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.

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.

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.

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.

A set of ten postcards featuring reproductions of paintings from Cristine Brache’s Bunny series.

Empty Set is a magazine dedicated to exploring all that technology writing has to offer. Inside these pages are critical essays, poems, photography, fiction, and various other detritus assembled from the wastes of our techno-culture. The first issue is on Decay.

New World Order: The Return of Hard Power and Soft Beliefs is a 35-page research memo about what happens when power, infrastructure and ideology collide. A manual for anyone trying to make sense of the present, New World Order contains ideas, context and language to participate in shaping the world that emerges in front of our eyes.

'Non-Playable Characters' is a collection of essays, short stories, interviews, and visuals that explores the figure of the NPC as a cultural symbol, internet trope, social mirror, and conceptual vessel. ★ PRE-ORDER NOW. Shipping January 2026. ★

Limited edition of 100 custom made holographic Pokémon Card on embossed paper, 42 x 30 cm (paper), 6.3 x 8.8 cm (card). Signed and numbered.

A call to arms for artists to midwife a new cultural movement. This manifesto invites a shift from art as commodity to art as soul-work, uniting the artistic, political, and spiritual in service of a rebirth: a Second Renaissance.

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.

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.

The clock is ticking, but panic is optional. The Deadline Candle transforms your most dreaded moments into sacred ritual. Because who among us doesn’t need a good kick to remind us how little time we have on this rock? Burn time: 3-4 hours. The Deadline Candle is a limited-edition merch drop from sublime.app

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. UPDATE: Due to shipping delays, USA-orders will ship by late-Nov; international-orders are shipping now.

The Quester’s Guide (Magic issue) is an interactive journey of ideas, activities and stories designed to make you see the world differently and turn the world into a creative playground. Explore through our book, a virtual platform of collective research, and a deck of prompt cards. For people fuelled by curiosity.

“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

One way our world could go from here.

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.

Artist and filmmaker Julian Castronovo's award winning film "Debut, or, Objects of the Field of Debris as Currently Catalogued" is now available via this special edition postscript zine which includes a private online viewing link.**(Upon purchase temporary link to full film will be emailed directly.)

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

'Uncovering Algorithms: Conversations on the Impact of AI' brings together a series of in-depth interviews with leading voices in AI and technology ethics, exploring the pressing ethical, societal, and environmental challenges posed by AI. The book presents accessible, conversational narratives that make complex ideas easy to grasp.

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.

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

Kinfolk Dominoes pairs smooth tiles with a custom cherry wood box for timeless play and display. Each tile is embossed with the Kinfolk healing symbol, carrying beauty and meaning in every game. Celebrating the ceremony of connection in Black, Brown, and Caribbean communities, this heirloom is a keepsake to be passed down for generations.

Limited edition book of drawings by Rebecca Clark. Hardcover in Iris bookcloth, 6 x 6 inches, 4/4 digital offset printing on 80# Finch Fine Bright White Ultra Smooth Text paper, 88 pages, Smyth-sewn binding. Printed by Small Editions, NYC.

An open conversation tracing how the generative paradigm reshapes the creative spirits.

"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

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.

On a trip to Australia, composer Jlin transformed samples from Sydney's Powerhouse Museum collection into an eclectic and unique composition that highlights her connection to both maths and music.

Limited edition of 100 prints on un-dosed heavyweight blotting paper using plant based food grade ink, signed and numbered, 19x19 cm

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.

Ethereum As Assembly visualizes Ethereum as an “Earth computer” — mapping how physics, chemistry, biology, society, and cryptography interlock into a single computational assemblage. A detailed, high quality poster for anyone studying complex systems, blockchains, or Ethereum’s design.

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.

Featuring visual art and written contributions from 40+ artists, this book on CoreCore, an underground avant-garde movement, pre-emptively inserts itself into the cannibalistic citation loop of academia.

Pre-order artist and filmmaker Cristine Brache's second collection of poetry: 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. For international orders contact: goodnightsweetthing@gmail.com

We are a cultural collective of artists, activists, and scientists standing in solidarity in the face of climate and democratic collapse. We’re starting a new creative movement. Join us.

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.

This website revival plan is a foundational sweep that teaches you how to DIY better website copy & UX — everything from copywriting essentials to content design and SEO for nonprofits — by a seasoned copywriter for brands like Vimeo, ilovecreatives, and Constant Contact (to name a handful).

The stacks are open! Browse books, zines, and ephemera at the Cybernetics Library, an interdisciplinary research library that extends and re-contextualizes the expansive history of cybernetic thought and practice.

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.

A zine documenting conversations about resistance from activists outside of technology to translate into modes of resistance against genAI models.

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

Not for smoking. This box contains 18 incense sticks inspired by traditional cigarettes. A fragrant and interactive fashion accessory that looks as good in your bag or on your coffee table.

Imagine we were more like fungi? If we are to solve some of humanity’s most radical challenges, we need radical new ways of thinking. Fungi as your Futurist is a first-of-its kind playbook for imagining regenerative futures, inspired by nature’s intelligence. It invites you to think like fungi.

<dirty products for a new era> is a Chinese subculture report released by Nephila in November 2025 for an event in Shanghai exploring how subcultures migrate, manipulate, and mutate across regional stacks

I bet you know someone in your life who is an internet researcher.

Xenomes are a richly encoded naming system developed for musical scales, or more specifically, 12-tone equal temperament (12-TET) pitch-class sets (which can be intervals, chords, or scales). This book explains the system and provides numerous examples. Written by Qid Love. Foreword by Canadian composer Ian Ring.

Limited first printing (100) of the 1944 CIA-predecessor manual on everyday resistance. Pocket-sized (4.25"x7") with concealment dust jacket titled Apiculture: Managing Worker Bees & Drones. Learn to "work slowly," "make speeches," and "misunderstand orders" in this historical guide to administrative disruption. Also available as a free PDF.