ATTENUO

In 2015 I had lost my bifold wallet in Bali. I continued the rest of the trip with my remaining cards and some notes secured together with an elastic band. After living like this for a while it became normal. I didn’t miss my old wallet, I didn’t feel any need to replace it. I got used to not using coins. This felt so much better.

There were of course problems with an elastic band as a wallet. Getting cards in and out was a bit fiddly. It didn’t look great. The rubber made sliding it out your pocket difficult. It occasionally snapped. I had a problem to solve so the engineer in me took over.

Six months later I launched the V1 Attenuo wallet.

Over the next year or so I was always reading customer feedback as soon as I got it. I spoke to many about what they liked about it and didn’t like. I had also been using my product since the very first 3D printed prototype, so knew what I wanted to improve. I bought a 3D printer. Then another. My spare bedroom quickly turned into a workshop.

I designed and printed over a hundred wallet iterations until I settled on a design.

After further prototyping and many headaches with CNCed parts, the V2 was finished. It’s all thanks to those who took a chance and supported me along the way.

Thank you,
Richard
Attenuo founder