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Metalabel squad
After the Creator Economy

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After the Creator Economy

by IY, Severin Matusek, and 3 more

Free

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.

darkforest
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.

d-o-t
Department of Transformation
Black DOT V-Cut T Shirt

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Black DOT V-Cut T Shirt

by Dept of Transformation

$30+

This is your invitation to join Dept of Transformation! If you believe art can change the world, then you’re already one of us. Wear it proud, support the mission, and show the world you’re here to transform! No prerequisites, just vibes.

darkforest
The Dark Forest Collective
A SEXUAL HISTORY OF THE INTERNET

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A SEXUAL HISTORY OF THE INTERNET

by Mindy Seu, Esra Soraya Padgett, and 27 more

$35+

How has technology shaped and been shaped by sexuality? This 700+ page artist book gathers anecdotes, artworks, and historical artifacts that reveal the pervasive and perverted origins of our digital tools. More info on the lecture performance tour in Fall 2025 below! SHIPPING IN OCTOBER.

otherinternet
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 September 2025. Pre-order now.

livingweb
Living Web Institute
Internet Phone Book

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Internet Phone Book

by Kristoffer Tjalve, Elliott Cost, and 11 more

$30+

An annual publication for exploring the vast poetic web, featuring essays, musings and a directory with the personal websites of hundreds of designers, developers, writers, curators, and educators. Ships from Europe.

darkforest
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 8 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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Build In Public University
The Memetic Foundation of Human Value: A Personal & Theoretical Journey

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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.

squad
Metalabel squad
On the Creative Life: Conversations Toward a New Creative Era

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On the Creative Life: Conversations Toward a New Creative Era

by Yancey Strickler, and Joshua Citarella

$5+

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.

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

aixdesign
AIxDESIGN
AI for Ants: A zine about Small AI by AIxDESIGN & internet teapot

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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.

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Rebecca Clark
Book of Hours: An Artist's Book for the Anthropocene

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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.

donotresearch
Do Not Research
DNR Fall 25: Technology Criticism

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A four week intensive to familiarize participants with core texts and issues in the debate over the role of technology in society, its politics, and future. Mondays: 10/6, 10/20, 11/3, 11/17 @ 6:30 - 8:30pm EST

thestoa
THE STOA
Worldview Studies: To See the World Is to Shape It

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Worldview Studies: To See the World Is to Shape It

by Peter Limberger, and Rina Nicolae

$0.01

When the culture war ends, what begins? Join us for a live, experimental series studying the worldviews that are actively shaping the world. This is a four-week experience happening at The Stoa. Oct 17 to Nov 7 @ 12 pm ET. Choose your price (recommended $40, but feel free to contribute more or less). Attendance at all sessions is not required.

darkforest
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 Limberger, 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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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.

athousandforests
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

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

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Exocapitalism challenges the critical orthodoxy on how it understands and talks about capitalism today.

becomingpress
Becoming
Semiotics of the End: Essays on Capitalism & the Apocalypse (2025)

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“To quote Alessandro Sbordoni: ‘as the end gets nearer, more is yet to come'. So maybe we already live (in) the end of the world, an end which stretches on endlessly, with no possible resolution." — Slavoj Žižek

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FUTURX
La gentrificación digital x José Heinz

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La gentrificación digital x José Heinz

by Nicolás Madoery, and José Heinz

Free+

Notas sobre cómo internet se volvió corporativa. El periodista y escritor José Heinz recorre la historia de la cultura web para mostrar cómo pasamos del espíritu pionero y experimental a la internet homogeneizada y corporativa que habitamos hoy.

donotresearch
Do Not Research
DNR Fall 25: Bootcamp: Sunday

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DNR Fall 25: Bootcamp: Sunday

by Theresa Tomi Faison

Free+

Four week intensive course delving into the core ideas and questions explored in the foundational stages of DNR. We will examine artworks, texts, and internet media covering topics: internet-informed identity, political futures, & post-internet art. Facilitated by artist Theresa Tomi Faison via Zoom, SUNDAYS: 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 1-3:30pm EST

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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 Spring 2026

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Glass Mirror: a speculative research journal
Glass Mirror 001: What If?

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"What If?" is a working journal: a reader-reviewed, iterative publication written to evolve alongside conversation. Each chapter is curated around a "what if" prompt—what if WFH took place in Vision Pros? Curators of the working edition (this release) can vote on journal submissions, curate chapter content, and read with the Glass Mirror community.

