Glueless NaniBirds Down Under

They've arrived!

Off exploring

At home in the lemon tree

June and Iain from Australia sent me these pics recently of their Glueless Nanibirds happy in their new home. Thanks so much guys! Great snaps. If anyone else has any pics of NaniBirds frolicking about please send them in! And if you'd like your own set of Glueless Nanibirds to make and enjoy, please visit the shop. But do so soon as supplies are limited an once this batch is gone, that's it.

Instagram NaniBird!

How cool is this? Meet EarlyBird, a NaniBird inspired by the popular filter of the same name on Instagram. I love the use of a camera lens for the eye. This brilliant design comes to us by the good graces of Chandy, an industrial designer based in Indonesia. Check out his Bēhance site for more inspired work. And download your own free EarlyBird right here.

Rosey Cheekes... or I'm blushing

This excellent and über cute sleepyheaded birdhouse design come courtesy of Toronto based illustrator Rosey Cheekes. Definitely check out her site to see more of her charming and skillful work. I'm blushing because she submitted it AGES ago and I'm just posting it now. But in my defense... well, see my previous post. In any case, treat yourself to an extra Xmas present and download the free design here.

What's been happening...?

Lots actually, and it accounts for the lack of activity here.

First off, hope everyone is having a happy holiday season and that 2012 will be a great year (and not the end of the world as some have suggested). But now to what's been happening in our little corner of the world. The last few months have been busy ones for us, mostly because of our decision to move from Japan back to the US. It was a really hard choice to make. We loved living there and in fact, the whole concept of the original NaniBirds was inspired by my daily life there. But it's not just about me... we're a family, with 2 little kids. After the tragic events of 3/11 and all the ongoing uncertainty about levels of radiation and the safety of the food supply, we figured that since we could, we really should... leave. My job as a freelance illustrator allows me to work wherever I can get decent Internet service so it was easier for us to leave than most other folk in the same situation. My heart goes out to all those who want to leave but for whatever reason, can't. We love Japan and it was a tough decision to leave, more so for my wife who has left many friends and family behind, but we felt it was the right one. So now what...

Since moving back to the States and the different shipping methods available from here I've had to make a few changes to the store and the shipping policy. It will now be a flat fee of $4.95 to ship the Glueless NaniBirds anywhere in the domestic US via USPS Priority Mail. As for international customers, I'm very sorry but there's no way to set up a flat rate and I'll have to figure those out on a per case basis.

As for the original DIY free NaniBirds, I've gotten a couple of really cool submissions and I'll be posting those soon.

As always, thanks for taking a look.

Josh

Wat Kind? Urb’an Mynah, that's what

This tough little NaniBird custom comes to us courtesy of Graham Wiles AKA The Grand Master Urb-ski. He's a great up and coming paper toy designer working out of South Africa. You should definitely check out the rest of this stuff. And to find out what exactly the meaning is behing "Wat Kind?"

To download and build your own free Urb'an Mynah, just click here.

NaniBird in 3D

Man, this is really cool! And yet another example of the really amazing things NaniBird fans come up with.  The "thing" above was created by justjoheinz AKA Markus Klink. It's a model designed for 3D printing, (as in actual, complete, whole printed plastic objects) many more of which can be found at Thingverse. I was unfamiliar with Thingverse, but it's a really cool, open source community of printable 3D models, made by the members, free for download. And if you’re a Stephen Colbert fan you have to check out the free portrait bust available.

Wha...? Seriously cheap folks.

OK, so I'd REALLY like to sell some of these Glueless NaniBirds I've made. They're die-cut, professional printed, really easy and super fun to make and now really CHEAP! (or should it be "cheep"..?) Only $2 each (aaack!) and the buy 3 get the 4th one free deal still applies, just enter the code"4for3" when you checkout. Go, now, to the store... please.

Thankyou

NaniBird vs Angry Birds vs Arduino.... mashup Frenzy!!!

Here's the return of a really cool project, Arduitter. An enterprising fellow from Brazil has once again mixed up a crazy mutant tweeting NaniBird using my template for the form but Arduino, an open source hardware platform, for the guts. This is his second go at it and it just keeps getter better and better. Check here for more deets.

Ands don't forget, the $2 sale on Glueless NaniBirds is still going on in the store!

Design Festa and THE BIG SELL OUT!

So this month was Design Festa here in Japan. It's always a lot of fun, whether on the selling or shopping side. It's always nice to see a smile spread on someone's face when they check out your booth. I sold all of the Paper Monsters books and a fair amount of the Glueless NaniBirds as well, plus some postcards and paintings. But! I didn't sell enough of the Glueless NaniBirds, so I'm having a BIG SALE! From now on, until they're gone, ALL GLUELESS NANIBIRDS in the store are just $2 EACH(!!!)

And remember, if you use the code 4for3 when you check out, if you buy 3 NaniBirds you get the 4th one free! Wha...?!?!?

Do you "Like" NaniBirds?

So Facebook has gone and changed the rules again.... big surprise right? So now that the old Facebook groups are going away, I've set up a new Faxcebook NaniBird Land Page. If you like NaniBirds, then please "Like" the Facebook Page to keep up to date... y'know, for when I actually post something.