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Collector #59

Hard Imagination : Hard Imagination : the dark white paper [PDF]

Hard Imagination invites Venture Capitalists to see a world beyond an extractive mindset, to create pathways for capital allocation that are not self-terminating

Limited run of 23 bound copies or download the PDF for free

Collector #4

Tuttle Annual Report 2009: PDF as originally published

Our first release is a re-release from counts on fingers... sixteen years ago!

Coming soon is a freshly annotated version that fills in some of the gaps between then and now - a kind of "director's cut" if you like.

But since there are now adults around who were in kindergarten at the time, we thought we'd start at the very beginning.

Collector #12

Notes from the Baukunst Creative Technologist Conference - Spring 2022: Baukunst-CTCS22-SF-Zine

On May 4th and 5th, 2022, Baukunst gathered at The Interval at The Long Now— a prominent foundation for long-term thinking— to share projects, processes, and new areas of inquiry. This is a zine we published to capture notes from the gathering.

Collector #60

A PHONE OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN: DIGITAL EDITION

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.

Collector #397

Anonymous Creative Futures Report: Creative Futures Anonymous: 2025 Edition (digital)

Where are we now as creative people? Where are we going? What do we vision for the future? 75 creative people anonymously share the dreams, concerns, and joys grounding their creative thinking for the year ahead.

Collector #41

A New Creative Era: New Creative Era (digital)

In June 2023, Metalabel put a yellow newspaper box on the street of the Lower East Side in NYC, and filled it up each day with copies of a free zine that celebrated a New Creative Era.

This release documents that original release and makes the zine available for download. Join us!

Collector #53

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

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.

Collector #20

The Worst Generation Master Collection Demo: DEMO EDITION

This is the starter pack to learning about Worst Generation. With over 20 songs, the Master Collection Demo is designed to be a preview to what you get in the full Worst Generation Master Collection.

Collector #35

Embrace Variety Vol.01: Embrace Variety Vol.01

Embrace Variety Vol.01 contains three guides about the core and often overlooked aspects of visual branding: personality, design taboos, and the North Star. It is for everyone who wants to give their brand an image that stands out, stands the time and resonates. And for those who want to take better control of the branding process.

Collector #5

Worlds Unfolding: Ideas and Prompts for Virtual World-Making: Vol 1.

Worlds Unfolding is a guide and inspiration hub for virtual world-making, offering curated prompts, community-contributed projects, and ideas that blend storytelling, design, and imagination. It explores how virtual spaces can foster connection, creativity, and care while critically examining their ties to the dominant paradigm.

Collector #28

I am filled with warmth: Digital Zine

A collection of lived experiences that has filled me with warmth and has made me question why I am here.

Collector #109

Shantell Sans: First Edition

Shantell Sans mixes variable axes for Weight, Italic, Informality, and Bounce to deliver a wide array of font styles, from friendly, readable, everyday typographic workhorses to striking, high-energy, experimental styles meant especially for animation.

This is the story behind its inspiration and creation.

Collector #335

On Making a Living as an Artist (Digital Edition): First Edition

In 2018, The Creative Independent published our first zine, featuring the emotional and practical wisdom of Philip Glass, Yumna Al-Arashi, Taja Cheek, and others on how to make a living as an artist. This is a digital edition of that work.

Collector #5

A new thing ?: blue duck

Some likely subjective thoughts about music, art, platforms and related technology.

Collector #228

After the Creator Economy : First Edition

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

Collector #148

Nine Creative Meditations: First Edition

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

Collector #77

Introducing Metalabel: First Edition

Collect the original essay, ideas, and research that inspired Metalabel, including:

— Unpublished research and thinking from May 2021 — The initial manifesto, first published in February 2022 — Further research, first published in October 2022

Preserved and collectible as a new media archive for the first time

Collector #163

Book of Hours: An Artist's Book for the Anthropocene: First Edition

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.

Collector #23

Bentoism: Introduction to Bentoism

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.

Collector #14

Meet the Ideaspace: Meet the Ideaspace

Since 2017, the Ideaspace has been my outlet for exploring creative forms and sharing ideas. This release shares audio of four of my favorite interviews — with artist Hank Willis Thomas, economist Marianna Mazucato, and authors John Higgs and Eric Wargo — in a free .zip download.

Collector #79

The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet: First Edition

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.

Collector #46

The Post-Individual: Open edition

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

Collector #21

*ENDLESSITY* 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕞: CUT1

Here is a re:re:reality ~ This is the film - ENDLESSITY. Set in no-place 2 empty_world_empty_ai_fantasy_world of L00bi’s pixelated dreams. Thisss one is heaven. This one is ethereality limbo dissolve. L00bi’s aching emptiness is no longer scattered - she knows what she wants(!) How to become nothing |-|3|_|>, my friend, let me go |-|0//\3.

Collector #60

On finding your voice: On finding your voice (PDF edition)

A zine published by The Creative Independent, compiling quotes, excerpts, and recommendations from working artists, all gathered from our archive. Topics covered include always looking for better ways to express yourself, finding your path, creating work in your own voice, following your curiosity, and more.

Collector #9

Essays of a Revolutionary MC: First Edition

Essays of a Revolutionary MC is a tapestry of Luganda Hip Hop music, activism, & cultural exploration. Through Luga Flow, I share my story & Uganda’s fight for freedom & liberation with raw honesty, blending artistic expression with a relentless pursuit of truth & justice. I am Bana Mutibwa, the Luga Flow Revolutionary Human Rights Activist.