CCTV birdhouse

Ali sez, "A birdhouse for sale in a German [ed: Swiss?] mail order catalogue, mimicking a CCTV camera. The model is called 'Wolfgang S.' a reference to the hawkish German Minister of the Interior Wolfgang Schauble who likes spying on everyone in the name of security."

Magazin: Nistkasten Wolfgang S. (Thanks, Ali!)

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Anonymous

how much is it
Bender

Love it.
Blue

It looks cool, but isn’t. Birdhouses shouldn’t be made of metal, because they overheat in the summer.
unclewilco

Germain discount chain Aldi did a similar thing, but a birds nest with a CCTV camera in it.

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2867_8792.htm?WT.mc_id=2009-02-06-15-49
Moriarty

A better idea would be to have a CCTV camera disguised as a CCTV camera birdhouse.
Gronk

It’s a German mail order company specializing in high-quality old-fashioned products. If you ever want a hand-cranked Amish ice cream machine, a Japanese Pen with a retractable nib, handmade soap with natural orange oils, a Bretonic pea jacket or lighting fixtures in the style of the 1920s, then Manufactum is it. Their catalogue is simply wonderful. Beautifully made and full of cool things, though often a bit pretentious. Also, expensive; usually worth it, though.

They have a branch focusing in design stuff, furniture and quirky items like this.
Gronk

@2: it’s made from particle board with a metal cowling. Put it somewhere in the shade and it should be fine.
ali

Although I am Swiss, the company is German indeed (and Gronk described it perfectly). The only thing I would add is, that even the product description are often fun to read. It is the only mail order catalog I keep until the next comes out.
Kabur Naj

I’m waiting for the MAKE How-To guide to turning a CCTV into a birdhouse.
Anonymous

Dick Cheney’s vacation house had a similar thing. I remember seeing a photo of it somewhere online.
willy359

The office building where I used to work had a busted security camera around back by the loading dock. The guts had somehow been removed and a couple of birds moved right in. I always thought we should have tried to train them to swoop down on people as a form of biological security.
samu

I LOVE Manufactum. It’s like a kind of old-fashioned Teutonic Muji. Their pen roll is particularly fine, as is its description.

But, conspiracy time… I can’t find the CCTV birdhouse in the UK store…
dross1260

Any one contact 7th grade shop about this?
Anonymous

Both swiss and german, you can buy the birhouse at the .de shop as well.

Very nice. And surprising, since the store is otherwise a rather expensive, upper class, high-quality affair for well-to-do pensioners with big gardens :D