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Bruce Sterling
Nov 18, 2013 6:10 AM

Pop-Up City Blook

*A "blook" being a book made from a blog.

*In the case of "Pop-Up City," it's a worthy cause.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/popupcity/the-pop-up-city-book

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