'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. ★

Members of the Baukunst collective, startup founders, and guest experts, including leaders from manufacturing giants like NVIDIA, Flex, Tesla, Rivian, and Apple, share a deep dive on one of this decade's most important issues: how AI is shifting manufacturing, employment, and the shape of human work.

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.

Four week intensive course delving into the core ideas and questions explored in the foundational stages of DNR. We will examine artworks, texts, and internet media covering topics: internet-informed identity, political futures, & post-internet art. Facilitated by artist Theresa Tomi Faison via Discord, SUNDAYS: 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 1-3:00pm EST

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.

"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

This exhibition guide published by Soft Systems for Materials and Processes for an Expanding World, presented Dec 11–13, 2025 at Plot, Los Angeles. A visual survey of small works on paper, ephemera, sculpture, and video submitted through the mail by 34 artists. 35 pages, full color, recycled paper, spiral bound, 5.5 × 8.5 inches.

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

An anthology of 13 essays from the 2025 Essay Architecture Prize. 100% of royalties go to the writers, the judges, and the 2026 prize pool.

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.

Recently, I launched a webpage- the diary of a young girl and another called-life and more. While launching the page, I was asked what is the point of this? Well, nothing and that was the whole point.

Cities should build utopia. Nations should let them. Residents should benefit from them.

The second Levels of Nuance Emergency Group Show took the form of a Zillow listing in sleepy Brownsboro, Texas. Although the show lasted a mere three hours on the platform, it lives on through this commemorative artist t-shirt! Are you ready to make the ultimate sacrifice for Real Estate®?

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 wider view of our self-interest. Now Me, Future Me. Now Us, Future Us. A model for a deeper form of living. BEyond Near Term Orientation: Bentoism.

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%.

A new collection exploring the intersection of mindfulness, magic, mental health, inner space and self transcendence.

a tiny but mighty collection of fonts and templates for self published authors, artists and entrepreneurs in 2026. Specifically for Jewish authors, artists and entrepreneurs, these resources are also useful for anyone who is writing a childrens book (or a tiny non fiction book) in 2026

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

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

A collaborative art project on how to find your own North and shape our collective shift toward a new world order

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.

Post-Nasal Drip Music By Exhaler Filmed, Edited and Produced by Michael Carchidi Creative Director and Camera Operator Leksi Schuchman

Why do we approach AI chatbots as modern-day oracles? This issue of the Slow AI Series “[Dis]enchantment: A zine about Esoteric AI” summons 54 pages of magic, divination, folklore, and other arcane ways of knowing to disenchant then re-enchant our relationship with algorithmic systems.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

After an entire 365 days, the original New York City Garbage cubes are back for the final drop of Season 2. Last year's 50 sold out quickly, so we've added a few more to the pile (65) to give more folks the chance to give the gift of Garbage this year.

We’ve been told patriarchy is inevitable. It’s not. In redefining power, this book imagines the next world and invites you to help build it. Pre-order for Spring 2026

NEW EPUB VERSION: Exocapitalism challenges the critical orthodoxy on how it understands and talks about capitalism today.

Whether you're at a crossroads or lost in the wilds of too many possibilities, this spell conjures a compass from the patterns of your own attention.

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!

Free PDF of my English translation of Sefer Yesira, an ancient Hebrew mystical text that first promulgated the concept of combinatorial creativity.

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.

A Modern Colouring Book Take a moment to pause and let yourself wander into a world of shapes, patterns, and possibilities. This coloring book is more than just pages to color—it's a space for you to breathe, explore, and create.

Release notes. 10 very short lessons to create a tiny product in a long weekend in printable PDF format 1 audio with steps (and a private audio feed for AMA and/or questions) 1 visualization in high resolution PNG format Lots of good vibes & creative mojo

Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD is your starter guide to understanding your ADHD brain and learning a smarter way to find motivation.

Learn about the moon’s phases, the zodiac and astrological houses so you can understand how the transiting moon affects your personal natal chart.

a digital magazine filled with my favorite images & missed connections collected from newyork.craigslist.org in february 2026 ♡

"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.

Welcome to the Sporesight meditation. You are invited to connect with the world of fungi and experiment with how it feels to be a little bit more like a mushroom. Don’t worry, this is an exercise with no substance involved other than your own imagination. Shall we begin?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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