Joined Metalabel 02/24/2025
in-process
In Process
10 Rules of Generous Design – A1 Poster

Collector #2

These 10 rules of generous design have been, by far, the most evergreen collection of words I have ever written. This came together in a time of great change, and I keep going back to it. I would love to print these as A1, my favorite poster format, as a limited edition.

in-process
In Process
Dinner Club, Conversation Prompts

Collector #41

Last winter, I held three dinners about Miranda July’s All Fours. These are the conversation prompts. Feel free to print them for your dinner, about All Fours, or any books for that matter.

shantellmartin
Shantell Martin
Shantell Sans

Shantell Sans

by Shantell Martin

Collector #162

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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Embrace Variety
Embrace Variety Vol.01

Collector #81

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.

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Source Material Studio
Stillness is a Move

Stillness is a Move

by Source Material Studio, Mr Smith, and 1 more

Collector #29

Source Material Studio presents Stillness is a Move, the first publication in a new series exploring visual culture and creative practice. This edition introduces Stillness Mode, a developing framework that reflects on how images behave within contemporary conditions shaped by speed and constant motion.

now
NOW
Free Fonts!  A Curated Collection for Authors, Artists and Entrepreneurs with a Need for Speed

Collector #8

a tiny but mighty curated collection of free kid friendly fonts ideal for authors & artists and entrepreneurs. (especially those of us who are writing to inspire kids and teens) An unconventional collection of free Google fonts....and the juicy details they won't tell you about why they rock.

now
NOW
The Beginners Guide to Tiny Products: A Tiny Bundle of Big Ideas for Authors, Artists& Entrepreneurs

Collector #11

Tiny Books. Big Business. The beginners guide to writing tiny books, creating tiny products and building your brand, business and bank account with tiny but mighty products in 2026 that will change your life and maybe even change the world. Teach what you know. Do what you love. Wake up the world with your work. Join us!

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StudioCone
First Futures

First Futures

by StudioCone

Collector #29

First Futures is a free, 4-hour virtual workshop that makes futures design accessible to everyone. Learn practical tools to spot change, map consequences, design speculative products, and create artefacts that challenge the status quo.

now
NOW
Get High on Your Own Supply!  A Notion Activity Workbook for Mindfulness Meditators

Collector #29

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! Beta access to our new mindfulness app (coming Dec 2025 - get notified when it's available in beta)

now
NOW
The Day You Fell in Love

Collector #17

A crash course to fall back in love with the world and your life.

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MRRORMRROR
MRROR THE CRISIS OF REFLECTIONS

Collector #15

A zine about the collapse of reflection in a culture of infinite visibility. A fractured mirror inviting readers to rethink what it means to be seen.

now
NOW
a Tiny Book About Big Love

Collector #26

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.

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this is not philosophy
this is not philosophy

this is not philosophy

by Khairulsani Ismail

Collector #2

A 10 part of a zines : this is not philosophy

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Elysian Collective
The Elysian Manifesto

The Elysian Manifesto

by Elle Griffin

Collector #220

One way our world could go from here.

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

Collector #198

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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Morgane Billuart
Bad Kingdom

Bad Kingdom

by Morgane Billuart, and Viktor Eichler

Collector #25

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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Avi Solomon
Earth swimming in a sea of stars amidst the Milky Way

Collector #10

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.

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Avi Solomon
Book of Creativity

Book of Creativity

by Avi Solomon

Collector #17

My work-in-progress 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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Avi Solomon
Book of Creativity : Introduction

Collector #18

This PDF is my raw longhand introduction to my English translation of Sefer Yesira, an ancient Hebrew mystical text important not just for its internal creative effect on major medieval Jewish mystics like Abraham Abulafia, but also for its seminal influence germinating the seeds of modern logic and computing with the looming Golem of AI in view.

