AUSTIN KLEON

Austin Kleon is a writer and artist living in Austin, Texas.
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Archives : 2009

Read: 2009: The Year in Review | My Reading Year, 2009 | My Listening Year, 2009

December

  • 2009-year-in-review
  • what-happens-to-the-married
  • heaven-driven-by-wires
  • offbeat
  • PERMIT LOSING
  • THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE ARTIST
  • MY LISTENING YEAR, 2009
  • MATHEMATICAL
  • MY READING YEAR, 2009
  • VISUAL THINKING FOR WRITERS: NOTES AND SLIDES
  • UNTOUCHED
  • GALLEYS!

November

  • november-in-progress
  • BLACKOUT POETRY WORKSHOP AT ANGELO STATE
  • ED EMBERLEY’S MAKE A WORLD
  • LOSE IT ALL, KEEP MOVING
  • NOVA/PBS: WHAT ARE DREAMS?
  • ROBERT CRUMB, FRANCOISE MOULY, AND ART SPIEGELMAN
  • SAM HURT LECTURE
  • RATIO
  • ROOKIE
  • FUN FUN FUN FEST 2009
  • LOCAL MUSIC IS SEXY
  • TEA DRAWINGS
  • WEIRD NAME
  • HI, HOW ARE YOU?
  • THE COMMANDMENT
  • GEOGRAPHY IS NO LONGER OUR MASTER
  • CONTEXTOMY : QUOTING OUT OF CONTEXT

October

  • HANDS END (AND A MAP OF DE-SIGNS)
  • TEXAS IS ACTUALLY REAL
  • I WON’T LEAVE YOU
  • FIRST PASS
  • DON’T WORRY ABOUT UNITY
  • same-swords-unfinished
  • NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT PRINT GIVEAWAY!
  • ACT THE PART
  • VISUAL NOTE-TAKING 101 AT SXSW 2010!
  • TEXAS IS NOT FOR PEDESTRIANS
  • KICK IN THE PANTS
  • SO MANY PLACES
  • YOU BOUGHT ART!
  • IN AN UNMADE BED
  • NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT (IN 30 SECONDS)
  • A YOUNG MAN IN FINANCE
  • MOS DEF / K’NAAN AUSTIN CITY LIMITS TAPING

September

  • SAVING UP FOR WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER
  • 20×200 NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEM PRINTS: ON SALE NOW!
  • GUEST BLOGGING AT THE BOOK DESIGN REVIEW
  • HOW I SPENT MY EVENING…
  • A SATURDAY MORNING (FROM THE FUTURE)
  • FIVE DE-SIGNS FOR FRIDAY
  • TOOLS
  • 20×200 NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEM PRINTS!
  • WHITE LIES
  • A KING AT ALL TIMES
  • NOTICE: I HAVE CHANGED
  • A CINDERELLA STORY
  • WOMEN NEVER LEAVE YOU
  • THE UNDERFUNDED
  • MUST PLEASE YOUR PET
  • SUMMER IS KAPUT
  • PERMIT ME
  • PLEASE KEEP ALL YOUR LONGINGS WITHIN REACH
  • INEVITABILITY, OR: WHERE IDEAS COME FROM, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM LOOK EASY
  • A VICTORY SHOW
  • UMBRELLA
  • TRUCE
  • ELVIS COSTELLO ON AUSTIN CITY LIMITS

August

  • SIDE PROJECTS
  • CREATIVE WRITING 101
  • SEPPUKU
  • PLEASE VOTE FOR MY VISUAL NOTE-TAKING 101 SXSW PANEL!
  • I COMPOSED THE HOLES
  • MORE ON THE TEA BAG DRAWINGS
  • SUMMER IN TEXAS
  • M. WARD ON AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
  • THE OPERA ENDS
  • RIP! A REMIX MANIFESTO
  • 45365
  • HOME DEPOT

July

  • HOW TO DRAW FACES
  • THE WICHITA IS DEAD
  • HOW TO DRAW TREES?
  • VISUAL ACOUSTICS
  • THE FOG OF WAR, THE FOG OF DOODLING
  • BLOGGER’S QUEST(IONNAIRE)
  • COMPANY
  • PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE PEARLY GATES
  • PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS MARTHA STEWART
  • PAR

June

  • THE BEST EDUCATION
  • TEABAGGIN’, PART TWO
  • HOW?
  • ST. VINCENT ON AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
  • MAKING LITHOGRAPH PRINTS
  • VISION
  • SILKSCREENING
  • AUSTIN CITY LIMITS TOTE BAG
  • HELP US PICK POEMS TO SCREENPRINT!
  • HEARTLESS BASTARDS ON AUSTIN CITY LIMITS
  • USER GENERATED SUBMISSION LICENSE AGREEMENT