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postmodern tectonics ™
Applied Imagination

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Applied Imagination

by postmodern tectonics ™

Free

"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.

now
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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Bimbo Rhetoric
Forever Mediated: Feminist Erotic Texts and the Seduction Economy (PDF)

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Written by Ester Freider ISBN: 979-8-9923515-1-4 Publisher: Bimbo Rhetoric Publishing House Publication Date: May 5, 2025 Pages: 63 pages Language: English

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AIxDESIGN
[Dis]enchantment: A zine about Esoteric AI by AIxDESIGN & internet teapot (Slow AI Series)

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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.

instituteofmachineunlearning
Institute of Machine Unlearning
Living Room Sessions Zine #1: Cosmic Sans Software

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Cosmic Sans Software is the first zine from the Institute of Machine Unlearning. Born from a workshop, it brings together collages made collectively as playful, critical detours into how AI is pictured and imagined and how we see, feel, and unlearn with machines.

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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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Embrace Variety
Embrace Variety Vol.01

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Embrace Variety Vol.01 contains three guides about the core and often overlooked aspects of visual branding: personality, design taboos, and the North Star. It is for everyone who wants to give their brand an image that stands out, stands the time and resonates. And for those who want to take better control of the branding process.

uaad
Underground Art And Design
Worlds Unfolding: Ideas and Prompts for Virtual World-Making

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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.

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Creasidence
Creasidence Zine #6 (Online Zine #04)

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Creasidence Zine #6 (Online Zine #04)

by Nelli, Olaf Wala, and 3 more

Free

The Summer Road Trip Zine is the result of a month-long mentorship program. Explore heartfelt manga and character cards, celebrating the community where the journey is the destination. The release also includes a printable sticker sheet, letting you carry this vibrant adventure into your daily life.

aksioma
Aksioma
Internet’s Dark Forests

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Internet’s Dark Forests

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

$10

Subcultural Memories and Vernaculars of a Layered Imaginary

ideaspace
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

lostseason
The Lost Season
The Emergency Was Curiosity

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The Emergency Was Curiosity

by Christie George

Free+

The Emergency Was Curiosity is a book report gone wild; an exhibition and event series; a pandemic diary; an ongoing response to Jenny Odell’s book How to Do Nothing. The project invites you to cultivate your attention, to explore your own weird, category-resistant projects, and to treat your curiosity as a matter of urgency—an emergency, even.

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Maddie Potocnik
surface treasure - issue six

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surface treasure - issue six

by Maddie Potocnik

Free

a digital magazine filled with my favorite images & missed connections collected from newyork.craigslist.org in september 2025 ♡

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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.

squad
Metalabel squad
Nine Creative Meditations

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Nine Creative Meditations

by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 1 more

Free

A series of reflections from my (Yancey's) creative experiences expressed as a written essay (the A-side) and video essay (the B-side)

pomotect
postmodern tectonics ™
ON IDEAS

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ON IDEAS

by postmodern tectonics ™

Free

Some theories and practical approaches that might help you think about how you think about ideas.

sharon
sharon
AIPHABET

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AIPHABET

by sharon zheng

Free

Inspired by the idea that the word "alphabet" looks like it starts with the letters "AI", this print-at-home 24-page zine was created using Stable Diffusion and its understanding of the English alphabet as hand gestures.

d-o-t
Department of Transformation
P.P.P.P.P.P. by Naoco Wowsugi

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P.P.P.P.P.P. by Naoco Wowsugi

by Dept of Transformation

Free

P.P.P.P.P.P. (People! Practice Participating in Participatory Projects, Please.) by Naoco Wowsugi, 2023 “Why are artists always seen as the leaders or organizers? Why can’t you be an artist by being a participant?” —Naoco Wowsugi

d-o-t
Department of Transformation
DOT Cookbook Entry: Troika

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DOT Cookbook Entry: Troika

by Dept of Transformation

Free

A quick-fire method for generating feedback on individual challenges in a small group adapted from Liberating Structures.

elysian
Elysian Collective
CITY-STATE

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CITY-STATE

by Elle Griffin, Bryce Tolpen, and 6 more

$5+

Seven writers explore the future of autonomous governance.

ideaspace
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.

hardart
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.

d-o-t
Department of Transformation
Workshop of Workshops

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Workshop of Workshops

by Dept of Transformation

Free

"Workshop of Workshops" by P. Krishnamurthy, explores various organizational structures—studio, gallery, school, therapy, and temple—analyzing their advantages and disadvantages in fostering creativity, collaboration, and individual development. PK proposes a "new workshop" model that to merge the best aspects of these formats.

ideaspace
The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler
The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet

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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.

empowa
EMPOWA
the Artists Way exercises - Notion templates

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Get detailed Notion templates for all the exercises in the Artist's Way book. ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ Unlock your higher creativity with the self-guided 12 week program in the Artists Way written by Julia Cameron. Join artists like Doechii, Alicia Keys, Bella Hadid, and more in the creative transformation guided by these exercises.