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Do you own a paper shredder? I used to do the “budget” version of tearing the account numbers into small bits of paper and then putting them in different trash...

Ever since I first introduced the Soft Shell wallets, I’ve wanted to add additional colors. But since I have this material custom produced, this introduces a couple of challenges… First...

It started with a simple question from my wife- What do you want for Christmas? When I couldn’t find a backpack I liked and heard from previous backers that they...

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...

For a lot of materials, color is just a matter of selecting from what’s available. Meaning, what’s already been produced and made for sale to wholesale resellers or end customers....

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...

When I worked as a UI designer, there were several times when I had the opportunity to design for entirely new hardware devices. During the process, we would usually have...

Is it "One More Thing" worthy? Probably not, but it is in the literal sense of being a single additional item. Based on feedback from early Beta testers, I made...

Everyone is familiar with sending something in the mail. Whether it be a simple letter in an envelope or something you have to box up to send, there’s a general...

As you may have seen in my last post, we’ve broken down the production into its various components in order to improve efficiency. Now I’m happy to say that some...

Following up on the previous post about patterns and dies, the steel versions have arrived from the die makers. Making dies is a long tradition best done by master craft...

Coming from an Industrial Design background where most products are injection molded, it’s been interesting for me to learn about how soft goods are produced. In fact, during my design...