Archive for the ‘Product Development’ Category

Happy Friday! Have an Opinion?

Friday, June 11th, 2010 by monkeybed

Happy Friday! It’s 3 o’clock on Friday afternoon and we’ve got a fun request for you. C’mon, you’re basically pretending to work at this point. Share your opinion on some special hats we’re working on for this winter and you may just find yourself with a coupon code when they hit the market, not that just sharing your invaluable opinion wasn’t enough!

Check out the 10 hat colors below with option numbers listed under each one. Pick your 2 favorite patterns. Then leave a comment with the option numbers either here on the blog, on our facebook page, or @MonkeyBed on Twitter. Then, rock on with your bad self.

Bike to Work, Score Gear

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!

Bags for Sale

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!

One Step Closer

Saturday, May 1st, 2010 by monkeybed

We just got word that Urban Blanket Bags are on the way! Here are some pics of the boxes as they were prepared for shipping. Why does the FedEx guy suddenly look more like stork to me!

Hangtags!

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 by Simeon Margolis

In the series of moments that accumulate to bring a product to market, there’s something about getting the first shipment of hangtags that ranks right up there! If you’re going to be at New York International Gift Fair, don’t forget to drop by booth #1111 to check out Monkey Bed’s Urban Blanket Bag collection and then join the rest of the Gifters on monday night at the NYIGF Tweetup!

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GREEN!

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?!

GREEN

Urban Blanket Bag – Samples, Round 2

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!

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