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Nine Creative Meditations

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Nine Creative Meditations

by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 1 more

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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 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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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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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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𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨
Goodnight Sweet Thing

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Goodnight Sweet Thing

by Cristine Brache

$20

Pre-order artist and filmmaker Cristine Brache's second collection of poetry: 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. For international orders contact: goodnightsweetthing@gmail.com

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Metalabel squad
A New Creative Era

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A New Creative Era

by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 2 more

Free

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.

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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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Anomalous Thought Forms
On Living and Experiencing Life. In all its Mad, Messy, Magical Richness

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ANOMALOUS THOUGHT FORM #001 FIRST EDITION 10 COPIES A poem on experiencing the complexities of life that flowed out of me after a magical weekend at Glastonbury Festival in the UK. Hand written by the author on 170gsm/80lb sketchbook paper. Anomalies guaranteed by my fallible humanity.

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Standard Form Press
Simple Sabotage Field Guide: Pocket Edition

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Limited first printing (100) of the 1944 CIA-predecessor manual on everyday resistance. Pocket-sized (4.25"x7") with concealment dust jacket titled Apiculture: Managing Worker Bees & Drones. Learn to "work slowly," "make speeches," and "misunderstand orders" in this historical guide to administrative disruption. Also available as a free PDF.

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The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler
Meet the Ideaspace

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Meet the Ideaspace

by Yancey Strickler

Free

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.

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postmodern tectonics ™
MUSICAL FURNITURE [CASE STUDY - 01]

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MUSICAL FURNITURE [CASE STUDY - 01]

by postmodern tectonics ™

Free

POMO—TECT and Casa Ysasi are proud to announce the launch of [MUSICAL FURNITURE] — a collaborative design project centered on building furniture pieces that serve a musical purpose. [CASE STUDY - 01], is a plywood credenza that is simple in form, simple in construction, and has a scientific attention to proportions, tuned for vinyl DJs

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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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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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Elysian Collective
CITY-STATE

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CITY-STATE

by Elle Griffin, Bryce Tolpen, and 6 more

Free+

Seven writers explore the future of autonomous governance.

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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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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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Chorist
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test/test:123

by Chorist

Free

digital music release. abstract funk. presets. perspectives. spaces.

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VSMWS
incidental song

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incidental song

by glbkst

Free

1 year ago i received an email which started with: "Hi glbkst — Welcome to Metalabel." :-)

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I Have Pop™
TARIFF THIS! - The decline of civilization one picture at a time. Free Download.

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Just when I thought we were out, he's back in! And sequels tend to be worse... In 2017, starting on inauguration day, I documented the natural decay of a Trump-shaped orange over 100 days, mirroring the corruption and absurdity of power. Earlier 35 frames were available as a physical poster. Now a reduced size one as a free download. Tariff that!

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Build In Public University
Sponsor my temporal independence

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I'm about to break through, but I need help staying afloat. Help me kick of Temporal Independence Day by achieving enough room to breathe until August.

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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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Metalabel squad
Anonymous Creative Futures Report

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Anonymous Creative Futures Report

by Rayna, IY, and 4 more

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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.

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fishnet magazine
fishnet magazine issue 1: nostalgia

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Featuring artists such as Lizzie Klein and Charlotte Rose Roy, the nostalgic issue of fishnet magazine explores the past and how it affects the present. This zine is made up of various artist's works, varying across all different mediums.

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fishnet magazine
fishnet magazine issue 2: romanticism

Few left

The second edition of Fishnet Magazine explores the topic of romanticism.

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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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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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Marcel Dzama
"Empress of Night" A Zine by Marcel Dzama

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"Empress of Night" is a zine by Marcel Dzama created for his 2025 solo exhibition at David Zwirner Los Angeles. This limited-edition publication features details from new and recent works in the show and includes references to Francisco Goya, Marcel Duchamp, surrealist poet Federico García Lorca, the rise of authoritarianism today and more.

