Based out of Los Angeles, Arkitip is a supercool independent magazine promoting art accessibility and freedom of expression. Last night the new version of the Arkitip Intelligence blog was pushed live, and it’s pushing boundaries as well (Electric Pulp provided the design and development behind the project).

Here’s the rundown.

Modern tech meets Lo-Fi look and feel
Arkitip started as a magazine in 1999 with a small run of 50 hand-stapled copies of their first issue. That same simplicity, combined with the existing Arkitip product site, was the inspiration for the new approach to Arkitip Intelligence. The Lo-Fi look and feel hides the modern technologies that make the site oh-so-sweet and easy to explore.

Blog, specialized feed reader, or both?
Because the site is basically a collective of different authors, it was important to let users customize their reading experience and manage the bulk. The new site includes the ability to mark specific authors as favorites, helping readers access their favorite authors easily in a river of news format, while still allowing them to access to other authors when they’re feeling rambunctious. We’ve even gone so far as to allow you to build and subscribe to your own customized RSS feed of just your favorite authors. We’re pretty pumped about it all, actually.

Street spirit, fade out.
It should be pointed out that Arkitip Intelligence holds great promise for a very unique and varied perspective on the world. The collection of authors is amazingly diverse, sourced from many different backgrounds. Post frequency is varied as well, requiring a unique solution to keep readers from clicking around randomly to try to find fresh content: as each author’s content ages, their photo on the front page will fade out, drawing additional attention to the most recent posts and most active authors.

That’s it, I guess.
Thanks for reading. Go check it out and be sure to come back and let us know what you think.