Carry Awards
Insights
Liking
Projects
Interviews
Carry Candy
Community and Marketplace
Carryology delivered. Your inbox. every two weeks.
Only the best stuff (and giveaways!), we promise.
If he had it his way, Richard would just meander around the planet, meeting new people and taking their portrait. In the real world, Richard is a photographer and video producer who happens to be in a chaotic relationship with Premiere Pro.
David Samwel (A.K.A. DaveSam), hails from the windy city of Chicago. As a dedicated YouTube contributor and a relentless pursuer of the perfect carry, he’s turned his passion for bags and everyday carry gear into a lifestyle.
Good design inspires, it enables, it satisfies. Jeff is driven by the purpose of elevating the everyday and sharing his experience with others through his YouTube channel. The way he sees it, good gear isn’t just an object, it’s an extension of your values and your tastes. That perspective is what keeps him chasing the […]
Brandon, Senior Editor, always understands the finer details. He can talk for hours about softgoods, brands and fabric innovation, so hit him up for a chat, on or off the record.
Laurence is a Brit abroad, living in the North Eastern US. A creative at heart specialising in photography, videography, writing, and design. He loves the outdoors, and can often be found reading in a hammock (with a gin or IPA in hand).
Matt Ritscher is a content creator and marketer based out of Colorado always in search of the next rad bag. Having been a photographer for over 10 years and worked in the outdoor industry, Matt has a curiosity about what brands are doing that’s innovative and fun. Matt enjoys reading, writing, cycling, and generally just […]
Abram’s obsession with bags began in childhood after finding his father’s rust-orange hiking backpack in the garage. This obsession has followed him throughout his life and career. As a designer, he has been fortunate to work with multiple companies, ranging from Tech Startups, Big Data Solutions, to eCommerce and everything in-between. He nerds out on […]
Jason is an EDC connoisseur with discerning taste who is always searching for high-quality gear to add to his carry quiver. A custom knife collector, ‘J’ is an admirer of purpose-built goods that were designed to sit at the intersection of form and function. His work can take him all over the globe and he […]
A minimalist with a deep love for craftsmanship and a good story, you can find Bradley wandering NYC quietly judging what your slinging on the subway platform.
James Jeffrey (fondly known as JJ) is a Melbourne-based designer who’s lived and traveled all over the globe. But don’t ask him about that. Ask him if the surf’s good.
Jessie is an avid cyclist, traveler, food-lover, and writer with a knack for packing. She’s traveled to over 35 countries and splits her time between traveling, adventuring outdoors, and writing about travel, packing, and (of course) travel packing.
After stumbling into the world of bag design in his formative years, Industrial designer Janis never looked back. Since then he’s dedicated his days to the ways of the bag. Years spent scribbling ideas, studying knife skills with Vietnamese pattern masters, drafting millions of technical specs and journeying to remote textiles factories have elevated Janis […]
Vincent is a pocket enthusiast with a goal to, not carry less or more, but to carry smarter. He scours the Interwebs for the most innovative and efficient carry, looking for key organizers, phone cases, or multitools (maybe all of that in one) and completes the list with a bag to pack it all in. […]
It all started back in the mid 80’s when Piotr (at the age of 10) joined his father, a pro climber, for the first time on a mountaineering trip. Later on he was also bitten by the sailing bug, first on lakes, later on open sea. Today, as an avid mountaineer, skier, bushcrafter and certified […]
Nolan is from Los Angeles and probably drinks too much coffee. He has a background as a triathlete, photographer, and DJ, discovering his mountain addiction in Hokkaido, Japan. Driven by steep days in remote places, Nolan clocks vertical meters on skis or running shoes and firmly believes in earning those turns. Influenced by his racing […]
Tom Wahlin took his digital design and creative direction career on the road in May of 2015. He sold nearly all of his belongings, packing up his New York City life into a 40L backpack. As of October 2017, he’s been living a fully nomadic lifestyle traveling to a new country every couple of weeks.
Chase Reeves is an educator and entrepreneur in Portland, Oregon. When he’s not training entrepreneurs, making cocktails or raising his kids, you’ll find Chase making entertaining videos of bags for his YouTube channel and Carryology.
The Brown Buffalo is a small bag brand founded by Douglas Davidson. Doug’s designed for some of the all-time greats. And if you’ve worn a backpack, he probably designed it.
Brad spends most of his time sketching or slicing down trails or thinking about where to go next, so he designs his life (and his gear) around being mobile and ready for unknown terrain. Vocation-wise, he’s designed a little bit of everything and, in our humble opinion, has clocked into ninja level when it comes […]
Self-confessed gear whore and bag addict – always on the quest to find the perfect pack.
Shelby loves taking pictures, the water, adventure and his dog Quinn. He’s always carrying a camera and is on the endless search for the perfect bag to carry his photography equipment in.
Erik Nachtrieb and Viv Smith specialize in filming in remote environments and expeditions. If it’s wild and remote, their crew 1iOpen Productions will be your go-to team. On foot, neck-deep in icy white water, or 18000 ft in the air, these guys will shoot it, backpedaling and throwing you a thumbs up. Oh, and they know their […]
Originally a photographer by trade, Arndell Florent LeBlanc now works in humanitarian aid as a communications specialist. His documentary and recovery work has spanned from Post-Katrina New Orleans to Post earthquake Haiti. An avid traveler and hiker, he spends more hours in the air than any claustrophobic man should.
Bo Ismono is a commercial film editor based in Hamburg, with a passion for any type of gear ranging from electronic gadgets to feature-packed bags or EDC gear.
Andrew has a true appreciation for the design and function of the outdoor equipment that lets him be outside longer, more comfortably, and in worse conditions.
