free

"Legal Structures for Creative Practices" is an illustrated zine designed for creative entrepreneurs that unpacks the pros, cons, and nuances of various legal structures to help choose the one that will best suit their unique practice. View the digital zine at: AThousandForests.com

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Network Archives
How to Navigate : A Directory of Inspiration

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How to Navigate : A Directory of Inspiration

by jade, C.Y. Lee, and 1 more

Free

This is a free edition that focuses on how to navigate your 'Network Archives 001: A Directory of Inspiration'. It is a curated guide highlighting key themes, insights, and actionable ideas from a selection of the projects to help you explore the directory more deeply. This drop follows the inaugural release from the Network Archives label.

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Creasidence
Creasidence Online Zine #03

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Creasidence Online Zine #03

by Valerie Yu, Sarah Dusek, and 1 more

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The Creasidence Manga Zine — a collaborative project born from our 2-day online workshop, where artists reimagined Japanese yōkai folklore through character design and storytelling techniques. This Yōkai Festival collection transforms traditional supernatural creatures into modern manga artistry.

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The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler
The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet

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A trilogy of essays published from 2019 through 2021 that explores why I and others feel less comfortable showing our true selves online. Reissued here with the original piece, two follow-up essays, and a podcast conversation with The Stoa exploring the concept.

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Maddie Potocnik
surface treasure - issue two

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surface treasure - issue two

by Maddie Potocnik

$14

a small magazine filled with my favorite images & missed connections collected from newyork.craigslist.org in may 2025 for you to hold in your hands ♡

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The Dark Forest Collective
Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading

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Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading

by Nadia Asparouhova, and Leïth Benkhedda

$10+

Why do some ideas spread like wildfire, while others resist being seen — despite their importance? A new book by Nadia Asparouhova explores the emerging phenomenon of antimemetics. Published by the Dark Forest Collective.

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August Lamm
You Don't Need a Smartphone

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This 36-page risograph-printed pamphlet is a radical & practical guide to reclaiming your life from digital technology.

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NOW
Tiny Books.  Big Ideas. A very short guide for busy authors and entrepreneurs in a hurry

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Teach what you know. do what you love. Wake up the world with your work. Join us.

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Eva & Franco Mattes
Deep Fried Cursed Cat

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Deep Fried Cursed Cat

by Eva & Franco Mattes

$150

Limited edition of 100 prints on un-dosed heavyweight blotting paper using plant based food grade ink, signed and numbered, 19x19 cm

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Sublime
Can You Imagine?

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Can You Imagine?

by Alex Dobrenko, and Sari

$20

A meeting place for the voices, perspectives, provocations and wisdom of myriad thinkers, creators and doers who have dedicated themselves to realizing a new vision for the internet.

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Sublime
Whoa, Vol. 1

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Whoa, Vol. 1

by Sari, Alex Dobrenko, and 2 more

$30+

Whoa, Vol. 1 – Conversations To Make You Feel Human A limited edition print publication of 100 copies exclusively sold at Metalabel (for American collectors), and an unlimited digital edition worldwide. Also included: private podcast and YouTube feeds of each unedited conversation. By Sublime and Printernet.

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Joshua Citarella
Class Fantasy

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Class Fantasy

by Joshua Citarella

$50

Class Fantasy is an action RPG card game that pairs fantasy character classes with political ideologies. The game accommodates 2 - 12 players. Your goal is to defeat other characters in battle and achieve utopia.

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postmodern tectonics ™
Applied Imagination

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Applied Imagination

by postmodern tectonics ™

Free

"A lightly researched field guide for thinking about and/or making creative things" These are observations from real working life, a collective twenty years of our work as professionals in a wide range of fields — architecture, advertising, design, innovation strategy, journalism, and software engineering.

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Build In Public University
The New Internet Manifesto

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The New Internet Manifesto

by Leo Guinan

Free+

This was the manifesto that launched the time machine.

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AIxDESIGN
Pasts, Presents, Futures: A zine about Ancestral AI by AIxDESIGN & internet teapot

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Pasts, Presents, Futures: A zine about Ancestral AI by AIxDESIGN & internet teapot

by Nadia Piet, Gustavo Nogueira de Menezes, and 1 more

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How can ancient wisdom shape the future of AI? In the zine Pasts, Presents, Futures: A Zine About Ancestral AI, we take a step back to reflect and reimagine. What if we used lessons from the past seven generations to create AI that helps us build a world worthy of the next seven?