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The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler
Meet the Ideaspace

Meet the Ideaspace

by Yancey Strickler

Collector #78

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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Pierce Day
A PHONE OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN

Collector #215

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.

tci
The Creative Independent
On dealing with creative anxiety (digital)

Collector #165

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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Everyone Is A Girl
Ch. 2: FANDOM

Ch. 2: FANDOM

by Everyone Is A Girl, jules, and 3 more

Collector #175

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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Metalabel squad
Nine Creative Meditations

Nine Creative Meditations

by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 1 more

Collector #366

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

squad
Metalabel squad
After the Creator Economy

After the Creator Economy

by IY, Severin Matusek, and 3 more

Collector #396

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.

ideaspace
The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler
The Post-Individual (Open Edition)

The Post-Individual (Open Edition)

by Yancey Strickler, and IY

Collector #208

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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The Dark Forest Collective
The Post-Individual

The Post-Individual

by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 1 more

Collector #414

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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APEX
APEX

APEX

by APEX Zine, and Freya Bromfield

Collector #74

Is our digital identity shaped by the constant stream of online trends and memes? APEX, a cutting-edge zine dives into the intersection of AI, identity, and digital culture- journeying through past, present, and future to answer this. From "Modern Accelerationism" to "Cybernatural Synergy," APEX offers fresh perspectives on evolving digital selves.

hardart
Hard Art
Hard Imagination

Hard Imagination

by Sophie Cowen, David Johnston, and 1 more

Collector #241

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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Molly Baker Ragan
What Do You See?

What Do You See?

by Molly Ragan

Collector #13

Find order in a chaotic world with whatdoyousee.nyc, a participatory web-based archive composed of curiosity, code, and hundreds of photos of everyday New York City.

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postmodern tectonics ™
Applied Imagination

Applied Imagination

by postmodern tectonics ™

Collector #100

"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.

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Avi Solomon
Book of Creativity: Audio

Collector #20

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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penny anne
LMK

LMK

by penny anne

Collector #4

a little song and dance

now
NOW
Thanks for Not Being a Dick (She Said)

Collector #3

a tiny book about a big experience

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Jeff Wood
ARCHIO

ARCHIO

by Jeff Wood

Collector #18

A science-fiction liturgy and pilgrimage to the Agion Oros—Mt. Athos, Greece. Video, text and field recordings by Jeff Wood.

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Metalabel squad
Anonymous Creative Futures 2026

Anonymous Creative Futures 2026

by IY, Yancey Strickler, and 1 more

Collector #257

Economic precarity is up. Market demands are too. People are drowning in digital overload. Political threats loom. The second Anonymous Creative Futures survey shares what 300+ anon artists and creators feel about this moment, their words 100%.

avisolomon
Avi Solomon
Our Cosmic Situation

Our Cosmic Situation

by Avi Solomon

Collector #9

NASA Parker Solar Probe footage of Venus and Earth swimming in a sea of stars amidst the Milky Way

avisolomon
Avi Solomon
Terra Luna Sol Monumenta

Collector #4

What a transit of Earth and Moon across the Sun would look like

fl2c
From Lockwood to Calenberg (FL2C)
Liquid Light

Liquid Light

by Paul Edmund (Ed Mundio) Fletcher, and Kris Behrendt

Collector #4

Soundscapes and music inspired by light and the shadows it casts.

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Franco Alvarez
Summer 2024

Summer 2024

by Franco Alvarez

Collector #17

The first ever full length project by Franco Alvarez; a magazine chronicling the summer of 2024. A summer characterized by heavy growth and development, the story of a caterpillar becoming the butterfly.

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Ambient Soul Music Club
Four Track Originals Vol. 1

Four Track Originals Vol. 1

by Ambient Soul Music Club

Collector #43

Four Track Originals Vol. 1 is the first release from Ambient Soul Music Club founder, Graeme Worsfold. A four-track digital-only EP of stunning instrumental ambient soul music and video acting as a gateway drug to this unusual, innovative new genre and community of music creativity.

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Chorist
test/test:123

test/test:123

by Chadwick Wood

Collector #7

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

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Sucking Salt
Take Care

Take Care

by Shani Strand

Collector #28

Take Care addresses Caribbean architecture + aesthetics via social ecologies. The zine features writing by Shani Strand, Rianna Jade Parker, Luis Rivera Jiménez, Kearra Amaya Gopee and Shameekia Shantel Johnson, alongside a photo essay by Zenobia. Designed by Neta Bomani @ Sojourners for Justice Press, 2024

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Network Archives
How to Navigate : A Directory of Inspiration

Collector #24

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.

squad
Metalabel squad
Anonymous Creative Futures Report

Anonymous Creative Futures Report

by Rayna, IY, and 4 more

Collector #531

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.