Spread.it is an app designed to help artists connect globally by allowing them to share their work with randomly selected individuals outside their social circles, fostering a broader artistic community. Users can either spread the work further, connect with the artist, or ignore it, while the app emphasizes a user-curated approach to showcasing art. The platform aims to facilitate honest and impactful art sharing, helping artists gain exposure and connect with others in the creative field.

1. Spread.it
Create. Inspire. Outspread.
A Hyper Island 2014 Creative Task

2. WHAT IS IT?

3. Spread.it helps artists by
making their work reach
beyond their local comunity.

4. It feeds them with the
newest work from other
artists around the globe.

5. And it means to conect artists
everywhere through their art.

6. WHY IS IT DIFFERENT?

7. 3
X
On spread.it, insted of liking the
things you see, you spread it to
3 random people.

8. 3
That way you always send
- and recieve - work from people
outside of you social reach.
? ? ?
(new,excitingartfromallovertheplace:)
Why random?

9. 3
And you get to conect with
people whom you had absolutely
no way to get to before.
? ?
(likearemotegrafityartistfromiraq,maybe)
! !
!
!

10. 3
Plus, it means that the spread.it
community are the only curators
of the work shown on the app.
(Sofacebookwon’tdecidewhatyouseeonyourfeed)

11. HOW DOES IT WORK?
(onesimpleexample)

12. P
Hi,I’mPedro.
This is Pedro, he makes some really cool
drawings. He is not a professional artist,
but he is really passionate about his work.

13. P
He has just finished another piece. He loves it.
His friends love it. He got 67 likes on Facebook
- but that just as far as it goes.
PEDRO’sWork
+

14. P
+
Welcome,Pedro:)
Pedro wants to join a community of artists and
take his work further. So he joined spread.it
+

15. Spread.it sends Pedro’s work
to 3 randomly selected
people around the globe.

16. They have 3 choices:

17. Spread it to 3 other random
people, taking Pedro’s work
further.

18. P They can save it and get a
direct contact with Pedro.
Spread it to 3 other random
people, taking Pedro’s work
further.

19. Or they can just ignore it,
not spreading it further.
X
P They can save it and get a
direct contact with Pedro.
Spread it to 3 other random
people, taking Pedro’s work
further.

20. People liked Pedro’s work
and started spreading it in
a geometrical progression.
In some time it reached the
top trends feed on the app.
3, 9, 27,
81, 243....

21. 3, 9, 27,
81, 243....
This guy liked Pedro’s work so
much that he saved it and
decided to get in touch with him.
P

22. 3, 9, 27,
81, 243....
And now Pedro talks to a guy
from Singapura, who’s putting
and exibition together and wants
to showcase his work.
P

23. That’s how Spread.it keeps
Pedro conected to new fresh
art and creative people from
all around the globe.
P

24. Spread.it
Create. Inspire. Outspread.
THE APP
(abriefoverview)

25. top artists me
3 Xconnect
feed The feed section is where you get to see
the work that’s been randomly sent to
you. It’s a place to get inspired and see
new stuff - brand new art from all over
the world.

26. top artists me
3 Xconnect
feed You got your 3 options:
• Spread the work further
• Connect with the artist
• Ignore it
In Spread.it, everyone is a curator so the
network decides who’s work gets more
recognition.

27. top artists me
3 Xconnect
feed Of course, people can send all sorts of
media, like imagens, giffs, songs and
little movies too.

28. In the Top Artist section you get to see
the top trending works. The ones that
have been spread by most people.
Once your work reach this feed, you are
notified that everyone now gets to see it.
Spread.it makes a monthly selection
of the most spread artists as well.
feed me
3 Xconnect
top artists

29. And then there is the profile page,
where you can always start spreading
something new, edit your profile, look
at the connections you’ve made and
check how your recent works are
spreading out.
feed top artists
Pedro
57 works
2575 spreads
last works
521 spreads
3 conections
>>>
435 spreads
2 conections
...
me
SPREAD NEW STUFF
still spreading
stopped

30. If Spread.it can help art spread in
a more honest, pure and simple
way it will have done pretty good.

31. Gustavo H. Schmidt
Curitiba, PR - BRASIL
gustavo.schmidt89@gmail.com
A HIPER ISLAND
CREATIVE TASK BY:
The artists in the background:
www.facebook.com/fernando.wg
Fernando Wg - pages 2, 3, 4, 5, 25 and 26
www.facebook.com/pedro.gesualdi
www.facebook.com/yuri.alhanati
Yuri Al’Hanati- pages 11, 24 and 28
www.facebook.com/thais.tirelli/
Thaís B. Tirelli - page 30
Pedro Gesualdi - pages 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10