Nothing in the Hand

Our current thinking on the Canard travel jacket: 7-denier Pertex Shield in a 2.5-layer construction with fluorocarbon-free DWR. A note on why the fabric weight and the waterproof rating aren't...

Hold the Line

Designing a compact umbrella properly means making decisions most of the category skips. A note on rib construction, canopy specification, and why the details that hold it together are usually...

Before It Knows You

Most bags make a choice between everyday carry and travel. We haven't carried one that handles both without cost. That's the problem we're designing towards.

Seamless Seams by Inspyrations

The Inspyrations Outsyder is a black shell jacket with no visible seam lines. The heat-sealed construction changes what the surface looks like and how the jacket reads. We've been looking...

Pantone 7457 — A Short History

Canard Blue is Pantone 7457. The reason that number means anything to every supplier and partner we work with goes back to a chemist from New Jersey who bought a...

After the Coffee

Most travel tumblers keep your drink the right temperature. Ours is built to keep it tasting right too. A note on 304 stainless steel, ceramic lining, and why 500ml is...

Independent Objects

Reading a Jasper Morrison interview last weekend, there was a line about anonymously designed objects working better than ego-driven ones. It put a name to something we've been trying to...

What the Spec Doesn't Know

A strap passed every load test and came back wrong anyway. A founder note on the gap between what a spec sheet measures and what it actually takes to make...

Good Enough Was Never the Problem

We pulled the sample, ordered another, and waited eight weeks. The zipper was fine the first time. A founder reflection on the real cost of perfectionism in product development.

So You Make Bags?

I had coffee with a potential partner last week in a shop near our London office. I spent fifteen minutes laying out the architecture of Canard. I talked about the...