Hello! Please introduce yourself.
Clockwise from left: Pocket; Cardholder
Below: Humble bag
Hi! This is An Bermejo and Benjamin Mendoza. We are
Labrador Factory Philippines Ltd. Co. and Labrador Leather
Australia. We carry the brand name of Labrador Co. Ltd.
as exclusive distributor for the well-designed, minimalist
leather and paper company from Nonthaburi, Thailand.
How did you learn about Labrador? What pushed
you to consider distributing its products here in the
Philippines?
We went to Thailand in 2013 to source and visit
several factories of modular furniture and cabinets for
a Batangas hotel project we were designing. During
breaks, we would sometimes find ourselves in malls
within Bangkok. We then came across this beautiful shop
that sells leather and paper products, particularly geared
towards designers and discerning creative types. On our
overseas trips, we would usually look for well-designed
items for personal and office use, like paper holders,
envelopes and minimalist bags that could accommodate
bulky paper and A3 documents. It's actually really
difficult to find these in the quality and the design
aesthetic we want so finding the Labrador store was
almost providential. The first Labrador item we bought
was an A3 documents holder called the Humble bag.
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