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AIxDESIGN
AI for Ants: A zine about Small AI by AIxDESIGN & internet teapot

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Bigger isn’t always better. What could we make with AI if scale wasn’t an objective? The 38-page zine “AI for Ants: A zine about Small AI” draws inspiration from the degrowth movement, climate justice, and low-tech to re-imagine AI that is locally-rooted and more attuned to our natural world.

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AIxDESIGN
[Dis]enchantment: A zine about Esoteric AI by AIxDESIGN & internet teapot (Slow AI Series)

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Why do we approach AI chatbots as modern-day oracles? This issue of the Slow AI Series “[Dis]enchantment: A zine about Esoteric AI” summons 54 pages of magic, divination, folklore, and other arcane ways of knowing to disenchant then re-enchant our relationship with algorithmic systems.

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postmodern tectonics ™
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL

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SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL

by postmodern tectonics ™

Free

a rumination on why small things need to make a big comeback

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The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler
The Post-Individual (Open Edition)

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The Post-Individual (Open Edition)

by Yancey Strickler, and IY

Free

An exploration of individuality after the internet. The Post-Individual includes: — The Post Individual essay — An audio recording by the author — A video introduction — Research notes, early drafts, and slides

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postmodern tectonics ™
ON IDEAS

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ON IDEAS

by postmodern tectonics ™

Free

Some theories and practical approaches that might help you think about how you think about ideas.

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Rebecca Clark
Book of Hours: An Artist's Book for the Anthropocene

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BOOK of HOURS is a free 236-page PDF intended to be viewed in 2-page format on a handheld digital device. Taking the idea of the medieval prayer book into the virtual age, it provides light but also underscores our vast separation from the natural and spiritual worlds.

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EMPOWA
the Artists Way exercises - Notion templates

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Get detailed Notion templates for all the exercises in the Artist's Way book. ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ Unlock your higher creativity with the self-guided 12 week program in the Artists Way written by Julia Cameron. Join artists like Doechii, Alicia Keys, Bella Hadid, and more in the creative transformation guided by these exercises.

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DØTE
DØTE001 - (WAITLIST)

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DØTE001 - (WAITLIST)

by Stewart Baxter

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Join for updates on all future DØTE releases

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The "O" Piano
Poon Tang EP

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Poon Tang EP

by TheoPiano

Free

3-song EP of solo instrumental piano

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The Dark Forest Collective
The Post-Individual

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The Post-Individual

by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 1 more

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An exploration of individuality after the internet The Post-Individual First Edition includes "The Post Individual" essay, an audio recording and video introduction by the author, and research notes behind the piece

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Morgane Billuart
Bad Kingdom

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Bad Kingdom

by Morgane Billuart, and Viktor Eichler

Free

Bad Kingdom is a poetic visual novel that follows three characters: Robin in Taipei, Swan in Tokyo, and a mysterious Crow, as they reflect on the loss of their beloved online multiplayer game Fly Like a Bird. The piece is presented both as an interactive Ren’Py visual story and as a comic in PDF format.

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The Dark Forest Collective
The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet

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The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet

by Yancey Strickler, Peter Limberg, and 9 more

$10+

A book about how to survive on the internet. It’s about the cozy web, the dark web, the dark forest, the clear net, the dark net, and a new social world emerging around us. This is the Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet.

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Nergiz
Matriarchy: A Community-Funded Book

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We’ve been told patriarchy is inevitable. It’s not. In redefining power, this book imagines the next world and invites you to help build it. Pre-order for Fall 2025

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Glass Mirror: a speculative research journal
Glass Mirror 001: What If?

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"What If?" is a working journal: a reader-reviewed, iterative publication written to evolve alongside conversation. Each chapter is curated around a "what if" prompt—what if WFH took place in Vision Pros? Curators of the working edition (this release) can vote on journal submissions, curate chapter content, and read with the Glass Mirror community.

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Pierce Day
A PHONE OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN

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A Phone of the Artist as a Young Man is a dizzying descent into digital madness, where one man's screen addiction and artistic ambitions collide in a genre-bending exploration of love, technology, and the disintegration of the modern mind. It's the first ever long-form screenshot.

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Elysian Collective
CITY-STATE

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CITY-STATE

by Elle Griffin, Bryce Tolpen, and 6 more

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Seven writers explore the future of autonomous governance.

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Elysian Collective
TERRAFORM

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TERRAFORM

by Elle Griffin, Étienne Fortier-Dubois, and 5 more

$5+

Six writers explore the future of our planet.

