For the past month I’ve been designing some passports with Mitch Altman. The purpose is to get people visiting more hackerspaces, interacting with the communities held within, and spreading ideas across different groups.
I find the scavenger hunt element – trying to fill every blank space in your “visas” section with stamps from hackerspaces across the world – incredibly appealing. I’m eager to see the stamps spaces come up with, the inks they use, and the clever elements they find to tuck in with their own passports.
If anyone reading this happens to be investigating creating stamps for their own hackerspace I got some awesome ones made up for incredibly cheap at Simon’s Stamps. I’ve been experimenting with laser cutting my own in rubber, and the results are pretty promising. You might also consider laser cutting molds and casting your own stamps. I’ve also found that gradient stamp pads lend an incredibly polished bureaucracy-approved look to your stamps.
You can download your own passport here.