ABOUT

The multiple-award-winning couple raised the capital to launch their design business by selling an iPhone 4 they received with a 24-month cellular contract when they were unable to obtain a formal loan.

They remain committed to their founding mission to develop well-designed, innovative, and high-quality products in a sustainable and low-tech way so that manufacture can be done by people from previously under-resourced circumstances.  

Research Unit is a self-described “utilitarian” brand of men’s-, women’s and childrenswear as well as accessories, produced in small batches and in the age-old traditions of Japanese craftsmanship, that encourage the principle that fewer products, made better, can be treasured for a long time.

COMPANY INFORMATION

EMAIL: erinlee@researchunit.co.za or chad@researchunit.co.za

CONTACT: +27 76 414 6477