Dumbo Feather, Pass it on

Dumbo Feather is the type of publication you might expect to see grace the coffee table of a trendy apartment, or, in my case, the stall of a design market.

Even as a first impression, one can tell that Dumbo feather is a lovingly crafted and very personal publication, close to the hearts of both it’s writers and faithful readers.

“I’ll grab the current issue and a years subscription, cheers, thanks.”

Needless to say, it was love at first sight. A quick flick through and I was hooked.

Kate Bezar and the team at Dumbo feather have scoured the world to bring their readers, individual, original interviews with, to be honest, people who, on the surface may seem your average, 1 of billions everyday earth citizens.

However, It quickly becomes clear that in fact you as a reader are being offered a small window in the life of someone unique and certainly with something (whether it be their life’s work on a story) worth sharing.

The bus to work this morning was different, the usual blaring earphones to keep myself awake were absent, and instead I’d finally had a chance to sit down and get into DF properly. The bus ride was far too short, in the half hour it takes me to get to work I’d learnt briefly of 5 amazing individuals;

Volunteer first and film maker second, Alison Thompson shares her story of travelling the world helping the needy, video camera always at hand.

Graphic designer Niels Oeltjen whose life mission is “making beautiful things and making interesting.

The life experiences of Shea Caplice, a midwife who has helped deliver “literally thousands of babies.” 

The brain child of Craig Walzer, Atlantis books, of Greece.  Bookstore plus boarding home “The idea was that people can live and work together in a bookstore..”
“We all have outlandish ideas sometimes, but not many of us follow through on them… Craig and his friends did.” 

and finally, my personal favourite, Lynette Chiang, the biking blogger who quit her day job, and now cycles the world, blogging and filming as she goes.

Quite the varied bunch of people represented, all from different walks of life, but still, with a couple things in common;

they all have a passion for their projects, work and lives..

..and all inspire others to do the same.

Dumbo feather is truly something special, provided in 4 issues a year are the life and times of people whose passion for what they do and what they represent is cause for taking action in one’s own life.

A huge thanks to Kate and the team for sharing a little bit of the world with me.

All images via Dumbo feather, pass it on