PB-01 // PUBLICIDE INC — NEW YORK CITY

THIS IS AN ALGORITHMIC ZINE PRESS.

You give it a title. It raids open image archives, runs everything through a one-color print filter, and binds a 16-page black-ink zine — live, in your browser.

  1. 01
    TYPE A TITLE

    Any subject. The press pulls raw material from Wikimedia Commons and Openverse — real archives, credited in every zine.

  2. 02
    TUNE THE PRESS

    Your proof renders in seconds. Adjust the threshold or switch to halftone dots until the ink sits right.

  3. 03
    LOCK & KEEP IT — OR GIFT IT

    Lock the edition into the public archive. Download the PDF free, or order a printed A5 copy — $10 shipped to you, or straight to a friend with a printed gift note. Like flowers, but weirder.

SAME TITLE ALWAYS PRINTS THE SAME ZINE. EVERY LOCKED EDITION JOINS THE PUBLIC ARCHIVE.

PB-01 // PUBLICIDE INC

ALGORITHMIC
ZINE PRESS

16-PAGE EDITIONS FROM OPEN ARCHIVES
TYPE A TITLE → GET A 16-PAGE BLACK-INK ZINE, COMPOSED LIVE FROM OPEN ARCHIVES. DOWNLOAD FREE, OR HAVE US PRINT & MAIL IT — TO YOU, OR TO A FRIEND AS A GIFT. $10.
FREE PDF, NO SIGNUP — OR MAIL A PRINTED COPY TO A FRIEND WITH A GIFT NOTE. $10.
TRY:
01 TYPE A TITLE → 02 PROOF RENDERS — TUNE THE PRESS → 03 LOCK INTO THE ARCHIVE → 04 FREE PDF / $10 PRINT / GIFT IT
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05 / PUBLIC ARCHIVE EVERY ZINE EVER COMPOSED ON THIS PRESS. CLICK TO RELOAD, DOWNLOAD, OR ORDER.

THE SHOP BEHIND THE PRESS

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This machine is run by Publicide, a working print shop in New York City. Bring us your own zines, books, posters — designed by you, printed by us. Short runs welcome. Weird is welcome.

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