One of our subscribers, a Melbourne-based interior designer called Sally, has come up with the concept for a community project called ‘Loose Threads’. The idea is to get people from a small, rural community (Willaura - where she’s originally from) together to make a whole lot of things to refurbish a communal space. Sally’s having […]
Entries from July 2007
Loose threads
July 27th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Tags: Happenings · Our people
Telling their story
July 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment
We’ve recently found out about this wonderful organisation in South Africa and are pleased to be able to support their request for copies of Dumbo feather for the students to study. The Amazwi School of Media Arts is an NGO, run by volunteers, which provides a journalism education for unemployed rural women.
Amazwi’s focus is on […]
Tags: News
Issue 12’s landed…
July 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment
at Dumbo feather HQ, in subscribers’ letterboxes and in stores.
Cover photography Jan von Holleben
[*Spoiler warning* If you want the five people in Issue 12 to remain a surprise until you receive your copy - read no further]Issue 12 features these remarkable individuals…
Photography by Susan Grdunac
Julia deVille: is a taxidermist, jeweller and artist all at […]
Tags: News · Past issues
To market, to…
July 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment
On Sunday, Kate will be peddling our wares at the Melbourne Design Market in the Federation Square Carpark. She’ll have the latest issue (no. 12), which has just been delivered fresh from the printers and is looking rather delicious, as well as all our previous ones for sale. Swing by and say hi. It’s always […]
Tags: Happenings





