A little while ago we got together with Matt Butler (Issue 6) and Helen Punton from Zaishu and Abi Crompton (Issue 7) from Third Drawer Down. We chatted about what we, as young ‘green’ companies might be able to do for United Nations World Environment Day on 5 June. We decided we’d hold an auction […]

The 2007 Sydney Writers’ Festival starts today and we’re chuffed to have a very small part in the programme. On Thursday 31 May 6-8:30pm in the Powerhouse Museum courtyard cafe (enter via Macarthur St) Dumbo feather’s editor, Kate, is part of a panel who’ll be chatting about Design Literacy. It’s one of the free, monthly […]

thanks for popping by… You must have heard Kate, Dumbo feather’s founder, on The Conversation Hour with John Faine and Natasha from Is Not Magazine chatting about the trials and tribulations of going against the grain in mag-land.
Have a look around… see what we’re about, the kind of people you’ll read about in Dumbo feather’s […]

After conquering the Arctic last year, David de Rothschild’s (Issue 5) latest eco-mission is to Equador. It’s the first of three missions that he’s undertaking in 12 months. […]

The bee-autiful folk at Apivita have given us some lovely treats to give your mums! We’ve got 10 packs of their products* valued at $55 for the first 10 mums to be given a 2-year subscription to Dumbo feather.
When you subscribe you can write her a note for us to include with the first […]

In 2006 Matt Butler (Issue 6) travelled to India to work with artists trained in traditions that are being lost due to India’s rapid modernisation. He set up a temporary studio in a village hall in Samparc outside of Mumbai, and Matthew invited religious, tribal, Bollywood, sign-writing artists and schoolchildren to paint on sheets of […]