Getting funded through Kickstarter - http://kck.st/c68wQm

Erin Siegal successfully funded a project in Guatamala through Kickstarter – it “tipped” fast as I remember.

Karim Ben Khalifa and Tina Ahrens just launched a crowd-funding platform specifically for photojournalism – goes live in a few months.

www.emphas.is

Robb Hill just funded a project thru Kickstarter. Raised about US$7200 here in states for in states project. Worked well but needed a bit of a push at the end to meet the goal.

Tim Hussin and his brother have done a great job on their project as well.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1042976249/reclaiming-america-a-journey-into-the-heart-of-mod

Good luck with your project.

Kitra :))

I donated to Erin to help fund her project/book on Gutamala and i’ve heard nothing but terrific things about both Kickstarter and the new crowd-funding emphas.is (j. vink alerted)….

best of luck with your project :))

cheers
bob

Anyone else used Kickstarter? And what about indiegogo? Anyone with actual experience?

too bad you have to be based in the US (for now, they say) to start a project on kickstarter

too bad you have to be based in the US (for now, they say) to start a project on kickstarter

I am raising funds through a similar site called the point. http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/making-peace-with-the-world
R.

somehow i missed this thread… yes, KS treated me well! got funded within days…. pretty rad.

i think a lot depends on how you spread the word. i just facebooked people, mostly, and it worked.

if anybody has any questions, feel free to pm or email me!

<3
e.

Darn! Wish I saw this earlier. Congrats Kitra on getting the project successfully funded.

I’ve had very good experiences both fundraising for projects and donating to projects on Kickstarter. The reward system is an awesome way to build an audience and get people invested before something rolls out. This is a huge boon for game and interaction designers. In some cases, like with Erin Siegal’s project, the private updates for project backers are rich rewards in and of themselves. I just hope the quality of projects keeps up as the system gains popularity.

My campaign just got accepted and it will be launched soon. It is going to be a multi art platform with a documentary and phohotgraphy incorporated. It is called “The Mitumba Project” following the used clothing trade from America to Africa. It is about consumerism in America and the used clothing trade called “mitumba” the Swahili word for bales, or bales of used clothing. When I was working in Africa on an art project, we purchased bales of blank white shirts for batiking and screenprinting. We went right to the source, in a free trade zoned area, and purchased the bales of clothes for around $40USD per bale. We realized we were buying from Afghanis, and wondered if Americans had any idea their donated used clothes were ending up in their hands. We are going to follow the trade and the reward for the pledges will be various items, such as screen printed mitumba shirts, clothing sewed from recycled mitumba, that wil be made in Tanzania, photographic prints and a book and documentary. I will post more info as it is launched.

www.mitumbaproject.blogspot.com

Ida, you are so sweet! Thank you! :)

is this for America only?
I live in Indonesia
thank you