BUY A SUBSCRIPTION & GET $10 OFF THE NEXT ONE!

For the rest of November only we’ve got an extra special deal going … When you purchase a subscription you’ll be emailed instructions for how to get $10 off your next (and any subsequent) subscription purchases.

That brings a subscription down to only $35 -!

In December, we’re going to continue the offer, but the discount will be $5, so best to get in quick.

If you’d like to know more about how to give gift subscriptions this Christmas read on.

• Catherine Leo, a photographer who will “do almost anything for a natural smile.”
• Emma-Lee Crane, the  creative force that is Milk Thieves Art & Design.
• Rachel Bentley who runs bentley design, working to create great homes for people.
• Cate Burton, the beeswax candlemaker behind gorgeous Queen B.
• Alarna Zinn who designs, makes and sells all sorts of stationery, textiles and papery goodness at my shop, Little Jane St.
• Jess Miller, the go-to girl for spunky sustainable, ethical and progressive communication.

PS> Every 3 months, all new Nesters go into the draw to win a FREE full page ad in Dumbo feather. (Get yourself a listing here to be in to win). This issue’s lucky winner is pie full of blackbirds! The next issue’s winner will be drawn 17 September 2009.

You can now read any issue of Dumbo feather any time, anywhere on your iPhone or iPod Touch, just by downloading a FREE app from iTunes and subscribing to the digital version of the mag.

To celebrate, for this month only, we’re offering $5 off the cost of a subscription to the digital version - making it just A$25 a year, which includes access to all the back issues too! Just enter iPhone as the coupon code upon checking out to receive the discount.

What you need to do;

1. Subscribe to access the digital version of Dumbo feather for only $25 (for a limited time, usually $30). Our digital subscriptions are hosted by Exact Editions. They will email you with details of how to set up your account login etc.

• Not only can you read the current issue, but you’ll also have access to all the back issues for the duration of your subscription.
• All links within the mag’s pages are live – you can just click on them and you’ll visit the web pages.
• If not completely satisfied, we’ll refund your money within 30 days.

2. Download the FREE Exactly iPhone application from iTunes to your iPhone or iPod Touch.

3. Start the app.  and then login to your Exact Editions account from your iPhone … and you’re away readin’!

• Pinch or double tap pages to zoom.
• Swipe pages left and right, or tap the page edges to flip to next/previous page
• Use the animated thumbnail view to flick through the pages.
• Tap any page links to web sites, email addresses, phone numbers or maps.
• Tap contents-page links to jump to a particular article.
• Network connection required.

So, many of you know that for a while now we’ve been hatching something … well finally it’s live, it’s … The Nest – a new place on our website where you can go to find out what other good eggs are up to …
Perhaps you’re in need of a web designer (you should meet Mike Cairns), an organic body cream (you should meet Sarah Fisher), a legendary graphic designer (you should meet Jim Parry), a meditation class (you should meet Kate James), a new frock (you should meet Angela Nash) …
And of course, you can also let others know what you’re up to. Your own listing is only $48 at the mo (and tax deductible of course) AND you’ll go in the draw to win a free full-page ad in the next issue of Dumbo feather!
See you in The Nest! x

Why The Nest.
We know that many of you beaver away doing the most fantastic things behind the scenes. Amongst Dumbo feather’s readers are concert pianists, olive-growers, flying doctors, UN peace-keepers, mothers with special-needs children, textiles experts, naturopaths, photographers …
In the past we’ve bandied the word ‘community’ around .. “the Dumbo feather community …” then we realised that just because you all love the mag and interact with it, that doesn’t make you a community. The individuals in a community interact with each other, they share, they converse, and they inspire. The Nest is our way of helping that happen.
It is deliberately about individuals, not their companies and not their brands because Dumbo feather is about connecting with real people first, and what they do second.
We’ve tried to keep the cost of listing as low as possible. A listing will exist for as long as … well, as long as Dumbo feather does, which we all hope will be forever and a day! Once you’ve purchased a listing here you’ll be emailed a link to a pdf which explains all the bits you’ll need to send us so we can get you in The Nest asap.

D feather x

Ps. Just received this lovely note from Rebecca Wolkenstein after only a couple of days in The Nest…

“I was debating whether to list on The Nest.  I thought to myself, what the hell, there seem to be a lot of likeminded people listing and $48 really isn’t a huge amount of money.  Literally within a couple of hours I had enquiries coming in about Caravan.  For me, the important thing isn’t traffic, it’s qualified traffic.  And since the whole principle behind Caravan relies on likeminded individuals hooking up to facilitate cheap travel, having the Df demographic making enquiries is so exciting for me.
I imagine pretty soon The Nest is going to become a little commercial community of its own.  The shared value system and lifestyle really makes the whole marketing schtick unnecessary.  It’s a huge shortcut to my target market and it feels right and easy.  If you make one qualified contact out of The Nest, I believe it’s paid for itself.”

*Both new and renewing 24month subscriptions are valid for entry into the draw. Note: All subscribers can renew at any time – we will just extend your subscription by the additional number of months.
The winner will be notified by email on 1 May 2009.

While we did peddle to work for the first time ever today (and are slowly getting over it), this is about the other type of peddling here… the peddling of wares.

This coming Sunday (20 July) in Melbourne, the undercover car park at Federation Square once again plays host to the Melbourne Design Market. We’ve lost count of the number of times we’ve stacked our trestles at the market, but it’s a lot because we love it.

Some never-to-be-seen-again bargains will be there for the grabbing. ‘Seconds’ copies of back issues will be just $5 each (usually $7.50) and ‘new’ copies will be just $10 (usually $15)… a whole set of seconds of back issues #1-15 will be just $75… and no postage of course.

Lost and Found is an eNewsletter exploring Melbourne’s creative places and events.
Volumes #1 and #2 took us on a virtual tour of the city through the eyes of some of Australia’s most fascinating people, from Kate Bezar to Clare Bowditch and Cut Copy’s Dan Whitford.
Lost and Found Volume #3 appears this June. Sign up here to receive Melbourne’s newest insider knowledge and inspiration in your inbox.

Ok, so we don’t have tickets for 2 to Paris itself to give away, but to the next best thing… the film – an “emotional and inspiring ode to Paris” – starring Juliette Binoche and Romain Duris.
To win a double pass* be one of the next ten people** to subscribe to Dumbo feather for 2 years. We’ll post a comment below to let you know when all the passes have been won.
The film begins with Pierre (Romain Duris), a young man unexpectedly confronted with his own mortality. For the next 24 hours, his tour through the city will weave with those of his beloved sister (Juliette Binoche), his neighbours (some known, some not), their friends and workmates, and their interconnected stories of love, familial bonds, loneliness and compassion come together in unexpected ways.

* Valid from 17 April – 9 May 2008 for sessions Mon-Fri only.

** Offer valid for Australian residents only