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The Creative Independent
The Creative Independent (limited final edition) t-shirt

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The Creative Independent (limited final edition) t-shirt

by Brandon Stosuy, and Yancey Strickler

$25+

A final batch of 50 long sleeve TCI shirts, designed by Carlos Sanchez, found in storage, and now available at cost—no profit, just to be worn and enjoyed. The design features snails, spirals, Laurel Schwulst's words, and other TCI easter eggs. Limited sized; once they're gone, that's it.

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This Zine Is Asking You to Reframe How You Think About Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable

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A zine for anyone interested in Chicago history, Haitian-American identity, Black-Native solidarity, and public memory. A challenge to the celebration of Jean-Baptiste Pointe DuSable as the founder of Chicago via a look at how narratives about him obscure the balances of power in his time.

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Metalabel squad
The Creative Life: Conversations Toward a New Creative Era

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The Creative Life: Conversations Toward a New Creative Era

by Yancey Strickler, and Joshua Citarella

$5+

Artist Joshua Citarella and writer Yancey Strickler spoke weekly about their creative practices for the "New Creative Era" podcast. This book edits those discussions into a collection offering a new perspective on the creative life. Available July 1.

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Other Internet
Other Internet 2018–2024

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Other Internet 2018–2024

by Toby Shorin, Laura Lotti, and 2 more

$40

The definitive Other Internet anthology collects our essays and reports in print for the first time, traces crypto-cultural history in 6 new pieces, and surfaces new material from the OI archives. Ships June 2025. Pre-order now.

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VSMWS
clouds and post-metal

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clouds before it rained, post-metal soundtrack

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Metalabel squad
Nine Creative Meditations

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Nine Creative Meditations

by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 1 more

Free

A series of reflections from my (Yancey's) creative experiences expressed as a written essay (the A-side) and video essay (the B-side)

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The Creative Independent
On dealing with creative anxiety (digital)

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A 52-page zine exploring how artists can channel their creative anxiety. Features contributions and insights from Aubrey Plaza, Melissa Broder, Anelise Chen, Jlin, Mike Rugnetta, Henry Rollins, and Nikki Sixx

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Metalabel squad
After the Creator Economy

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After the Creator Economy

by IY, Severin Matusek, and 3 more

Free

Will we still be asking people to like and subscribe in 10 years? "After The Creator Economy" explores constructive alternatives for the ways we produce, distribute, and monetize creative work online. Co-edited by Austin Robey (Metalabel) and Severin Matusek (co—matter), this release preserves and digitally reissues the zine.

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jackieis.online
Fishin' For Average Caucasian Boyfriends ♡ Collector's Edition

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A semi-autobiographical Game Boy game about expectations, queerness, and the possibility of dreaming bigger.

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Becoming
Exocapitalism: economies with absolutely no limits (2025) by Marek Poliks and Roberto Alonso Trillo

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This is the presale launch pad for our next release "Exocapitalism: economies with absolutely no limits" expected 1st August 2025. This book is a provocation, authored by the minds behind "Disintegrator" podcast; humorous and caustic. Exocapitalism challenges the critical orthodoxy on how it understands and talks about capitalism today.

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Light Board

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Light Board

by ceramicism

$375

Byte Light is a light show for your wall. Creates procedurally-generated kaleidoscopic patterns of light.

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Sucking Salt
Take Care

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Take Care

by Shani Strand

Free

Take Care addresses Caribbean architecture + aesthetics via social ecologies. The zine features writing by Shani Strand, Rianna Jade Parker, Luis Rivera Jiménez, Kearra Amaya Gopee and Shameekia Shantel Johnson, alongside a photo essay by Zenobia. Designed by Neta Bomani @ Sojourners for Justice Press, 2024

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Do Not Research
Do Not Research 2024

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Our third anthology book. DNR began as a private Discord server gathered to discuss memetic tactics and emergent political trends.

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Do Not Research
Do Not Research 2021-2022

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Do Not Research is a “detestable band of washed up millennial seapunks” and “zoomers obsessed with Mark Fisher”. It is also a highly active online community that publishes writing, visual art, internet culture research and more.

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Do Not Research
Do Not Research 2022-2023

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Do Not Research is a platform for art, writing, internet culture and beyond.

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The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler
Bentoism

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Bentoism

by Yancey Strickler, and Laurel Schwulst

Free

A wider view of our self-interest. Now Me, Future Me. Now Us, Future Us. A model for a deeper form of living. BEyond Near Term Orientation: Bentoism.