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What does it take to design bags for athletes like LeBron James and Kevin Durant—and what can the rest of us learn from it? After nearly three decades designing soft goods, Hrag Nassanian joins us to share the stories, lessons, and design principles he’s learned from creating products for some of the world’s best athletes, everyday users, and everyone in between.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• The very specific featured KD wanted on his bag
• What small ergonomic details immediately tell Hrag whether a bag was designed well
• Why originality shouldn't be your goal
• What changes when you go from making one bag to manufacturing thousands

Listen in for years of design knowledge and a look at how the lessons learned designing products at the highest level can make all of us better makers.

Guest: Hrag Nassanian | LinkedIN, Wayfinder

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What do names like Venom™, MONOLITE™, and HyperD™, actually tell you about a fabric? We sit down with Carter and Matt to unpack the stories, materials, and decisions behind RBTR’s signature fabric lines, so you can better understand what you’re buying and choose the right material for your next project.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• The stories behind some of RBTR’s strangest product names, discontinued favorites, and the decisions that shaped the fabrics makers use today
• What actually defines the characteristics that connect the fabrics within each line
• The yarns, weaves, coatings, and fibers behind these materials
• How to decide when a more specialized or expensive material is actually worth it

Listen in for the product knowledge we usually take for granted, and leave with a better understanding of what these fabrics are, why they exist, and where they belong in your next project.

Matt Evans | Red Paw Packs

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You can sew with a fabric for years and still be surprised by how much you don’t know about it. Ryan and Matt are back for a fabric quiz that digs into the specs, terminology, and secrets, while uncovering some surprisingly useful things to consider when choosing materials for your next project.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• A surprisingly difficult fabric quiz covering everything from hydrostatic head and solution dyeing to UHMWPE blends, fabric weights, and warp vs. weft
• Why some of the specs we obsess over may matter less in the real world than we think
• The fabric application triad and the tradeoffs between price, weight, and durability when choosing materials for a project
• A head-to-head backpack fabric draft where every point earned in the quiz becomes buying power for main, accent, stretch, and liner fabrics

Play along, keep track of your score, and see if your fabric knowledge can beat Ryan and Matt.

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