The Dark Forest Collective

Collector #484

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

Rebecca Clark

Collector #298

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.

Department of Transformation

Collector #15

Conceived by Oliver Herring and recounted by DOT Curator Sam Rauch, TASK is a group artmaking activity that can lead to collective chaos (and a lot of fun!)

Pierce Day

Collector #222

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.

Poor Zoe

Collector #37

neutra is a sans-serif typeface inspired by the aesthetics of retro-futurism, gen x soft club, and y2k. rooted in a geometric approach, its minimalist forms have a sleek, technical feel with a nod to space-age graphics.

IS NOT MUSIC

Collector #9

Is Not Music. Issue 02 highlights artists whose legacies far outstrip conventional measures of success. In a time when the future feels stalled — these artists serve as our north stars. They’re mile markers we glimpse as we drive forward. Ships Worldwide.

Underground Art And Design

Collector #23

"Alt-Alterity" envisions a world where the notion of “alterity” dissolves, making way for new affinities. In response to an era marked by crisis, this curatorial project serves as an artistic provocation, navigating you through speculative realities, rebellious technologies, and fluid identities shaped by the ideas and works of 31 artists.

Creative Minds

Collector #29

A practical introduction to typography; from anatomy and spacing to legibility and alignment, for people who want to create type that reads beautifully and feels intentional.

Bloom!

Collector #8

i’m calling this new series “art from the apocolypse” - and it’s ideal for those life momenets you need to decorate quickly but don’t have time to spellcheck. Perfect for minimalist loving therapists, mental health professionals, and past life regression practictioners who got D's in history class & have an unusually low startle index.

The Lost Season

Collector #109

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.

Metalabel

Collector #408

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.

Second Renaissance

Collector #9

Something is emerging. After death comes a rebirth: that is the promise of impermanence. In the mist of darkness a new world is not only possible, she is on her way. The Second Renaissance Magazine's first issue on Impermanence shows the voice of a community making sense of the world through art, poetry, essays and personal stories.

Neuromantics

Collector #98

An archive of the TechnoMirage event series, bringing together exhibitions, talks and artist interviews that examine the illusion of progress projected by AI and exploring how creative practitioners can reclaim agency through exhibitions, discourses, and practices that shape more equitable relationships with emerging technologies.

Institute of Machine Unlearning

Collector #36

Free Trade is the second zine from the Institute of Machine Unlearning. Created during a public collage session, it gathers fragments, fears, jokes, and quiet refusals to explore what AI feels like from the inside of everyday life, where attention becomes currency and imagination becomes resistance.

AIxDESIGN

Collector #31

What if AI didn’t run on Silicon Valley logic? Making Sense of Slow AI, compiles 40 pages of eclectic stories on Small, Esoteric, and Ancestral AI – inviting you to think small, make it magical, and plan for the past.

Spell of the Month

Collector #89

A blend of IRL ritual and AI prompt, this spell is designed to transform your fears into fresh fuel for your creativity.

Institute of Machine Unlearning

Collector #31

Select All Images That Make Your Bones Shrivel is the third zine from the Institute of Machine Unlearning. Created through public experiments and participatory workshops, it gathers CAPTCHAs that refuse recognition and stretch a small security interface into a collective exercise in critical play.

Network Archives

Collector #129

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.

Everyone Is A Girl

Collector #183

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.

postmodern tectonics ™

Collector #105

"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 Creative Independent

Collector #450

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.

penny anne

Collector #5

nine piano ballads for the end of october

penny anne

Collector #3

3 songs from college

Metalabel

Collector #940

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.

Creasidence

Collector #25

A Four-Panel Comics Zine by Creasidence, created in an online workshop by 5 artists. Using the kishotenketsu structure, we explore storytelling beyond conflict, embracing surprise, openness, and creative freedom in four panel limits.

Creasidence

Collector #24

Creasidence is a global accelerator in the creative industries, based in Tokyo, Japan. While supporting creators through educational workshops focused on the release of creative projects, we’re building a global community of creatives from over 25 countries. This collaborative comic Manifesto represents our shared vision for the creative future.

The Creative Independent

Collector #171

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

Avi Solomon

Collector #21

Print edition of my English translation of Sefer Yesira, an ancient Hebrew mystical text that first promulgated the concept of combinatorial creativity. You can buy the print edition for $221 via the Blurb link in the release notes. I have provided a free PDF of the entire book and mp3 audio of the translated text via Metalabel.

Bloom!

Collector #12

Zen AF. Wake up already, why don't you.

Bloom!

Collector #8

a tiny book about a big experience

Metalabel

Collector #131

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.

Becoming

Collector #37

Our second book was a strange one, some kind of amalgamation of a lore-dump and a cosmological manifesto. It's now available to read as an e-book.

Metalabel

Collector #366

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%.

Bloom!

Collector #5

a tiny but mighty collection and printable poster featuring the principles of building a better brain through neuroplasticity - inspired by the published books and work of Dr. David Eagleman

A Thousand Forests

Collector #1049

"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