Like The Longines Symphonette before it, Thingiverse's army of 3D printing enthusiasts don't rest, so when MakerBot put them to the task of building a better home for wayward birds, they naturally jumped into action. Not to put too fine a point on it, but while we're still a ways from indoor plumbing and the like, the American Craftsman Bungalow is surely the sort of thing any upwardly mobile winged friend would want to call home. The first place winner gets (fittingly) an Eggbot, some PLA filament, display space at the MakerBot NY store and the admiration of birds everywhere. And if Hitchcock has taught us anything, it's that you want those buggers on your side. You can download the schematics for all of the winners in the source link below, complete with the standard whistles and bells.
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Source: Thingiverse
We’ve seen birdhouses that look like R2-D2 and C-3PO, but if your feathered friends lean towards the Dark Side – and are suckers for official Star Wars merch – forget about the droid nests and get this instead. It’s an officially licensed Death Star ceramic bird nest. Now that’s what I’m Tarkin about.
It doesn’t have a superlaser, but at least it doesn’t have vulnerable reactor cores either.
You can order the Death Star birdhouse from the Fowndry for about $39 (USD).
[via Bit Rebels]
Taiwanese artist Shu-Chun Hsiao created these IRL Google Maps icons and stuck them around random locations. Not only are they cool pieces of street art, they double as birdhouses. Hsiao explains that birds have the closest thing to a real Google Maps experience because they can fly over and area, swoop down (or zoom in), and arrive at their destination. I don’t know about all that, but I do know that the next time I go out to get pancakes after getting really stoned and see one of these Google Maps icons I’m gonna be super freaked out and start yelling, “I can’t tell what’s real and what’s not any more!”
If you live in the area where Taiwanese artist Shu-Chun Hsiao set up his latest project, then you might be wondering why various locations have real and physical Google’s Maps icons plastered prominently on their walls or doors.
Wait a while, smell the flowers, and watch the birds, and you’ll have your answer.
These Google Maps icons aren’t just pieces of pop art based on the search giant’s popular maps application. They’re actually birdhouses that I’m sure birds of the right size will find a pleasure to live in.
Hsiao explains: “The project is aiming to put numbers of birdhouses all over the city for bird to accommodate. The iconic symbol will become a navigating landmark for the flying birds. Birds, have the most real experience of Google map. Birds can fly through the city, through streets. A birdhouse becomes their destination as Google Map(s) does.”
I’d like to have one for my house, please and thank you very much.
What do you think about Hsiao’s project?
[via Freshome via Laughing Squid]
Birdhouse by Ottawa based design firm The Federal is just another example of our avian friends living better than we do. Seriously, why are modern birdhouses so much more AWESOME? Matter of fact, what if someone scaled up a birdhouse, plumbed and wired it for human habitation? I’m down! I digress. Made of only two pieces of powder coated aluminum, wood and some leather string. Available soon. Guess some birds will be moving in this Spring.
Designer: The Federal
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Literally! It’s for the birds. But I was also using it as the figure of speech! Now I know what you’re thinking and the answer is YES. I’m that good. This is The Birdhouse Rooftile. It’s basically exactly what it sounds like: a birdhouse fitted onto a rooftile that sits on top of your house. The thing was designed by Klaas Kuiken and is manufactured by Dijkstra Keliwaren. That’s right, they’re available for purchase. I guess for the type of person who likes houses so much they wanna put a house on their house.
InDezign’s TweeTin instantly transforms your old coffee tins into a perfect nesting sanctuary for our feathered friends. Simply clean out your old tins, screw through the bottom to affix them to a vertical surface like a wall or tree, clip on the TweeTin cover and… voila! Composed of flexible, recycled plastics, there are a number of sizes and each is easily to clean so they can be reused year-to-year during nesting season. Makes a great gift – get em here!
Designer: InDezign
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Picto is a versatile and modern twist on the traditional birdhouse. A soft, playful shape and 17 colors to choose from make it an attractive addition to any garden, patio or balcony. Not only is it nice to look at, but the design has greater functionality than other birdhouses. The back features a glass door to observe nesting without disturbing and also makes it super-easy to clean. It’s the shelter of choice for picky feathered friends!
Designers: Laure Joye & Nicolas Bonnet
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Tired of the birds in your neighborhood complaining about their old fashioned house-shaped birdhouses? Fly into the future with an 8 inch Geo Birdhouse, designed by Kelly Lamb. This dome-shaped birdhouse will attract wrens, finches, swallows, warblers and other small birds into it’s cozy modern confines. Throw in some tiny mid-century modern furnishings like an Eames lounge chair and a Noguchi table and those birds will never leave.
(via inhabits)