What is the Absurd? It is, as may quite easily be seen, that I, a rational being, must act in a case where my reason, my powers of reflection, tell me: you can just as well do the one thing as the other, that is to say where my reason and reflection say: you cannot act and yet here is where I have to act.
Søren Kierkegaard
Absurdist is a new collection of writings on everything and nothing.
Every week, we deliver a few essays, interviews plus reviews on the profound & pointless, a peek into the psychologies & philosophies of new & odd creatives. To submit an article, email us at getabsurdist@gmail.com.
You’ll find a bit of everything here; tapes, photo, culture, food, film… The way we figure it, we’re not trying to be anything, to anyone, so we can’t possibly fail, right?
Mostly though, we just want you the reader & the writer, to have fun with Absurdist. As designers, shouldn’t we be making things for people unlike ourselves, for real people, for you?
To explain more I’ve compiled this curious manifest ahead of our launch.
- Essay submissions & internships are paid.
We aren’t into unpaid work, so to be very clear we support micro-patronage and even smaller exposure. - We’ll never post a listicle.
With the exception of this list, which is really more of a manifesto, you simply won’t see one here. - You won’t read about anyone famous.
We’re about the folks you haven’t heard of, but should. We just aren’t fanboys of big hitters. Verified folk with 150k followers don’t need us. - We don’t recycle content.
You can read everything elsewhere, in 50 shades of click-bait, on your favorite non-issues, but just not here. This is all original. - We aren’t technology centric.
You won’t find lifehacks, startup coaching or the latest anything here. We’re about this little thing called IRL, OMG.
Where does Absurdist come from?
We originally began as a cassette blog that could, called Tape Famous. We focused on quality & quirk over all else. The first review I wrote in March 2013, did however make some 2014 year end best of lists, so.
But the feed trough of the internet can be a cruel and bewildering place, so we took the lessons learned plus our followers and restarted.
We wanted to give a voice to a whole new set of creatives, folks who you’ve never heard off but likely should, sooner rather than later. We also wanted to make things diverse, random & even, a little radical.
Who is Absurdist?
Well, there’s me, Vikram, along with Ethan & Nina. We’re all product design people on the fringe of tech culture who are trying desperately to stave off boredom & a creative coma in Silicon Valley.
Beyond that, we’re digging into our contacts and recruiting a broad range of editors and contributors from around the country. Folks and freaks of all walks, colors, genders & orientations of life.
Also joining us will be Christian Filardo, Luke Bartlett, Dustin Krcatovich, Bryan Kelly, Stefanie Stauffer & more…
Pitch Us
Have a passion, obsessed with something? Pitch us your story, the odder the better. Want to get more involved, even better! Just email us at getabsurdist@gmail.com.
Sincerely,
Vikram aka Yung Rama & Absurdists
