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The Journal
Join our hunt for insights and stories on design and life on the move.
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Good Business Update
2023’s progress and milestones on the road to better
Every year, we’re making choices that help minimize our impact on the planet. Check out the 2023 update to see how far we’ve come.
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Design
Making products that last, with warranties to match
Read about our approach to product warranties, with an exciting update to our bag category.
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Product Review
Our top 10 gift tips
We've rounded up our best gifts, from those who get it: staff, carry experts, ambassadors and more.
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Responsible Business
Advocating for animal welfare
The lack of traceability in the leather industry was a problem. So we stepped up to help create a solution: the Leather Working Group’s Animal Welfare Group.
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Inspiration in the everyday
Everyday Adventure
Discover the value – and joy – in the kind of adventure that’s outside your door. And hear from those who have discovered it already.
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Design
Breaking ground: Apex Note Sleeve
It took two years, new tools and who-knows-how-many meetings with our makers to get here. Introducing: the most challenging wallet we’ve ever made.
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Product Review
Travel sets our founding designer recommends
Because when it comes to travel, one bag cannot do it all. See how we work in pairs.
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Responsible Business
Leather alternatives and regenerative possibilities
In conversation with Dr Luke Haverhals of Natural Fiber Welding
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Design
Behind the design: The Venture Sling 9L
Lead designer, James, takes us behind the zip, so to speak, of our Venture Sling 9L.
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People
Behind the Bellroy X RVCA project, with Tom Gerrard
From couch surfing in Mexico, to cricket in the backyard, Melbourne artist Tom Gerrard gives us the stories of his drawings.
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Responsible business
Future Materials Roundtable
Is leather evil? Is plastic bad? We recently hosted a panel of material innovators, to discuss how the path to greater sustainability is paved with compromise and creativity.
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Design
Design that lives on
Our design thinking goes way beyond the product you hold in your hands. Here, our design team explains how.
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Inspiration in the Everyday
What's life like on the Apex?
We spoke to an Olympian, an Everest climber and a creative business owner, to find out what it's like to live on the edge.
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Responsible business
Your everyday heroes inspire us too
We asked you to nominate your everyday heroes, so we could celebrate them. Read our favorites, and keep the tissues close!
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Design
The path to Apex
Bellroy co-founder, Andy Fallshaw, shares four key milestones that helped him design the bag he has always wanted.
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Carry portraits
10 years of Bellroy, a lifetime of stories
We asked some friends to share their favorite Bellroy moments, and got some great stories, from the heartwarming to the hilarious.
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Celebrating 10 years of carry
A decade of design: Bellroy turns 10!
We've come a long way since we first sat around a kitchen table in Bells Beach with an idea. And here are some highlights from the journey so far.
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Celebrating 10 Years
A letter from our co-founders
Bellroy in 2020 is a remarkably different business to when we sold our first wallet in 2010. Our co-founders, Andy and Lina, share their thoughts on the journey that's been - and the best that's yet to come.
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Responsible Business
All your questions about our recycled fabrics, answered
Bellroy's bags and pouches are making the transition to recycled fabrics, and we couldn't be happier about it. We've got the answers to all your questions about our recycled fabrics, in one place.
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Responsible Business
Recycled fabrics, and the future of sustainable practices
Straight-talking sustainable fashion expert, Teslin Doud, puts Bellroy co-founder, Andy Fallshaw, on the spot.
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Design
The art and science behind the 'AHA' moment
Read why it's important to capture your ideas and thoughts in the moment they strike, and see how four different creatives capture theirs.
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Inspiration in the Everyday
Elsa Boch finds beauty in patterns, and freedom in spontaneity
The artist behind our Galaxy Grey Designers Edition collaboration reveals how she evokes the micro and the macro, from one humble starting point.
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Carry Portraits
Detailed plans keep things simple for Melbourne artist, Stephen Baker
We can learn a lot from someone about the material objects they rely on. For artist Stephen Baker, his tools hint at a craft that's both simple and complex, analogue and digital.
