Kickstart a Couple Gifts That Keep On Giving
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A pair of DIY Kickstarter projects (yes, not-quite-DIY ones exist) that happen to represent two sides of the same coin—or rather, concept—landed in the inbox over the weekend.
Marshall and Chester’s “Etchpop” is essentially a digital design platform that brings images to life as a reusable woodblock to impart a more ‘crafty’ aesthetic to home printing. The results are something like a cross between a rubber stamp and a silkscreen, best pressed in multiples with a limited or serial palette.
The Portland, OR-based design duo has already gone ahead and taken out a small business loan to pay for their own laser cutter, so the money will largely go towards those expenses, as well as developing an accessible web app for aspiring designers.
Jeannet Leendertse’s “me-do-dat” concept is perhaps the more ambitious of the two: she’s seeking $10,000 to produce a first edition of good-deed gift cards. The Dutch-born graphic designer has spent the past two decades in the Boston area, and while she specializes in publishing, “me-do-dat” marks a departure, inspired by “the old tag that used to be stamped on the first page of our library books.”
Somewhat less ambitious video after the jump…
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