25 of the best Coolhunts - Fontys ACI

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A new way to sponsor and follow creativity, according to
KICKSTARTER the biggest virtual platform in which creative
people will find each other
Chris and Daniella Merzatti would like to give an impulse to the
artistic community in their city. They do this by means of offering
those who are seriously interested in drawing classes a course in
their mobile pop- up studio.
The estimated costs are € 1,708. Charles Cain wants to publish
the first music album called civil ghost. This costs about $ 4,126.
A videogame is developed for young fathers, called Octodad.
“It is about the life of an octopus trying to pass himself off as a
human father. Probably the coolest game about fatherhood you’ll
ever play.” Estimated development and distribution costs $ 21,118.
All sympathetic initiatives with not much money.
At www.kickstarter.com they and many others try to find fans and
sponsors. The site offers the possibility to upload a promotional video
in which you can present your own initiative. Others watch the video
and can decide to contribute financially. The promotion for donations
for a project needs to be done in an established frame of time.
Octodad has turned out to be a success. They still have eight days
to go but the money is in the bag and they can realize their goal.
For more information, check the website.
www.kickstarter.com. The site works. CNN, Wired, The New York
Times wrote about it. Kickstarter is the biggest platform where
creative people from all over the world can share their remarkable
initiatives with potential fans.
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