New World Order 2025
by Severin Matusek, Alice Smith, and 2 more
Collector #44
New World Order: The Return of Hard Power and Soft Beliefs is a 35-page research memo about what happens when power, infrastructure and ideology collide. A manual for anyone trying to make sense of the present, New World Order contains ideas, context and language to participate in shaping the world that emerges in front of our eyes.
LAST HUMAN #002
by Lance Weiler
Collector #13
Issue #002 documents our latest LAST HUMAN prototype—a creepy descent into the AI slop of the dead internet, Participants were dropped into a glitching system with one urgent task: hunt down their doppelgänger. It’s a game of human CAPTCHA—prove your humanity before the algorithm erases it.
Legal Structures for Creative Practices
by A Thousand Forests, Enrique H, and 2 more
Collector #243
"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
On the Creative Life: Conversations Toward a New Creative Era
by Yancey Strickler, and Joshua Citarella
Collector #3
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.
Exocapitalism: economies with absolutely no limits (2025) by Marek Poliks and Roberto Alonso Trillo
by Becoming Press, and 1 more
Collector #2
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.
Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading
by Nadia Asparouhova, and Leïth Benkhedda
Collector #159
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.
A PHONE OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN
by Pierce Day
Collector #43
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.
Anonymous Creative Futures Report
by Rayna, IY, and 4 more
Collector #261
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.
On Making a Living as an Artist (Digital Edition)
by Brandon Stosuy
Collector #47
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.
Book of Hours: An Artist's Book for the Anthropocene
by Rebecca Clark
Collector #113
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.
The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet (Second Printing)
by Arthur Röing Baer, Rebecca Fox, and 8 more
Collector #64
This is 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 (second printing)