Full Grain Podcast with Nick Horween and Phil Kalas
For leather nerds! The finest leather, boots, shoes, bags, raw denim, drinks, watches, and more. Leather tannery veterans Nick Horween (5th generation, Horween Leather) and Phil Kalas (Founder, Ashland Leather) cover manufacturing, leather, boots, denim, everyday carry and the talented people who are creating the world's finest products. Get the inside scoop and a greater understanding for high quality goods with a new episode released every week.
Full Grain Podcast with Nick Horween and Phil Kalas
EP26: Nomad Goods Brian Hahn: Creating Apple Tech Accessories to Work from Anywhere
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Brian Hahn is the co-founder of Nomad Goods. They make innovative tech accessories for the nomadic lifestyle.
0:00 Work from anywhere
4:16 At Best Buy and Boutiques
7:45 Sourcing Horween Leather and Materials
13:01 Manufacturing with Natural Leather
17:19 The Best Material
21:10 Designing for Different Markets
23:12 Selling on Amazon
26:13 Leather Finish and Variation
30:16 Sustainability
36:26 Apple Watch
41:31 Headphones and Audiophile
43:50 Do Nothing
51:05 Design Philosophy, Designing Details
55:55 Quality Control
1:01:51 Made in China
1:05:22 Ecco Leather
1:09:12 Horween Dublin vs. Shell Cordovan
1:13:33 Made in USA
1:16:56 Vapor Deposited Titanium
1:20:34 Metal Injection Molding MIM
1:24:13 Upcoming Nomad Products
1:24:52 Working with Apple
1:27:31 Augmented and Virtual Reality
1:32:55 A No Leather Future?
1:35:28 Favorites
https://nomadgoods.com/
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