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Kickstarter

March 2022

  • Brandon Sanderson

    Fantasy fans crowdfund record £17m for author Brandon Sanderson’s new novels

    Bestselling writer insists he won’t forsake his publishers after dramatic overnight success on Kickstarter

September 2021

  • Ghost. Broadstairs, Kent. (2018)

    Looking for a new England: strange sightings in the south-east – in pictures

    Stormtroopers, ghostly figures and runaway hens … a new book of photos examines the peculiarities of Kent and beyond

December 2020

  • BRZRKR #1 cover variant, Keanu Reeves’ comic, illustrated by Mark Brooks

    Even Keanu Reeves is doing it: why are comics going to Kickstarter?

    The crowdfunding platform has boomed in the year of coronavirus, with indie mavericks joined by Hollywood royalty

November 2020

  • An art teacher delivers an online painting course in how to mix colours.

    'It's reawakened something': creative ambitions blossom for lockdown 2

    Online education providers are witnessing a rise in registrations for art and language courses

February 2020

  • Kickstarter United has been recognized by management after workers voted 36 to 47 in favor of unionizing.

    Kickstarter workers vote to unionize amid growing industry unrest

    Union, which includes 85 employees, is one of the first for white-collar tech workers in US history

October 2019

  • Apps review in Obs Tech Monthly. Kickstarter

    Kickstarter's employees want a union. Will the company continue to oppose them?

    Nathan Robinson
    If Kickstarter became a union company, it would be the first of the major tech companies to do so. The company has a chance to show which side it’s really on

May 2019

  • Yancey Strickler, left, and Perry Chen, two of the three co-founders of the website Kickstarter, on the rooftop of the building where they will host the first Kickstarter Film Festival in New York, on July 6, 2010. The website helps creative types find financial backers willing to chip in small payments to help fund projects. (Michael Nagle/The New York Times)Redux / eyevine Please agree fees before use. SPECIAL RATES MAY APPLY. For further information please contact eyevine tel: +44 (0) 20 8709 8709 e-mail: info@eyevine.com www.eyevine.com

    From Eric the robot to Dorothy’s slippers: 10 years of Kickstarter

    A decade on from the birth of the crowdfunding platform, Tim Adams talks to cofounder Perry Chen and looks back at some of its greatest campaigns

February 2019

  • A rat

    Shortcuts
    Don’t stop at The Departed’s rat: six other movie scenes that should be cut

    The car visible in the background in Braveheart? Kevin Spacey in Baby Driver? The money must be raised via Kickstarter to excise these and other crimes against film-making

December 2018

  • A Swedish firm’s Zen Blankets attracted investors’ money through crowdfunding sites.

    Will you lose out if you back a venture on Kickstarter?

    After complaints about a project called Zen Blanket, we look at the pros and cons of crowdfunding

July 2018

  • Katy Guest

    The autocomplete questions
    How do I get my book published? You asked Google – here’s the answer

    Katy Guest
    Every day millions of people ask Google life’s most difficult questions. Freelance editor Katy Guest answers one of the commonest queries

May 2018

  • Jack Conte ... Patreon grew out of the musician’s last-ditch attempts to make money out of his YouTube success. Photograph: Bret Hartman/TED

    The rise of Patreon – the website that makes Jordan Peterson $80k a month

    In five years, online membership service Patreon has attracted two million patrons supporting 100,000 ‘creators’ to the tune of $350m – including nearly $1m a year for rightwing psychologist Jordan Peterson. So what’s the secret of its success?

January 2018

  • Reflex SLR 35mm camera

    Back to the darkroom: young fans reject digital to revive classic film camera

    Photographers relish the return of 35mm film and a crowdfunded SLR camera in a medium they say has more ‘soul’ than digital

June 2017

  • FCC Commissioner Pai and Chairman Wheeler testify at House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the FCC’s FY2016 budget<br>FILE PHOTO -- Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Ajit Pai (L) and FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler testify at a House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee hearing on the FCC’s FY2016 budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington March 24, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

    Net neutrality: Amazon among top internet firms planning day of action

    Exclusive: Etsy, Kickstarter and other leading companies to fight FCC plans to neuter 2015 rules in July protest backed by ACLU, Greenpeace and more

May 2017

  • Cyclists waiting for green light at a stoplight in Maastricht, The Netherlands, Europe<br>EADRT5 Cyclists waiting for green light at a stoplight in Maastricht, The Netherlands, Europe

    Bike blog
    How 80 forgotten 1930s cycleways could transform UK cycling

    Between 1934 and 1940 the UK built 280 miles of cycle paths with Dutch guidance. A Kickstarter campaign to rescue these lost cycle paths needs support

April 2017

  • Yooka-Laylee

    Yooka-Laylee review: wide-eyed wonder for nostalgic 90s kids

    It may look like a game for children but this primary coloured, Kickstarter-funded platformer is catnip for 30-somethings who came of age with Banjo-Kazooie

March 2017

  • Esti Eye iPhone Android prototype

    iPhone case that is also an Android phone raises $100,000 on Kickstarter

    Although it’s hard to see how any self-respecting Apple customer would want the $189 accessory, ‘Eye’ prototype has met its funding target and will be made

December 2016

  • Beasts of Balance

    Beasts of Balance review: Jenga crossed with Skylanders with tablet-augmented scoring

    Kickstarter-funded game blends physical and digital gameplay, with a stack of animals finding hybrid forms in a companion app
  • Observer Tech Monthly 26.05/2015 Smart Watches Sony Smartwatch 3; LG Watch Urbane; Pebble Time; Apple Watch; Motorola Moto 360 ObsTech

    Kickstarter darling Pebble shut down after being bought for $40m

    Wearables maker Fitbit buys smartwatch startup for fraction of reported value in 2015
  • Largest cities through history

    Exploring urban data
    From Jericho to Tokyo: the world's largest cities through history – mapped

    In his latest data viz roundup, Max Galka traces history’s largest cities, explores the great Uber takeover and searches for America’s creative communities

November 2016

  • Satirical and darkly humorous … US cartoonist Mike Diana.

    Kickstarter for Mike Diana film raises enough to clear arrest warrant

    With more than $45,000 raised for documentary about cartoonist charged with ‘artistic obscenity’ in the US, some will be used to pay $2,000 fine in Florida
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