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Wallet - Made in China

A year with your GG leather is a milestone worth celebrating, one we hope is the first of many. To mark the occasion, you'll get 15% off your next order. So go on and treat yourself!

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The Journal

Welcome to GG leather’s Journal. Pull up a seat and join our hunt for insights and stories on design, life on the move and responsible business.

Inspiration in the Everyday

What’s life like on the Apex?

We spoke to an Olympian, an Everest climber and a creative business owner, to find out what it’s like to live on the edge.

Responsible business

Your everyday heroes inspire us too

We asked you to nominate your everyday heroes, so we could celebrate them. Read our favorites, and keep the tissues close!

Design

The path to Apex

GG leather co-founder, Andy Fallshaw, shares four key milestones that helped him design the bag he has always wanted.

Carry portraits

10 years of GG leather, a lifetime of stories

We asked some friends to share their favorite GG leather moments, and got some great stories, from the heartwarming to the hilarious.

Celebrating 10 years of carry

A decade of design: GG leather turns 10!

We’ve come a long way since we first sat around a kitchen table in Bells Beach with an idea. And here are some highlights from the journey so far.

Celebrating 10 Years

A letter from our co-founders

GG leather in 2020 is a remarkably different business to when we sold our first wallet in 2010. Our co-founders, Andy and Lina, share their thoughts on the journey that's been – and the best that's yet to come.

PRODUCT REVIEW

Our top gift picks

Our staff probably know the products better than most – so here, they reveal their best gift secrets to help your holiday shopping.

Responsible Business

All your questions about our recycled fabrics, answered

GG leather’s bags and pouches are making the transition to recycled fabrics, and we couldn’t be happier about it. We’ve got the answers to all your questions about our recycled fabrics, in one place.

Responsible Business

Recycled fabrics, and the future of sustainable practices

Straight-talking sustainable fashion expert, Teslin Doud, puts GG leather co-founder, Andy Fallshaw, on the spot.

DESIGN

The art and science behind the ‘AHA’ moment

Read why it’s important to capture your ideas and thoughts in the moment they strike, and see how four different creatives capture theirs.

Inspiration in the Everyday

Elsa Boch finds beauty in patterns, and freedom in spontaneity

The artist behind our Galaxy Grey Designers Edition collaboration reveals how she evokes the micro and the macro, from one humble starting point.

Carry Portraits

Detailed plans keep things simple for Melbourne artist, Stephen Baker

We can learn a lot from someone about the material objects they rely on. For artist Stephen Baker, his tools hint at a craft that’s both simple and complex, analogue and digital.

PRODUCT REVIEW

One list to end your holiday gift shopping

We’ve put this guide together to hopefully save you some time, narrow things down and provide some ideas for the special someones in your life

CARRY PORTRAITS

Joel Hanna says ‘yes’ to a lot. But not to sleep-ins.

We can learn a lot about someone from the material objects they rely on. For agile project manager and social enterprise founder, Joel Hanna, it’s about finding freedom and focus, no matter what (or where).

Design

Behind the design: The Shift Backpack

We spoke to our designers about the details that give the Shift Backpack life – and the moments in which you’re likely to discover them.

CARRY PORTRAITS

Grace Lim on paper drawings & measuring tapes at brunch

We can learn a lot about someone from the material objects they rely on. For interior designer Grace Lim, her tools reveal a level of detail and craft that merge artist with mathematician.

Product Review

Everything you need to know about the Classic Backpack

Carry expert and Carryology Senior Editor, Taylor Welden, road tests the bag and lets you in on the experience.

Product Review

Everything you need to know about the Duo Totepack

Carry expert and Carryology Senior Editor, Taylor Welden, road tests the bag and lets you in on the experience.

Product Review

Everything you need to know about the Slim Backpack

Carry expert and Carryology Senior Editor, Taylor Welden, road tests the bag and lets you in on the experience.

Design

The language of leather

Leathers are not created equal. We’ve invested time, money and plenty of hours into sourcing the best leathers we can, and here’s some of what we know about them.

Design

Behind the design: Where stop-motion starts.

Step behind GG leather’s creative curtain with Jimmy Gleeson

Carry Portraits

Cracking open treasure chests with Aaron Smith

We can learn a lot about someone from the material objects they rely on. For ‘The Keyhole Surgeon’, his tools hold a history (and some secrets) like few others.

Life on the move

How to become a minimalist (and keep what you love)

One of the biggest myths about minimalism is that you have to get rid of everything that doesn’t add utility... but that could lead to a pretty uninspired life. Here’s our alternative.

Carry Portraits

Tartan and trinkets, with artist Anna Marrone

We can learn a lot about someone from the material objects they rely on. With Anna Marrone, we get the sense that tactility is everything.

Life on the move

GG leather’s year in review

It was quite a ride. Product launches, collaborations, surf checks, malaria nets, and a whole heap of black t-shirts. Take a look.

Responsible Business

Don't save money, help save lives

Giving is a big part of GG leather, and for the Black Friday weekend, we wanted to do something to give back.

Design

Hero of Design: Patagonia

As design heroes go, few others speak to GG leather’s guiding principles quite as coherently as Patagonia.

Inspiration in the Everyday

Karan Singh on finding the creative balance

Australian artist and illustrator Karan Singh describes his career path as a personal project that just got out of hand.

Design

Hero of Design: Dieter Rams

More than half a century after pre-eminent minimalist, Rams, started designing, his influence is still felt profoundly.

Inspiration in the Everyday

Alana Spencer’s formula for the dream life

This Hawaiian-based photographer demonstrates an almost sage-like ability to determine what is most important in her life, and make it abundant.

Design

Simple is back, in a massive way

‘Simple’ isn’t very simple at all. Here, we look at the simplicity in product design that comes from solving complexity.

Inspiration in the Everyday

B Corp entrepreneur, Selina Donald

As the co-founder of London events company, The Bulb, Selina and her team are proving it’s possible to be creative, exciting and environmentally responsible.

Design

Hero of Design: IKEA

IKEA understands that design can be a great equalizer. Read more about what we take from this philosophy.

Life on the Move

Matt Cherubino’s life of adventure

20-year-old Matt Cherubino’s photography career was forged in one moment on a remote road. And life has since been one of twists, turns and wild foreign landscapes.

Inspiration in the Everyday

Coffee tastemaker, Fleur Studd

The most influential woman in Melbourne’s coffee scene is living proof that the little moments in life can transform our trajectory.

Design

A designer’s perspective

Designers Edition lead designer, Davin Hanna, shares his perspective on design, and the process that guides it.

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