Thursday, March 13, 2008

Calder AirLift for MacBook Air: first view

Here's our latest design - the AirLift edition laptop case for the MacBook Air. The Air slips underneath a lip at the rear and front of the case which holds it in place.

I'll be posting these and more shots on the main website shortly.

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AirLift2 side rev compressed.jpg

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Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Keith Richards' Louis Vuitton guitar case

After 3 years developing a guitar case fit for the finest guitars it was a suprise to come across Annie Leibovitz striking image of Keith Richards with a Louis Vuitton guitar case casually by his side.

My first reaction was shock - there was a giant on my patch. And then disappointment - I have a great regard for Mr Richards and have harboured a dream that one day he might have one of my cases.

And I was disconcerted because I'd planned a very similar sort of image for my marketing - my case off center in a cool location with musicians. My idea had been for a working environment - recording studio - bar - with smoke and drink and musicians' mess.

And thinking along those lines the LV image begs all kinds of questions. Why is there no smoke and booze ? The whole thing is so sedate - Mr Richard looks intense - with a cup of coffee ? And why an unplugged electric guitar ? Yes I've played my electric unplugged in hotel rooms but that's because I'm a polite Englishman and not a rock legend.

All that said I take comfort that the LV work gives credence to the notion that truly great musicians and truly great guitars deserve exceptional cases - I'll drink to that.

Keith LV .jpg

Here's a reminder of what the Calder guitar case looks like

Calder electric closed

There are more shots of our case on the Calder website and here on this blog.

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Developing AirLift edition for MacBook Air

Here's the system we've developed for holding the MacBook Air - a simple leather covered foam lip at the top and bottom of the interior.

Calder  AirLift dev 1

Calder AirLift 2

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