On Making a Living as an Artist (Digital Edition)
by Brandon Stosuy
Collector #224
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.
On dealing with creative anxiety (digital)
by Brandon Stosuy
Collector #27
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
Shantell Sans
by Shantell Martin
Collector #71
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.
The Work WE Need to Do
by Charlie Waterhouse, Fraser Muggeridge, and 4 more
Collector #264
A Manual For Our Time — the first Hard Art Manifesto.
The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet (Second Printing)
by Arthur Röing Baer, Rebecca Fox, and 8 more
Collector #399
This is 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 (second printing)
The Post-Individual (Open Edition)
by Yancey Strickler, and IY
Collector #67
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
The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet
by Yancey Strickler
Collector #12
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.
Introducing Metalabel
by Yancey Strickler, Erin, and 7 more
Collector #20
The original essay, ideas, and research that inspired Metalabel, including: — Unpublished research and thinking from May 2021 — The initial manifesto, first published in February 2022 — Further research, first published in October 2022 Preserved and collectible as a new media archive.
After the Creator Economy
by IY, Severin Matusek, and 3 more
Collector #22
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.