Hasta La Ideas

Ever since spotting that unique, hinged toolbox that Matthias Wandel did a video of, we’ve been wondering where it came from. The German marque Würth can clearly be seen on Bruhn’s box. The Würth Group is a Germany-based global wholesaler of tools and hardware, but it does not appear that they designed the box; a German manufacturer of cabinetmaker’s tools callled E.C. Emmerich sells an identical box, as does hardware manufacturer Häfele.

Far as we can tell, it’s a German company called Domini Design that actually designed the thing. They call it the Mobilo Box, and it comes in a variety of sizes. The Mobilo Box 43 is the smallest version, “suitable for managers,” as Domini says (read: people who don’t really need to get their hands dirty):

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