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Archive for the ‘Product Development’ Category
Monday, May 24th, 2010 by monkeybed
May is National Bike Month, but we at Monkey Bed think biking to work is one of the best things you can do for yourself and your community all year. REI asked the other day on their blog, Have You Tried Bike Commuting?, wondering what’s preventing 98.4 percent of Americans from commuting by bike. We won’t drone on here with all the environmental, health, and economic issues it helps address, but lets all nod our heads and acknowledge they are huge before we jump right in to shamelessly bribing you to bike to work.
That’s right, we have a bribe to offer bike commuters! We’ll be developing the next Monkey Bed product this summer on the streets of the northeast and we need your help. We’re looking for people in New England or the Tri-state area who commute to work on their bike, or even bike regularly on the weekends. If you’re already at it, reach out to us by e-mail, by leaving a comment, by tagging a Tweet with #bikecommuter, or leaving a comment on our Facebook page. We’ll get you all the details separately, but you’ll be asked over the summer for things like feedback on ideas and help testing prototypes.
In exchange you’ll get one free final product that you helped develop and a couple coupon codes for friends!
Space is limited, so reach out soon. For those of you wondering if now is the time to give bike commuting a try, it is. Start today and then e-mail, comment, tweet, or facebook us to be included in our small bunch of VIP Monkeys!
Tags: #bikecommuter, bike commuting, biking, facebook, focus group, giveaway, monkey bed, monkeybed, Product Development, twitter, VIP Monkeys Posted in Causes, MA, NYC, New England, Product Development, Summer, Travel, biking, boston, commuting, cranking, monkey bed, new york | 11 Comments »
Sunday, May 9th, 2010 by monkeybed
A crisp beautiful day here in Boston just in time for Mother’s Day and Urban Blanket Bags to go on sale. It’s been a great winter developing the bags with amazing feedback from our community. Thanks so much for the early support and coverage from Urban Sherp and Daily Candy.
“Newton-based design outfit Monkey Bed debuts its line of nylon city-adventure satchels, each containing a water-resistant fleece blanket with room for four.”
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“As fellow Bostonians, we know that when you catch a glimpse of sunshine, you’ve got to get out and take advantage of it.”
We’re going to have a great summer outside, hope you’ll join us!
Tags: boston, Daily Candy, Daily Candy Boston, for sale, monkey bed, summer 2010, Urban Blanket Bag, urban blanket bag review, Urban Sherp Posted in MA, Press Release, Product Development, Shopping, Summer, Urban Blanket Bag, boston, monkey bed | 1 Comment »
Friday, December 25th, 2009 by Simeon Margolis
New samples arrived with our first look at some embroidered logos and a few new colors…quite the green indeed! We’re playing with some colors but must say, so far the reaction to the bright green has been surprisingly positive. What do you think?!

Tags: florescent green, green, monkey bed, sample, Urban Blanket Bag Posted in Product Development, Samples, Urban Blanket Bag | 1 Comment »
Monday, December 21st, 2009 by Simeon Margolis
Second samples of The Urban Blanket Bag arrived and have actually already gone back out for more tweaking! We’re finalizing the color scheme thanks to our peeps in the ongoing Blanket Bag focus group and getting ready just in time for New York International Gift Fair.
Please note, these are not final products or colors, just some non-logo’d preview shots!

Tags: beach blanket, messenger bag, monkey bed, park blanket, preview, prototype, Samples, The Urban Blanket Bag Posted in Product Development, Samples | 4 Comments »
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