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Corvin - Our Story
Corvin - Our Story
UNEXPECTED
Second Chances
A
t the age of nine, I was sent
to a juvenile delinquent
school for three years.
Sharing a home with chil-
dren whose parents were
prostitutes and heroin
addicts was an incredible
life lesson, as well as a fast
track to a street-smart education. This experience
would not only be the best three years of my child-
hood, but it would impact me for every decision I
would make in life.
Tough Love
rewarding than betting on the obvious talent.
A Team
Like No
Other
Experience may make you
more efficient but passion
changes the world
A
successful entrepreneur only motivate our recruits through an opportu-
once told me: “get the nity, but to challenge them as individuals so they
right people on the bus may become future leaders within our company.
and figure out later where
they sit” an incredibly val- Most people are either book-smart or they are
uable philosophy I wished street-smart. Rarely do we find talents that are
more companies would both. Hiring individuals that had to learn how to
apply. We tend to hire ac- survive on the streets and in prison, implies that
cording to experience and track record whereas we are investing heavily in street-smartness. A
I prefer to hire based on passion, creativity and tremendous asset to us as a company and one we
drive. Experience is valuable if you are trying to leverage by focusing our accelerator program on
build something already in existence, passion is a more formal education, including artisanship,
what you need if you want to break new ground. marketing, communication, social etiquette and
general culture.
Our Artisan’s Accelerator Program is built to
achieve exactly that. By offering our recruits a We offer our recruits a once in a lifetime oppor-
three year program with an assigned mentor and tunity, a career they can be proud of and a social
an extensive support system we expect to increase education. What differentiates our manufacturing
the productivity of our manufacturing beyond any from other suitcase companies, is that we don’t
traditional assembly line. Our objective is to not employ factory workers, we build entrepreneurs.
LESS IS MORE
Made Of Bamboo
The three most important attributes of any carry- From the beginning we wanted our handle to be
on are its weight, volume and robustness. A the central element of our carry-on, which is why
manufacturing challenge that we optimised by we designed our suitcase around the handle and
using one of nature’s most impressive natural not vice versa as would be more common in the
resources: bamboo. As elegant as leather but at half industry. Engineered with its own ‘Gear Box’, our
the weight, it is strong enough to build houses and handle is unique in that it allows you to: lift, open
highly shock-resistant due to its natural bendability. and pull your suitcase by using a single mechanism.
In order to protect it against scratches, we covered Thibault, our young French industrial designer, had
it with a special coating and reinforced it with a a beautiful philosophy when it came to designing
lightweight aluminium chassis. We wanted to build the Corvin Carry-On. He called it ‘Honest Design’.
a carry-on as tough as any hardshell suitcase but It meant that everything had to have a function,
with the looks of a designer piece of furniture. if it didn’t, we stripped it. By focusing ourselves
on mastering the most important features and
Rather than spending our time on developing integrating them flawlessly into the carry-on, we
various gadgets, we focused our efforts on a few made sure to build something pure, practical and
key points that were crucial to us. The wheels (we beautiful. It was the secret to our iconic minimalistic
design and why our luggage looks so unique. There
invested in 100mm scooter wheels which allow our
are only a few objects that are so beautiful in their
carry-on to glide smoothly over any surface noise
aesthetics that the brand of the product is irrelevant.
free), the volume (our suitcase can carry over 42
A goal we constantly strive for and hope to have
litres) and a solid, rattle free handle.
achieved with the Corvin Carry-On.
AFFORDABLE LUXURY
www.corvintravel.com
Christian Wehbe
E: c@corvintravel.com