Quarterly Co.™

As #SKB subscribers know, contributor Scott Belsky of Behance curates boxes that are equal parts “productive and fascinating.” #SKB03, which hit the post office today, takes those goals to a thought-provoking new level.

Because we thought a sneak peek would fascinate you—and maybe even be productive—here are a few pics from last night’s #SKB03 packing session at Quarterly HQ. 

Ready to get your manifesto on?

At Quarterly, we’re big fans of the analog tweet:

Post office, here we come.

We’re thrilled to announce that the big day is finally here: the Quarterly subscriptions shop is back open for business! Effective right now, you can sign up for those great contributors you’ve had your eye on.

And that’s not all. To celebrate the relaunch, we’ve added two amazing new contributors to the site. You’ll want to check out their pages to get the full scoop, but here’s a preview:

Jason Kottke is the longtime editor of one of our favorite sites on the whole Internet: kottke.org, a flawlessly curated mix of the Web’s finest. We can’t wait to see what he does offline.  

The Stanford d.school is a special hub for innovation on the country’s most innovative college campus. So their mailings will basically be innovation squared.

Head over to the site now and subscribe to #JAK or #DSC—or any of our many fine Quarterly contributors. Your mailbox will thank you later!

A really pleasant thing happens for us every time we mail a Quarterly box. A couple days later… you receive it! We know: obvious. But seriously, the miracle of the mail gets us every time. And it’s pretty cool for us to see you open the packages we just boxed up.

So we thought we’d post a few favorites from your Twitter photos. It’s Friday and all. Nothing too taxing. Just a little Quarterly eye candy. Enjoy.

From @danielmall, here’s a fine photo of #LAD02, laid out all tidy:

@JasonLombard contributed this surreal pic of the already-plenty-surreal Crania Anatomica, from #CHQ02:

@WonderlandK sure didn’t think the #F5201 box was a lemon:

And the special pen inside #YAY02 inspired @Lena_ to do a little extracurricular shopping:

Thanks for sharing the great pictures, everybody! May your weekend be full of Saturday mail.

If you’ve swung by your Quarterly account page lately, you’ve probably noticed its fresh look. We know that without any updates, the pleasure of anticipation can fade into the displeasure of waiting. So to make the mailing cycle as transparent—heck, as fun—as possible, we’ve launched an interactive new tracking feature. Here’s an example from a recent package, #NDL02.

Each of those arrow icons represents a stage of the packing process. By hovering over each on your account page, you can see what’s been done so far. So it’s easy to find out at a glance that this package was “Curated,” “Assembled,” “Billed Mar 01, 2012,” and “Shipped Apr 03, 2012.”

Of course, the best icon is the last, which appears once the box has shipped: it lists the rough date you should expect the package to arrive. (Note: at that point, the box is out of our hands, so it’s only an educated guess!)

Also included is that new blue “Track” button, which you can use to home in on the box with USPS once it’s been shipped. And farther down the page, you can see all your subscriptions at a glance.

We hope these new tools make the Quarterly experience smoother and sweeter. Head over to your account page now and see them in action!

Good news, #CHQ02 subscribers! The latest from Evan and Josh is officially in the mail. During a break in the boxing, we snapped this mystery photo:

Can you tell what it is? Tweet us your guesses using the #CHQ02 hashtag!

Happy anticipation…

We wish every Quarterly mailing landed at your door exactly on time, and that’s our goal with each box. But alas, it’s not called “snail mail” for nothing—sometimes something goes awry. And when it does, we know you need answers.

To make sure you get them, we’ve recruited a new virtual postman. We’d like to introduce you to @QuarterlyPost—our dedicated support Twitter feed for any mailing and account questions. Starting right now, you can tweet at us there, or email our support team directly at hello@quarterly.co.

Over on our main Twitter, @Quarterly, we’ll continue to curate good things from the analog world—and you should follow us, if you’re not already! But if you’ve got support queries, the postman (and email) will get you the speediest solutions. And he’s not even bothered by dogs…

Quarterly Co.™ is looking for exceptional individuals to join our team and take part in an 8-week internship program. As a Quarterly intern, you’ll spend your days working with the community support and fulfillment teams on initiatives that are critical to our business.

Here are the positions we need to fill:

1. Community Support Intern

As a Community Support Intern, you’ll help support Quarterly’s subscriber community and customer service. You’ll also play an integral part in developing Quarterly’s voice by working directly with our subscribers. During your internship, we’ll encourage you to put together a market research project on a topic that you’re curious to know more about. Apply now.

2. Procurement Operations Intern

As a Procurement Ops Intern, you’ll help Quarterly’s operations efforts by working closely with our fulfillment team, bringing the voice of our contributors to life. You’ll help scour the world to bargain, ship, and bring to subscribers unique and interesting objects. During your internship, we’ll encourage you to take on an overarching project that brings together all your learnings and observations. Apply now.

Wondering what Quarterly all about? 

We’re a subscription service that lets you receive awesome things in the mail. You subscribe to people you find interesting, and once every three months, they send a package right to your doorstep. Quarterly is a devoted cheerleader of the United States Postal Service. We love the mail and we love that we can use the USPS to send wonderful things to you. 

Ultimately, it’s our great contributors, choosing exciting things to send to you, who make Quarterly tick. They’re rewarded for their hard work with a portion of the subscription fee from every subscriber.

If you’d like to learn more, here’s a personal blog post by founder Zach Frechette (co-founder of GOOD) on why he started Quarterly. You can also check us out on Twitter. 

We’re now on Pinterest!

After seeing so many of our wonderful subscribers share photos online from their favorite Contributor’s Quarterlys, we decided to collect them in one place. Here, you’ll find the best images of Quarterly packages (featuring YOU!), boards highlighting our Contributors, behind the scene shots of Team Quarterly hard at work, and a collection of our personal interests. Enjoy!

And follow us here.