Metalabel Director
Releases we love
Croquis Rui Nakamura Art book 20 Editions Rui Nakamura is an artist and illustrator in Nagano, Japan. He makes charming and simple line drawings of everyday objects and strange characters in a unique and unforgettable style. CROQUIS is a new, limited-run art-book that collects Rui’s drawings into a cozy
New media
New Media does not exist. New Media must be built.
Product updates
This is our first quarterly update to the creative community sharing what’s going on behind the scenes with this project. These updates include what we’ve recently shipped, what we’re currently working on, and invitations to give feedback, get involved, and speak directly with us. Below, we first
Creative practices
Imagine it’s your birthday party. It’s the start of the night. You and your closest friends are there. It’s great, but you’re hoping more people will come. Your mind races with the list of all the people who haven’t shown up yet. As the minutes
Creative practices
Plus a charming new artist book from Japan
Creative practices
After recent reflections on the challenges we feel about needing to promote our work (here and here), we’ve come to better understand the pressure many of us feel. We’re stuck between modern ways and ancient wisdom. The modern world tells us to get out there and promote ourselves.
Releases we love
Featured Releases Shantell Sans Shantell Martin Font library | .zip download Open edition Beloved visual artist Shantell Martin returns to Metalabel with a release that turns her iconic handwriting — the star of her visual work — into a font that anyone can use. The radicalness of this act should not be underestimated.
Creative practices
Plus the Creative Independent reissues “On making a living as an artist”
IRL
Plus a special performance by Mackenzie Thomas, Maya Man, and Maya Martinez
Q&As
Behind the scenes of a Downtown NYC staple
Creative practices
In the past thirty years what it means to be an artist has dramatically changed. Before the internet being an artist meant operating in a very specific area where the gatekeepers, critics, and ways of doing things were well-structured and defined. You as the artist plugged into this system if
Releases we love
木 mù and 水 shuǐ by Anonymous — 木 mù and 水 shuǐ are two art books by a studio based in Singapore and Thailand that playfully explore two of the most ubiquitous substances in our daily lives: wood and water. We cherish the thoughtful and imaginative meditations on materials we