Rickshaw Sponsors TED India: November 4th – 7th

Right now in Mysore, a roster of amazing speakers and attendees have gathered for four days of TEDIndia – the first TED ever held in South Asia. Rickshaw is sponsoring TEDIndia with 800 colorful square Zero bags – made from scratch in our San Francisco factory. The bags left our warehouse on October 19th and [...]

Rickshaw Launches Round Trip Shipper

In an effort to reduce shipping waste we’ve come up with an innovative solution using scrap fabric to create packaging. We’ve designed a fleet of reusable shipping pouches to eliminate disposable boxes — and we make each one by hand right here in San Francisco. The Round Trip Shipper is a small zippered pouch that [...]

Rickshaw Around the World

Enjoying a breathtaking view of Switzerland’s Matterhorn – an iconic emblem of the Swiss Alps – with a Rickshaw Zero in tow.

Green Mountain Coffee Goodies

Our friends at Green Mountain Coffee sent us a sweet care package that included Guatamalan and Breakfast Blend beans, a Bodum french press, reusable cups and authentic Vermont maple syrup! Thanks for making our day—and our breakfast—so delicious! We will be enjoying for weeks to come….

Check out this awesome testimonial we got from our friend Jonathan Potter this week….”I bought my Zero medium bag at Interbike last year, the one with the sporty world champion stripes. And after about a year of use, my Rickshaw is still going strong, and now that the sun has kissed the evenings of [...]

Soy fanatico de los cuadernos Moleskine!

“I’m crazy for Moleskine journals!”, writes Luis Cosio from Mexico. We just delivered a Folio to our first customer in Mexico, and he’s delighted, not only with the Folio, but our customer service (Kati is a star!), the stickers we included with the Folio, and a handwritten note from yours truly. In return, we received [...]

In case you missed it…

We sent an email blast today announcing our Folio launch. If you didn’t receive it, and would like to be on our email list (which we use very judiciously), you can sign-up here.

Hello Moleskine Nation! The Rickshaw Folio is now available!

My pet project is finally a reality — our Folio for Moleskine journals is now live on our web site. First, kudos to Macy here at Rickshaw for completing the tedious task of loading all of the product data and photos so you can actually see what we have to offer. This product is one [...]

Six-Word Memoir

SMITH magazine, an online journal, has published thousands of six-word memoirs. Apparently they adapted the idea from a possibly mythical challenge to Ernest Hemingway — write a story in just six words. I like writing haiku, so this sounded like a fun little exercise. Here’s my six-word memoir:
Born to technology. Love making bags!
I think you’re [...]

Design is the Solution!

I just finished reading a new book called “Design is the Problem” by Nathan Shedroff, and I recommend it as a good introductory survey of sustainability for designers. Not yet available on Amazon, you can order a copy directly from the publisher, Rosenfeld Media, for $36. Nathan is currently pioneering a new MBA in Design [...]