Design is fun. Creating, sourcing, and distributing a full product line can be a difficult and stressful process. Either way, it has been one of the greatest adventures we have undertaken and we’ll share all of the ups AND downs, along with any product related info here.

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Custom Mojitos

July 28, 2010

We recently wrapped up two very cool collaborations. We produced custom Mojito wallets for Mozilla, the group behind Firefox, and Modern Atlanta, a rapidly growing organization that promotes design and architecture excellence.
The wallets turned out great, although we may be a little biased! With the crowds that these two organizations run with, we know the [...]

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Design Jam Session

March 2, 2010

We recently wrapped up our first in-house design “Jam Session.”  It’s time to add some new products to our line, and we decided to tackle the process a little differently this time.
We like keeping the in-house team small and agile (a.k.a. “mobile”), but when it comes to solving design challenges and adding hot new pieces [...]

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What is “Modern” anyway?

December 17, 2009
MFontier_FW09_Dip13_Modern

To us “modern” is more than an aesthetic, it’s a lifestyle. A modern approach involves rethinking all traditions and “norms”, utilizing technology and embracing a globalized world. It means using this approach to shape your own rewarding and enjoyable path- wherever and whatever that path might be. To us, this thinking is a huge part [...]

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Unisex: It’s catching on.

November 25, 2009
Malcolm_Fontier_Entertainer

We have always sold our line as “unisex.” To us it just made sense- we would design it, put it all out there, and let you decide which pieces you like. It’s always nice to hear a little confirmation that we’re doing something fresh and heading the right direction. We recently spotted a NYTimes article [...]

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The Diplomat’s Diplomat…plus a new epilogue: “The Real Story”!

November 16, 2009
The Diplomat 13

You may have noticed some trends in our product names: basically, all our products are named after travel related things. Wallets are named after international drinks, our toiletry cases are tropical beach destinations, and our bags – travel professions. Most names are straight from our twisted minds here at the studio. Others are from nagging [...]

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Diplomat 15 Buckle Difficulty

August 23, 2009
Buckle seems to stick sometimes when opening

We’ve heard a few reports of the left buckle(when facing the bag) being difficult to open. We dispatched our emergency response team to find out who was to blame. They came back with loads of research and all fingers pointing at our design team.
It turns out that the problem is actually the flap that covers [...]

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