Avi Solomon

Collector #3

We humans need to hold our cosmic situation in mind while dealing with matters on Earth. NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured this grand prospect of Earth swimming in a sea of stars over the course of ten days in April 2019. I have processed the raw footage and remixed it with sounds of the Solar wind and a stellar track by Max Richter.

Avi Solomon

Collector #8

A remarkable image of a scene on Mars photographed by NASA's Perseverance Rover is emblematic of the alien yet familiar landscape of a barren planet humans might visit one day.

postmodern tectonics ™

Collector #29

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

Avi Solomon

Collector #54

Free PDF of my English translation of Sefer Yesira, an ancient Hebrew mystical text that first promulgated the concept of combinatorial creativity.

NOW

Collector #10

Inner Space. A love story. Art and ideas aimed at transcending the small self by stripping away the borders and boundaries between ourselves, and the world.

NOW

Collector #14

A tiny book of big questions, unconventional lessons and mini meditations on discovering mindfulness, magic and mojo in everyday life. Featuring a short collection of essays on cultivating courage, compassion, curiosity and connection to ourselves, and each other, in a world gone mad.

The Creative Independent

Collector #120

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

AIxDESIGN

Collector #40

How can ancient wisdom shape the future of AI? In the zine Pasts, Presents, Futures: A Zine About Ancestral AI, we take a step back to reflect and reimagine. What if we used lessons from the past seven generations to create AI that helps us build a world worthy of the next seven?

AIxDESIGN

Collector #104

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.

The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler

Collector #91

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.

NOW

Collector #14

Mindfulness, magic, (Metta) and mojo. A tiny book about big love - a simple practice to fall back in love with the world (and your life) in difficult times.

Underground Art And Design

Collector #107

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.

Network Archives

Collector #71

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.

postmodern tectonics ™

Collector #52

"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.

The Mothership

Collector #54

An independent culture report on the Middle East contemporary art scene. This issue provides a snapshot of the Gulf art scene through the lens of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. We look back over the last 15 years to make sense of the defining trends that are shaping the sector highlighting local artists and grassroots programming.

NOW

Collector #16

Notion activity workbook. Track the practice of loving kindness meditation - cultivate more compassion, self love, purpose, presence and peace.....through the magic of "metta" meditation - and Notion! Includes a tiny book of big love (on Amazon, via a link in the Notion template - 100% free) Beta access to our new app (coming June 19)

Ai Xia

Collector #15

A guidebook to true wealth & fulfillment in your purpose led dream career.

The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler

Collector #53

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.

AIxDESIGN

Collector #36

Bigger isn’t always better. What could we make with AI if scale wasn’t an objective? The 38-page zine “AI for Ants: A zine about Small AI” draws inspiration from the degrowth movement, climate justice, and low-tech to re-imagine AI that is locally-rooted and more attuned to our natural world.

NOW

Collector #17

"Perma free" Amazon books? Discover a unique, easy and clever way to expand your existing audience - attract new readers to your Substack/newsletter, website, digital storefront, IRL business, or any other content, cause or client community you want to grow - through this little known Amazon self publishing strategy for authors and entrepreneurs.

Pierce Day

Collector #117

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.

Rebecca Clark

Collector #202

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.

Hard Art

Collector #135

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

The Creative Independent

Collector #121

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.

The Creative Independent

Collector #373

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.

Mishkh

Collector #5

A new film to celebrate a new month. A 48second glimpse into a bustling morning at a Chicago Chinese bakery.

The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler

Collector #45

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.

Elysian Collective

Collector #136

Seven writers explore the future of autonomous governance.

Build In Public University

Collector #19

Human value is fundamentally memetic - we're valuable for the ideas we create and share, not as resources to extract. Our economic systems must recognize how communities amplify unique contributions, ensuring everyone has at least one community that "sees" them.

NOW

Collector #20

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

A Thousand Forests

Collector #412

"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

Build In Public University

Collector #10

This was the manifesto that launched the time machine.

Metalabel squad

Collector #284

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

Collector #6

Teach what you know. do what you love. Wake up the world with your work. Join us.

The Dark Forest Collective

Collector #200

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