Sixty years ago Armi and Viljö Ratia founded Marimekko and to celebrate the anniversary, during 2011 Marimekko will recover some of the biggest hits of its history:

In celebration of the anniversary, we’ve chosen 60 gems from our treasure trove. Each month we’ll feature new gems. Explore our stories and find your own gem!

As big fans of the brand, we also wanted to celebrate the anniversary making a sleeve for iPad and MacBook that oozes the simplicity and colorfulness of the finlandic company… and this is the result:

Made with Unikko, probably the most popular Marimekko’s fabric and our favourite, this sleeve it’s water resistant and it’s perfect to bring some happiness to those boring and cloudy raining days that appears from time to time.

We hope you like it enough to buy one: 65$ is a real bargain for this insta-classic timeless sleeve!

Jositajosi always felt particularly attracted to Scotland. In fact, all members of our team have visited Scotland on some occasion and we have come back fascinated. Maybe because of that nature in its purest form, perhaps by the timeless traditions or the charm and hospitality of its people… We don’t know.

I think we love Scotland in part because of its similarity to our land (Basque country), where we also have the good fortune to enjoy great landscapes and ancient traditions. Either riding through its green hills or strolling along the banks of majestic lochs, a small part of Scotland was recorded in our hearts.

OK, but how we ended up creating a series of products inspired by the land of the thistle? As mentioned above, we felt an affinity and we already were experimenting with different tartans. We just needed a customer with a custom order with the fabric of his clan to spark the project.

And here’s the result! Each of the patterns in this collection we named after two Scottish Islands. Skye Island and Lewis & Harris Island.

iPad Skye Sleeve

• Hand-made crafted with 100% cotton cloth, velcro, foam and elegant lining of Holland & Sherry.
• Velcro flap closure for extra security. Keep your iPad safe!

iPhone 4 Case - Lewis

• Hand-made crafted with 100% cotton cloth, foam and elegant lining of Holland & Sherry.
• This sleeve is avaliable for
  - iPhone 4
  - iPhone 3GS
  - iPod Touch 4

MacBook Case - Harris with flap

• Hand-made crafted with 100% cotton cloth, foam, velcro and elegant lining of Holland & Sherry.
• Velcro flap closure for extra security. Keep your MacBook safe!.
• This sleeve is avaliable for:
  - MacBook 13”
  - MacBook 15”
  - MacBook Air 13”
  - MacBook Air 11”
  - MacBook Pro 13”
  - MacBook Pro 15”
  - MacBook Unibody 13”
  - and all MacBook models.

We’re really hope you like them.

Many of those who follow closely our steps will notice that in last months we have redesigned a little our macbook and ipad sleeves.

As time goes by we discover new materials, fabrics and we also think about new patterns for making superior sleeves. That is the way we believe we can give you a better quality in all our products. So we wanted to present these improvements officially on the blog.

Arguably, we have made 3 significant changes in our cases:

1. Round corners. We rounded the corners of the cases, both on the
flaps and on the lower sides, making them more fit to the shape of the
devices.

2. Inner fabric. After many tests and searches, we have decided for
Holland & Sherry. The Scottish brand spent many years making the
finnest cloths for suits, once tried their fabrics we could not find
another material that will enlighten us more.

3. Foamy padding. Our first sleeves were filled with cotton padding. It was a pretty good protection although sometimes it was unevenly distributed. That did not match with our sleeve concept. Then, we tried different paddings. Finally, using foam we achieved a sleeve with better protection and a perfect finish.

We hope that this post will help you to understand our quality standard and to bring you closer how we make our products.  

Have you seen our new designs for MacBooks and iPads?

Winter Tale

Lumberjack Love

Both sleeves are availables for all MacBook models.