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From the Vault: The Return of Tyvek
I have a love-hate relationship with Tyvek. My initial insight for a minimalist wallet came from a simple question: Instead of putting credit cards into scratch-resistant sleeves and then into a...
An update to the world’s thinnest wallet
When I introduced the world’s thinnest wallet almost 10 years ago it was just called a “SlimFold” because that was the only model. Then we introduced the “MICRO” to have a smaller footprint. Meanwhile, many Original Tyvek customers were finding that they liked to double fold it to reduce its footprint, yielding one thicker stack the size of a credit card.
Introducing MONYOU Series Japanese Prints
I’m pleased to introduce the MONYOU Series- a limited edition collection of prints inspired by traditional Japanese patterns. View MONYOU Collection This distinct style is characterized by repeating geometric patterns...
Designed and made in California
It’s been interesting to hear how the reaction to the fact that we make our products in California has changed since 2009. Initially, it wasn’t surprising because we were really...
New Black Tyvek Print Run: Challenges and Solutions
If printing on Tyvek were easy, I probably wouldn’t have a company. Not because of the competition of everyone doing it, but because I would have been able to make...
Creating Composite Laminate to Use for Our Wallet
I’m always on the lookout for new material to use for my products. After all, it was a high-end ski jacket I saw in Japan which led me to Soft...
Fifty shades of green: A qualitative and quantitative balance to design
As a business that now operates almost completely online, but makes physical products, I need to constantly make good decisions about which products to produce. I don’t do a perfect...
RFID Retrofit
Folks have been very pleased with the RFID blocking versions of the wallets… the protection doesn’t add any bulk, making them the world’s thinnest RFID blocking wallet. The only thing...
RFID Blocking for Wallets Explained
I introduced the RFID blocking option to our entire collection based on many requests for this functionality. Lots of customers choose this option, but others have noticed it and wondered what...
Loving my Cubic MICRO
Some of you may remember this post where I described the design process of creating the Cubic Tyvek MICRO. I had been using a Soft Shell for the last 6...
Announcing Black Cubic
I’ve had this idea on the drawing board for awhile but it took close to a year to bring it to life. When printing on Tyvek, it’s really hard to...
New Tyvek RFID Version
Last October I introduced the world’s first RFID blocking Tyvek wallet. I partnered with a producer of a proprietary RFID blocking Tyvek to design an entire wallet out of it...