Thank you for your interest in the BriefCrate™.

BriefCrates were produced and sold in 2001-2003, and were featured in several print and online magazines from that period. The content (links, photos and all) gets recycled around the web, and people end up visiting an outdated URL five years or more later, as you have.

Unfortunately, we were unable to maintain production. Milkcrate aquisition was insufficient to keep up with demand, but demand was insufficient to justify purpose-built crates (which wouldn't have been as cool anyway). Additionally, there are some ecological drawbacks to the BriefCrate's production cycle. A perfectly useful, infinitely reusable plastic product was being cut up and partly thrown away to make an overbuilt, less useful product, albeit a very stylish one. You can't buy the BriefCrate here anymore, but we at thingsmatter like to have links work, for a satisfying internet experience. We hope you enjoy the online time capsule below.

We still have a small stock of black crates, which may be downcycled in the future. Write to us, and we'll let you know if we ever sell this final edition of the BriefCrate.

If you REALLY want one, consider making it yourself. Please send us your pictures, or help everyone by making an instructable for the BriefCrate.

We welcome your comments.