I really like photography and I really like cool light things. And so this Kickstarter project — called the Looking Glass Portrait — caught my eye today. I haven’t backed it (yet), but it strikes me that three-dimensional image capture and creation is going to… Read More
I just came across this smart biking device on Kickstarter. It is the next generation of their original SmartHalo, which did very well and is now sold in Apple Stores. The company is based in Montréal. Here’s how it works: I know that a lot… Read More
Below is an interesting Kickstarter project by photographer and art director Cody Ellingham. I think many of you will appreciate it. It is a photobook of Japanese public housing apartments, which are known as Danchi. All of the photos were taken by Cory at night, hence… Read More
Kickstarter has just relaunched a subscription service for artists and creators called Drip. It is an acquisition that Kickstarter made a few years ago and so that’s why it’s a relaunch. Here is the blog post announcement. The simplest way to describe Drip is as follows:… Read More
It has been a while since I shared a Kickstarter campaign on the blog and this one caught my attention: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1505932940/map-art-prints/widget/card.html?v=2 If you can’t see the project embedded above, click here. The project is colorful abstract art maps of anywhere in the world. You can… Read More
Canada has a rich graphic design history and that story needs to be told. Here is a Kickstarter project that’s absolutely worth checking out: Design Canada. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1002969621/design-canada/widget/video.html Greg Durrell (a graphic designer from Vancouver) and Jessica Edwards and Gary Hustwit (of Film First in Brooklyn)… Read More
Polygraph (visually-driven essays) has a great piece called, The Entire History of Kickstarter Projects, Broken Down by City. What they did was look at 88,475 Kickstarter projects to map the various creative communities across the US. Here’s a snapshot (you may need to zoom in):… Read More
I just backed the following project on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/991195979/n-o-r-t-h-simple-timeless-and-refined-watches/widget/card.html?v=2 It is a new watch line from two Montreal designers. The brand is called Forest Time Co. There’s so much creative talent in that city. I was immediately drawn to the focus on minimalism and on… Read More
I just backed this project on Kickstarter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wmougayar/the-business-blockchain-books/widget/card.html?v=2 I haven’t backed a lot of projects on Kickstarter, but I definitely enjoy the process of discovering a project that I’m interested in and then providing a small, seemingly insignificant, sum of money to help make it… Read More
I’ve been following and checking out Kickstarter pretty much since the beginning. But it wasn’t until last night that I backed my first project. After doing that, I immediately started thinking about urban projects that might be able to also get crowdfunded using Kickstarter. How… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 