From creating television and films for nearly every major studio in Hollywood, to his educational books, and his expanding line of travel-friendly filmmaking accessories for AviatorCameraGear.com, 20-year Hollywood vet Zeke Kamm may look like a man of many hats (or hoods in this case). But underneath it all he is just a storyteller traveling the world, […]
JP is an eccentric type who likes to skateboard, snowboard, ride his bicycle, recently got into photography and filming, is an artist, collector, music lover, drives a 2002 Subaru Impreza WRX wagon and when he wants to celebrate he’s smoking a cigar.
While Nat was researching packs for a 100km endurance hiking challenge, Pack Config was born. Running a blog that focuses on helping others improve their packs means that what he carries, daily or out on a hike, is constantly being refined. He’s also a bit of a geek and enjoys gaming with his wife and […]
Jun (aka James) entered the world of backpacks by being forced to lug a 40lb pack during a 5 day hike while in scouts. He started the ‘I Hate Backpacking’ club in his troop. But hey, Batman is Batman because he feared bats more than anything. Becoming a bat made him invincible. Now Jun isn’t saying that he’s a super hero or anything, but perhaps those “horrible” backpacking moments instilled in him his deep passion for packs? Maybe not. Who knows.
Bernard Capulong is a leading expert in everyday carry (EDC). He’s the co-founder and editor-in-chief of EverydayCarry.com and is always searching for the most functional and stylish gadgets and gear, one pocket at a time.
Mike Weiss obsession with bags dates back to elementary school and figuring out if one-shoulder or two was most comfortable and why. Fast forward 20 years and he clocked a few years working at the infamous Triple Aught Design. Now, he’s putting those years of experience to work for Carryology…and clogging up his house with […]
Ariel Wickham Earnhardt keeps a knife and flask of scotch stashed down her boot, and enjoys kicking ass on a bike and collecting dead animal parts. With hobbies like those you’d better believe she means business. Currently this lass focuses her badassery working on the bags for Burton Snowboards in good ol’ Burlington VT.
A graphic designer by day, Emily has a keen eye for clean lines and uncompromising values. She works in the outdoors industry, specializing in design for action sports brands.
As a creative lead for several Outdoor and Active Brands, Martijn has done his fair share of timezone travel. Always looking to combine work and play on big trips, he’s interested in getting outdoors in any climate and put gear, and himself, through the wringer. Some other current crushes include vegan cooking, bodysurfing, the creative process and whatever else floats by and he claims to know nothing about.
Based in Downtown Long Beach, John worked the agency life for a number of years before moving into the freelance world where he specializes in marketing and photography having worked in the automotive, action sports, and streetwear world. A few passions include traveling, surfing, watching MMA, and building project cars.
Frank Sedlar is a bonafide grunge aficionado with a passion for carry. He wears many bags and will track down bag designers in far away corners of the world for a good story. Currently: roaming.
Rick’s a thrill seeker. He likes to pretend that scaling a cliff or diving a shipwreck is just another walk in the park, but we all know he lives for the adrenaline kick. Choosing to live in the world rather than travel through it he’s gotten to live in some pretty amazing places: Alaska, Thailand, and Australia to name a few. The combination of outdoors and life experience has lead him to be a harsh critic of products big and small. He wonders, “is perfection too much to ask?”
Meet our new contributor, Cory Zanoni. Cory writes essays and fiction but invariably draws all over his work. He’s written for ArtsHub, edited for The Conversation and stacked sheepskins for an abattoir.
Cam is a Melbourne-born writer-musician and Carryology’s official ‘Berlin Muse’. This year he relocated to Berlin for a year-long odyssey with his partner in creativity, photographer HK. Their mission: to write, play music, take photos, smell the roses and report all the good stuff back to the Carryology tribe.
Accused of being a modern renaissance man by his close friends, Alex is a do-it-all kind of guy who dabbles in, well…basically everything.
Has jumped through most hoops in the surfing industry, has designed and made lots of stuff, and in recent times built his own brand and retail surf/art gallery.
Mike’s our head honcho, master wordsmith and token urban dude. When he’s not talking carry or digging up stories, he’s scouring the interweb for obscure hip hop.
Continuously running up the corporate ladder, Mr Zing is our board-room-carry-gear-editor. In his spare time, he likes to carry stuff up mountains, on bikes and through airports.
JC is a carry designer and dyed-in-the-wool bag nut. Side projects include wrecking on his mountain bike, crashing after jumping cliffs on his skis and getting lost while backpacking.
Brian hangs in Canada, where he photographs and films bikes and classic cars and musicians and lots of rad stuff. He’s epic at reviewing camera stuff, bike stuff, outdoor stuff, and stuff.
Ando will write reviews that run for pages, he’ll never think a carry piece is fully resolved, and he’ll always call it out if it should be. Oh, and he’s a co-founder of Carryology.
Hadrien is a carry designer, a co-founder of Carryology, and is behind most of the amazing illustrations and infographics you see on the site. He never gives a basic review of anything – there’s always an insight or three.
Lincoln loves unicorn tears and pain killers, couldn’t be serious if he tried, and has a black book thicker than your phone book.
Taylor designs for countless carry brands, across every carry category. He’s contributed to the lost art of manly moustaches, and earned a reputation for reviews that keep our core carry nuts learning.
David gets right into the details, in a way that few can. He prefers carry gear that lets him get active. He rides bikes, eats good food, and has a digital footprint approaching a yeti.
Catherine is a tea addict and fan of hands-free carry. She loves hill scrambling, forest traipsing and is the reason our grammar and spelling are so awesome, running her eye over every post that you get to read.
A pro photographer and videographer, David keeps lots of brands looking good day in and day out. Just like his images, you’ll get solid, common sense reviews, with a little bit of awesomeness peaking through.
WAYS TO CARRY
