Misfit Artist’s Book
A collaborative collection that exemplifies prismatic heterogeneity, highlights defiant ungovernability, and demonstrates the power and poetry of inclusion and care.
Authored by Amanda Belantara, Sam Butin, Nicole Cheng, David Isaac Hecht, dre jacome, Katrina Kaplan, Judy Park Lee, Anne Leonard, Cen Liu, Elaine Lopez, Karen Mainenti, sam mandani, Traci Mark, Shannon Mattern, Melissa Minnich, Hannah Yukiko Pierce, Rachel Meade Smith, Lucas Vaqueiro, Mia Vasquez, and J. Faye Yuan
With Contributions from Laura Briscoe, Gavin Marcus, Kristen Mueller, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, and Rose Vincent
Edited by Shannon Mattern, Becca Quon, and Rachel Meade Smith
Designed by Elaine Lopez
Edition of 300
In the collections of:
– Bard College
– The Cybernetics Library
– Pratt Institute
Misfit: Cross-Reference Chronicles Vol. 01 is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives International 4.0 License.
Print copies will be freely available upon request through October 30, 2026. METRO member institutions and other collecting organizations will receive priority, and remaining copies will be distributed to those who express interest as supplies allow. Please request a copy here. (Limit one per institution or individual.)
A Peek at Production
In the fall of 2025, the Misfit class explored unorthodox publication formats with friends and colleagues at the ABC No Rio Zine Library, Printed Matter and the Cybernetics Library; developed a values-driven process of collaborative peer review and editing; and consulted with designer Elaine Lopez to design an unorthodox publication of mutualistic misfit parts. They worked with Lopez, and benefitted from the generous support of the Parsons Design Lab, to experiment with various production methods as they create an open-access publication.
