What Factories Teach Us About Better Making | Douglas Davidson is Back!
Factories aren’t just about scale—they’re classrooms for better design, smarter workflows, and more durable products. In this episode, Douglas Davidson shares lessons from global manufacturing floors and explains how makers at any level can apply factory thinking to make better gear, whether sewing at home or building for production.
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- Douglas Davidson | Canvas Worker & The Brown Buffalo
- Holubar Mountaineering backpack
- Bruce Johnson - History of Gear
- Hiroshi fujiwara (Goodenough)
- Dan Green, Arcteryx VP of Design
- Wilson bag factory
Clarification: Douglas mentions Pungkook as having 100,000 employees in the episode. In the flow of the conversation, that number got mixed up. He meant to say 10,000 employees.
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