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Carry Portraits
Joel Hanna says 'yes' to a lot. But not to sleep-ins.
We can learn a lot about someone from the material objects they rely on. For agile project manager and social enterprise founder, Joel Hanna, it's about finding freedom and focus, no matter what (or where).
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Design
Behind the design: The Shift Backpack
We spoke to our designers about the details that give the Shift Backpack life - and the moments in which you're likely to discover them.
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Carry Portraits
Grace Lim on paper drawings & measuring tapes at brunch
We can learn a lot about someone from the material objects they rely on. For interior designer Grace Lim, her tools reveal a level of detail and craft that merge artist with mathematician.
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Product Review
Everything you need to know about the Classic Backpack
Carry expert and Carryology Senior Editor, Taylor Welden, road tests the bag and lets you in on the experience.
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Product Review
Everything you need to know about the Duo Totepack
Carry expert and Carryology Senior Editor, Taylor Welden, road tests the bag and lets you in on the experience.
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Product Review
Everything you need to know about the Slim Backpack
Carry expert and Carryology Senior Editor, Taylor Welden, road tests the bag and lets you in on the experience.
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Design
The language of leather
Leathers are not created equal. We've invested time, money and plenty of hours into sourcing the best leathers we can, and here's some of what we know about them.
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Design
Behind the design: Where stop-motion starts.
Step behind Bellroy's creative curtain with Jimmy Gleeson
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Carry Portraits
Cracking open treasure chests with Aaron Smith
We can learn a lot about someone from the material objects they rely on. For 'The Keyhole Surgeon', his tools hold a history (and some secrets) like few others.
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Life on the move
How to become a minimalist (and keep what you love)
One of the biggest myths about minimalism is that you have to get rid of everything that doesn't add utility... but that could lead to a pretty uninspired life. Here's our alternative.
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Carry Portraits
Tartan and trinkets, with artist Anna Marrone
We can learn a lot about someone from the material objects they rely on. With Anna Marrone, we get the sense that tactility is everything.
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Life on the move
Bellroy's year in review
It was quite a ride. Product launches, collaborations, surf checks, malaria nets, and a whole heap of black t-shirts. Take a look.
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Responsible Business
Don't save money, help save lives
Giving is a big part of Bellroy, and for the Black Friday weekend, we wanted to do something to give back.
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Design
Hero of Design: Patagonia
As design heroes go, few others speak to Bellroy's guiding principles quite as coherently as Patagonia.
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Inspiration in the Everyday
Karan Singh on finding the creative balance
Australian artist and illustrator Karan Singh describes his career path as a personal project that just got out of hand.
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Design
Hero of Design: Dieter Rams
More than half a century after pre-eminent minimalist, Rams, started designing, his influence is still felt profoundly.
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Inspiration in the Everyday
Alana Spencer's formula for the dream life
This Hawaiian-based photographer demonstrates an almost sage-like ability to determine what is most important in her life, and make it abundant.
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Design
Simple is back, in a massive way
'Simple' isn't very simple at all. Here, we look at the simplicity in product design that comes from solving complexity.
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Inspiration in the Everyday
B Corp entrepreneur, Selina Donald
As the co-founder of London events company, The Bulb, Selina and her team are proving it's possible to be creative, exciting and environmentally responsible.
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Design
Hero of Design: IKEA
IKEA understands that design can be a great equalizer. Read more about what we take from this philosophy.
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Life on the Move
Matt Cherubino's life of adventure
20-year-old Matt Cherubino's photography career was forged in one moment on a remote road. And life has since been one of twists, turns and wild foreign landscapes.
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Inspiration in the Everyday
Coffee tastemaker, Fleur Studd
The most influential woman in Melbourne's coffee scene is living proof that the little moments in life can transform our trajectory.
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Design
A designer's perspective
Designers Edition lead designer, Davin Hanna, shares his perspective on design, and the process that guides it.