Freeski legend Jon Olsson and entrepreneur Truls Brataas launched Db in 2012 under its original name, Douchebags, and today it's "just Db." Designed in Scandinavia, its "award-winning" travel backpacks, luggage and ski, snowboard and surf bags start from its core communities of "skiers, snowboarders, surfers, cyclists and creatives."
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1 productNorrønaNorrøna traces its start to April 29, 1929, when Jørgen Jørgensen founded J.J Norrøna Sporting Goods and Leather Factory, and it is still "family owned since 1929." Based at Lysaker, just outside Oslo, it makes outdoor clothing and gear for skiing, mountaineering, hiking and trail running in collections such as lofoten, trollveggen and falketind.
2 productsAwayAway is a travel brand making carry-on and checked suitcases, bags and travel accessories built for modern travel.
1 productFlowfoldHandcrafted in Maine since 2010, Flowfold's minimalist wallets and bags are made from sustainable recycled materials, including recycled sailcloth.
1 productDagne DoverDagne Dover is a bag brand founded by three women in 2013, making neoprene and recycled-nylon work bags, backpacks, travel bags, gym bags and laptop bags.
1 productAlessiAlessi has been making "extraordinary objects since 1921," when Giovanni Alessi and his brother founded Fratelli Alessi Omegna, a "workshop for processing brass and nickel silver sheet, with a foundry." The self-described "Dream Factory" still makes steel products at its Crusinallo factory, and its range covers kettles, coffee makers, tableware, cutlery, barware and home decor.
1 productJORESTTool brand JOREST sells precision screwdriver sets in sizes from 25-in-1 to 152-in-1, plus watch repair kits, car fuses, contour gauges and a mini electric screwdriver.
