What is Papernomad?

An amazing, and patented, paper composite that has plastic's durability and water resistance, and becomes a playground for your creativity.

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Water beading on Papernomad case Water resistant

Water Resistant

Don't put it in the washing machine. But a coffee spill or a rainy day? Your Papernomad will dry and cope.

Papernomad cases are tear resistant Tear resistant

Tear Resistant

Papernomad’s patented paper composite is created from several layers of paper and biopolymers. It resist rips. And remember how it’s water resistant? That means that neither tears nor tears can harm it.

All Papernomad cases are compostable Compostable

Customizable

Blank Papernomad beckons you. To draw. Sketch. Write. Paint. Stain. Stipple. To make your indelible mark and create something no one's ever seen before.

What to do, what to do.

Papernomads are soothingly analogue companions in a digital world. Your Papernomad arrives a blank page. A null space. A thing waiting for you to give it life.

Mark it, draw on it, live with it. Or don’t. Either way, it’s you who gives your Papernomad life.

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Offered exclusively in North America
by Griffin Technology. European shoppers please visit papernomad.com

Made in Europe

100% organic cotton stitching 100% organic New Zealand wool 100% organic hemp pull-tab
reddot design award winner 2012

How it works

A simple sleeve with a lot of thinking built right in. Everything the Papernomad needs to be the perfect case for you. And not one thing more.

  • Comfy Padding

    Batting that's been stitched between the paper composite outer shell and wool lining pads the sleeve and protects the contents. But it also makes your Papernomad really, really pleasant to hold. Actually, with your device inside, it has the excitingly firm feel of brown paper packages, tied up with string.

  • Wool Felt

    Felt, made from wool happily given by contented sheep, lines every Papernomad. Sustainable, non-scratch, non-static comfort for whatever it holds.

  • Hemp Pull-tab

    About as high-tech as your Papernomad will ever get. We use twill tape from the world’s most useful plant to make it easy to get at your device. Hidden inside the pulltab is a magnet that holds the pulltab shut with a soft little snicking noise.

Meet the Papernomads

Our products are inspired by the places we love and the roles these places had in bringing our Papernomads to life.

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  • iPhone
  • iPad
  • MacBook Air
Pars for iPhone 5 Pars for iPhone 5 Pars for iPhone 5

Pars for iPhone 5

A great place for dinner. Pars in Vienna. We made it a tradition to eat there when entertaining guests and ponder new uses for our paper. This one is our new sleeve for the iPhone 5.

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Pars for iPhone 4 / 4s

A great place for dinner. Pars in Vienna. We made it a tradition to eat there when entertaining guests and ponder new uses for our paper.

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Pars for iPhone 4 Pars for iPhone 4 Pars for iPhone 4

Zattere for iPad

The big one. The first one. And named for the spacious promenade that runs along the entire southern shore of Venice's Dorsoduro District. The very first ideas for this project were sketched here in Venice's most serene district.

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Zattere for iPad Zattere for iPad Zattere for iPad
Akiko for MacBook Air Akiko for MacBook Air Akiko for MacBook Air

Tamakwa for MacBook Air 13"

Say hello to Tamakwa, the Papernomad sleeve for your 13" Macbook Air. Amidst the murmuring pines and hemlocks in Algonquin Park, Canada, stands Camp Tamakwa, a magical Ontario summer camp.

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Designed with passion, manufactured with love.

Based in Europe and offered in North America exclusively by Griffin Technology, Papernomad are socially conscious designers, marketing professionals, artists and one or two lunatics. Their passion is to question existing systems and design sustainable solutions with respect to social and environmental issues.