Bunny Talk: Nabaztag

I refrained from posting on this cool little bunny last month so that my brother wouldn't find out prematurely what his Christmas present was. I fell in love with the bunny at Kapok when I was meeting Arnault Castel to see if he would be interested in distributing Little Cream Book in Asia since his company already distributes Moleskine notebooks and soon their city notebooks (more on these cool create-your-own-guidebook notebooks later).


I found Nabaztag, the smartest little bunny, sitting on the shelf at Kapok. At first, I wasn't quite sure what to make of it. But then Arnault elaborated on his (or her, depending on your preference) many talents. Aside from being able to read you your emails, update you on stock prices in your portfolio or tell you the latest scores for your favourite sports teams, what I love about the smart, little bunny is that it's a great way to communicate. I just sent my first message to my brother's bunny yesterday. And then I sent another two. And I was notified that he listened to each of my messages an average of three times. Basically, here's how it works. My brother first has to give his bunny a name and then registers its existence on nabaztag.com. He then tells me the bunny's name. I go to nabaztag.com, look up his bunny and then type in my message. After I click send, half way across the world, the bunny will read out my message in whatever voice my brother has chosen (there's one of a woman speaking in a French accent). I'm waiting for Nabaztag/tag, which has a belly-button that's actually a microphone. With that, you can speak your message into your bunny and it can be played on another bunny. It's super cool! Then there's all this other cute stuff like making bunnies move their ears or flash the same colours on their bellies. But the coolest bit for me is the messaging. It's just a quick and endearing way of telling people elsewhere in the world (could be just next door or on another continent) that you're thinking about them.

In addition to the smart, little bunny, Kapok sells all sorts of cool stuff from young designers from Hong Kong and elsewhere. There's a great selection of music, T-shirts and other gift items and accessories such as candles, jewellry, handbags, stationery etc. It reminds me of the Colette of old.





Nabaztag available @ Kapok
g/f 9 dragon road
tin hau, hong kong
t: +852 2549 9254