‘There is only make’ by Groundwork

Thanks so much for having me and listening to me waffle on.. an hour’s quite a long time! Some of you have already emailed and said hello here, but if there were any Q’s you wanted to ask, but didn’t get a chance, feel free to post them here and I’ll do my best to answer them.
Here’s that wonderful print I used to close my presentation … I felt bad for not crediting the artist at the time. I found it on etsy …
Hope you loved the two days and got everything you hoped and more out of it.

Arohanui, Kate

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is not just any old table! & we’re taking orders!
After years of frustration as a student, then as a fledgling fashion & costume designer, then as a global trotter, Sruli Recht (Issue 13) has developed a portable cutting table.
This light and sturdy corrugated structure was developed to meet the requirements of both the travelling designer or space limited student… and the travelling student or space-limited designer.. Anyone needing an ergonomic sturdy plane on which to cut, fold, draft, design or dine.
This affordable, biodegradable alternative is easily packed down at the end of your day to regain precious real estate. In fact, it’s been used as a meeting table, dinner table, baby changing table, RPG table, and a bed.
She comes with 3 collapsable draws, jute strap, moving/storing box, laminated white surface top, and all replaceable parts.
And, because we think they might just change a few of your lives for the better, we’re taking orders for them in our shop right here. Keep reading →

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As research for an article we’re writing for the next issue of Dumbo feather, we’d love to know what your favourite bookshops are, where they are, and why they’re so delicious… because let’s be honest, a great bookshop sates a hunger you didn’t even know you had till you walked in!

Leave a comment about your favourite bookshop below.

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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.

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at Df HQ! It should have reached all our wonderful subscribers and stockists by now, except perhaps those overseas and in WA & SA… it seems to take forever to get x-country. This is what it looks like;

Cover photograph by Mia Mala McDonald

[*Spoiler warning* If you want the five people in Issue 16 to remain a surprise until you receive your copy - read no further] Keep reading →

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Alex Charchar from RetinArt has just written a fantastic article for Jacob Cass’s ‘Just Creative Design’ blog in which he talks about the key role paper plays in the design process. He cites Dumbo feather as an example of how paper can be “warm and soft” and “can help set a mood and feeling in your audience before a single word is read or a fraction of an image absorbed.” We couldn’t agree more.
When we began the process of designing Dumbo feather we developed a set of characteristics we wanted it to embody - amongst them were intimacy, authenticity, quality and respect for the environment. When making each and every decision in the design process, we’d come back to these characteristics. They meant that the paper stock had to be of a good weight (and quality - it had to last and feel valued/treasured), couldn’t be glossy (because Df’s not about the ‘glossy PR’ version of the story, but the real authentic one - warts ‘n’ all) and had to be matt and uncoated, and had to have the least impact possible on the environment (hence the 100% post-consumer recycled stock and soy-based inks).

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