Designed and optimised with the user in mind, our team applied a combination of traditional craft and modern processes to step outside the conventional ways of constructing a ring, carabiner, and strap. The result was a high strength stainless steel enclosure, full-grain leather, coupled with a flexible polymer core to give a balance of style, function, and durability. After another successful crowdfunding campaign through Kickstarter and Indiegogo, we raised over $420,000 in funding for the project which shipped on time to our backers around the world. We’re thrilled to launch the Ring, Clip, and Strap collection, and it’s all...
I’m sure you’ve heard this story before, you know, the one about two guys coming up with an awesome (and practical) idea to revolutionise key-carrying? If not, well then this is slightly awkward… Instead of repeating that story again, we’d like to change things up a bit and share with you a snippet of how Orbitkey has evolved and embraced change. If you’re familiar with our product range, you’ll notice that our colour palette tends to be on the darker end of the tonal scale. Admittedly, when Orbitkey was first introduced to the market on Kickstarter in 2013, the finalised...
In the studio, if we’re not sitting at our desks, you’ll definitely find us loitering around the overworked espresso machine, waiting for another dose of coffee to infiltrate our already-caffeinated bloodstream. As coffee lovers, we can always appreciate a great cuppa and with the launch of the latest Espresso Orbitkey, we thought this would be the perfect time to share some handy facts about something we are passionate about. [We're also running a fun competition - more info at the bottom of this post] As the topic of coffee is so broad, we’ve been picking our brains over about what...
Here at Orbitkey, we love considered design - beautiful and thoughtful design, where form and function coexist. And if they happen to be crowdfunded too, it's even better!