May

  • TREES
  • TEABAGGIN’: A CUBICLE PASTTIME
  • IN THE EVENT (OF A MURDER)
  • NOTES ON THE VIZTHINK VISUAL-NOTETAKING 101 WEBINAR
  • ANATOMY OF A MIND MAP
  • THE BATTLE BETWEEN PICTURES AND WORDS

April

  • RATHER THAN REPAIR
  • HOW TO BE POPULAR
  • THE CALL CENTER
  • THE DATE
  • INVOCATION
  • VIDEO: WINNERS OF THE OKLAHOMAN NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POETRY CONTEST
  • THE RIGHT TO DECLINE
  • BUDA WEINER DOG RACES
  • A SPECULATIVE SCHOOL
  • DRAWING ON SHEETS (INSTEAD OF SKETCHBOOKS)
  • PIGGY-BACK
  • VISUAL NOTE-TAKING 101 : UPCOMING VIZTHINK WEBINAR
  • SUITLAND
  • WINE CAN HELP THE PARTY
  • SPOON LIVE AT THE SCOOT INN
  • TOM PERROTTA MASTER CLASS
  • ME AND MY BIG MOUTH
  • OFFING
  • IN AND OUT OF DIRT!
  • CLOSE THE SHOP
  • KNOWING THE CHANCES
  • MY LIFE IN TUMBLR TAGS
  • JUST A MATTER OF TIME
  • IN THE SUBURBS
  • LET’S PRETEND
  • THE FACE OF THE EARTH
  • THE TRANSFORMATION OF THEIR MUSIC
  • FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
  • LONG-DISTANCE
  • CATASTROPHE INTO NOTHING
  • HISTORY DITCH
  • HOW WE KEPT BUSY
  • WHAT SOUNDS SIMPLE
  • HERE THERE BE DRAGONS
  • DRAWING ON CAMERA
  • DASHED HOPES
  • THE BEAUTY OF EARLY WORKS
  • NEKO CASE AT STUBB’S
  • (INTER)NATIONAL NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POETRY MONTH!

March

  • ON CHUCK JONES, ART SUPPLIES, AND PARENTING
  • WHITE DENIM AT ANTONE’S
  • ANDREW BIRD AUSTIN CITY LIMITS TAPING
  • SXSW 2009 DRAWINGS
  • TEXAS, ELSEWHERE
  • BILLY BOB THORNTON
  • AUTOBIOGRAPHY ASSUMED
  • SXSW BUSINESS CARDS
  • DESIGN HUMOR BY STEVEN HELLER
  • HOW TO BE COOL
  • NOTES ON A GREEN BUILDING LECTURE
  • DRAWING MAKE ‘EM LAUGH
  • A RED HEART

February

  • ALL IN A NIGHT’S WORK
  • THINKING SMALL
  • MEMORIES, DREAMS, REFLECTIONS BY CARL JUNG
  • HOW TO SAVE YOUR NEWSPAPER
  • MY ROBOTS
  • FREE NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEMS VALENTINE’S DAY CARD!
  • WHAT DIDN’T HAPPEN
  • IT’S THE ECONOMIC CRISIS, CHARLIE BROWN!
  • MIKE JUDGE MASTER CLASS @ UT
  • SUNDAY SKETCHBOOK
  • THE 13 WOMEN YOU MEET IN HEAVEN
  • MAKE ‘EM LAUGH SOME MORE

January

  • SURRENDER TO THE GIANT
  • MAKE ‘EM LAUGH
  • STAY TOUGH
  • TEE-VEE
  • THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY, PART TWO
  • GOLD ONLY IF YOU NAME IT
  • 2008: THE YEAR IN PHOTOS
  • IT’S OK TO ACCEPT GOOD FORTUNE
  • FORGOTTEN ARTIFACTS AND INSPIRATIONS

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    categories Categories

    • NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEMS
      Newspaper + Marker = Poetry.
    • DE-SIGNS
      Signs + iPhone camera + trickery = de-signs.
    • CARTOONS & DRAWINGS
      Pictures and words, together.
    • VISUAL NOTE-TAKING
      Notes in pictures and words.
    • NOTES ON WRITING AND DRAWING
      Thoughts on the art of communicating with pictures and words.
    • SKETCHBOOK
      Pictures + Words = Play
    • X-MISCELLANEA
      Photography, lists, blogging, updates, and everything else.
    • WEB DESIGN
      Pictures + Words + Code

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