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Hard Art
Hard Imagination

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Hard Imagination

by Sophie Cowen, David Johnston, and 1 more

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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

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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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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" expected in 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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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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MEMORY
Your Final Meditation FILM • Magic Rock + Digital Bundle

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Your Final Meditation FILM • Magic Rock + Digital Bundle

by Riel Roch-Decter, and Expanded Views

$12+

The transcendent new film, 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 (YFM), by Baltimore filmmaker Corey Hughes is now available in two exclusive editions: 𝗬𝗙𝗠 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 or as the ultimate physical artifact - the 𝗬𝗙𝗠 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸

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Avi Solomon
Complete NASA Cassini footage of Saturn’s moon Enceladus

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Compilation of all the spacecraft footage of Saturn's moon Enceladus targeted and captured during the course of NASA's Cassini mission.

darkforest
The Dark Forest Collective
The Post-Individual

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The Post-Individual

by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 1 more

Free+

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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Everyone Is A Girl
Ch. 2: FANDOM

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Ch. 2: FANDOM

by Everyone Is A Girl, jules, and 2 more

Free

FANDOM is a communal publication which features critical and experimental short-form responses to the theme of fandom from a variety of upcoming writers and artists.

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Peskotomuhkati Nation at Skutik
Special Release: This World Is Not Collateral Damage

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Chief Hugh Akagi shares some history with Canadian Prime Minister Carney and asks him to correct the current lack of recognition of the Peskotomuhkati people.

tci
The Creative Independent
On finding your voice

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On finding your voice

by Brandon Stosuy

Free+

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.

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Baukunst
Mycelium As Mode Report - Baukunst Study Group 001

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In our first Study Group, Mycelium as Mode, we set out to inquire about the vast world of mushrooms, exploring the terrain from multiple vantage points — from wellness and investment in psychedelics — to materiality and even, mycelium as a metaphor for building.

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Keva Epale Studio
Creative insights on Branding Volume I

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Unlock the Secrets to Intentional Branding and Storytelling with these short visual treats of insights.

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The Creative Independent
On Making a Living as an Artist (Digital Edition)

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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.

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The Dark Forest Collective
The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet (Digital Edition)

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The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet (Digital Edition)

by Yancey Strickler, Caroline Busta, and 7 more

$10

A book about the cozy web, the dark web, the dark forest, the clear net, the dark net, and a new world emerging around us. This is The DIGTAL Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet.

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Hard Art
THIS IS NOT A BLUEPRINT #1 : By process of invitation

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THIS IS NOT A BLUEPRINT #1 : By process of invitation

by Sophie Cowen, and Alex Lockwood

Free

In late 2022, a handful of artists, scientists, movement builders, musicians, and democratic innovators came together to explore making a future based on care and freedom. The process we've called Hard Art began. This series shows how it all started, the frameworks we're using to collaborate, and how it's going.

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Hard Art
Introducing Hard Art

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Introducing Hard Art

by Charlie Waterhouse, Daze Aghaji, and 8 more

Free

We are a cultural collective of artists, activists, and scientists standing in solidarity in the face of climate and democratic collapse. We’re starting a new creative movement. Join us.

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Shantell Martin
Shantell Sans

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Shantell Sans

by Shantell Martin

Free

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.

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Avi Solomon
Book of Creativity: Audio

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Book of Creativity: Audio

by Avi Solomon

Free

Audio version of my English translation of Sefer Yesira, an ancient Hebrew mystical text that first promulgated the concept of combinatorial creativity. Important not just for having a creative effect on major historical figures, but also for a seminal influence germinating the seeds of modern logic and computing into the looming Golem of AI today.

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egirl
egirl 001

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egirl 001

by 2dcloud, Katherine Dee, and 3 more

$6.99

Now shipping... What is the egirl? A print magazine puts it all in a timeline. Writing by internet culture reporter and amateur anthropologist Katherine Dee. Supported by sumptuous illustrations from Blaise Larmee, Kristina Tzekova, Bubbles, Raighne.

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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.

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Seah Studio
GEOTYPE

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GEOTYPE

by Melisa Seah

Free

GEOTYPE is a font with angular shapes, sharp contrasts, and a bold and experimental style. A playful display typeface that's eye catching on every surface. It's the very first font created by Seah Studio, in partnership with the Letterform Archive.