Joined Metalabel 04/03/2025
hardart
Hard Art
Hard Imagination

Hard Imagination

by Sophie Cowen, David Johnston, and 1 more

Collector #143

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

elysian
Elysian Collective
TERRAFORM

TERRAFORM

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

Collector #1

Six writers explore the future of our planet.

squad
Metalabel squad
After the Creator Economy

After the Creator Economy

by IY, Severin Matusek, and 3 more

Collector #280

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.

now
NOW
So You Want to Teach an Online Course?  11 Things I Learned Creating 50 + Tiny Courses in 24 Months

Collector #8

tiny courses. big ideas. how to build an online empire of tiny courses without gimmicks or gurus (and on a bootstrap budget)

concept
Concept
Concept Country 01

Concept Country 01

by Lance Robotson, orph, and 10 more

Collector #20

Go anywhere. Be anything. Live forever… if you want to. The inaugural issue of the zine from Concept Country, the world's first network state.

aksioma
Aksioma
Internet’s Dark Forests

Internet’s Dark Forests

by Janez, Aksioma - Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana, and 1 more

Collector #15

Subcultural Memories and Vernaculars of a Layered Imaginary

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

Collector #17

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.

elysian
Elysian Collective
CITY-STATE

CITY-STATE

by Elle Griffin, Bryce Tolpen, and 6 more

Collector #114

Seven writers explore the future of autonomous governance.

pomotect
postmodern tectonics ™
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL

SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL

by postmodern tectonics ™

Collector #1

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

subtext-books
Subtext Books
Cybernetics, or Ghosts? — Stories from Myth to A.I. — Book and music compilation

Collector #3

Edited by writer and artist Michael Salu, fifteen of today’s most daring writers from across the globe read and respond to Italo Calvino’s seminal essay ‘Cybernetics and Ghosts’ with rich and expansive works of fiction.

ideaspace
The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler
Bentoism

Bentoism

by Yancey Strickler, and Laurel Schwulst

Collector #45

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.

squad
Metalabel squad
Anonymous Creative Futures Report

Anonymous Creative Futures Report

by Rayna, IY, and 4 more

Collector #632

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.

pomotect
postmodern tectonics ™
Applied Imagination

Applied Imagination

by postmodern tectonics ™

Collector #25

"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.

darkforest
The Dark Forest Collective
The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet

The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet

by Yancey Strickler, Peter Limberg, and 9 more

Collector #82

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.

darkforest
The Dark Forest Collective
Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading

Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading

by Nadia Asparouhova, and Leïth Benkhedda

Collector #289

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.