If there is one thing that JOBY couldn’t be more thankful for it is our amazing customers. We really lucked out! Maxwell, our distribution partner in Australia, is a long-time supporter of JOBY and a very creative one at that! We really appreciate all of the fabulous things that they’ve done to promote our GorillaPod [...]
Category Archives: Gorillatorch
Friday Finds:IDEA Finalist, the Mentalist, Kartell and JOBY does a tour of Europe
May 27, 2011 – 3:25 pm
Sweet! It is Friday! JOBY products popped up everywhere this week from prime time TV to high end design catalogs, with a slight layover in some European capitals. Awesome news – GorillaMobile Ori was selected as a finalist for the 2011 International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) by ISDA! iPads as the next generation [...]
Friday Finds: Sweet videos of people in motion air + water and some great reviews
April 8, 2011 – 4:17 pm
Happy Friday!! Here at JOBY, we clearly are in awe of parkour (in case you haven’t figured that out see exhibit #1 = our website) and these outtakes from the Red Bull Art of the Motion shot using a GorillaPod do not diminish our interest one bit. Some mind blowing stuff! Video Studio [...]
Friday Finds: Trams in Hong Kong and GorillaTorch Flare in Parents Magazine
March 25, 2011 – 3:51 pm
Happy Friday! This week a deluge hit San Francisco, inspiring some members of the office to come to work in head to toe rain gear. While not winning any fashion awards, it probably did make for a more comfortable day at the office. This magical video caught using a Lumix camera on a GorillaPod makes [...]
GorillaTorch Switchback wins red dot 2011 award
March 23, 2011 – 3:12 pm
Sweet! The JOBY GorillaTorch Switchback, the first outdoor lantern that transforms into a headlamp, won the prestigious red dot award for Product Design. The competition was fierce, but the Switchback prevailed in a very crowded and international field with4,433 entries from 1,700 companies in 60 countries submitting work. The award is organized annually by the Design Zentrum [...]
Friday Finds: Originality Rewarded and the GorillaTorch SwitchBack Gets Props
March 11, 2011 – 3:27 pm
Happy Sunny Friday! First some formal - yet very good news, JOBY was awarded a Utility Patent which officially recognized the pioneering and innovative functionality of the GorillaPod range of products. Here is the text for the press release that we sent out last week: JOBY, the innovative and award-winning consumer products company and creator [...]
Friday Finds: GorillaPod dances into the 80′s and Fun Customer Feedback
February 18, 2011 – 2:13 pm
Happy Friday! The Friday before a long weekend here in the States, how lovely. My dance-loving-mood continues this week with a 80′s inspired groove fest with a dancing GorillaPod by Justin Bolduc Turpin. GorillaDance from Justin Bolduc Turpin on Vimeo. Feeling the need to travel, but not quite ready to pay for a ticket to [...]
Friday Finds: Ode to the East Coast Storm and Surviving Doomsday
February 4, 2011 – 3:39 pm
Happy Friday! Although you wouldn’t guess it by looking out the window here in San Francisco, this has been a crazy week for all things weather. In honor of the crazy storms that have crushed much of the US, below is a time-lapse shot using Gorillacam. On a related note, we were thrilled to find [...]
Friday Finds: GorillaPod is in the Center of Major World Events, a Clever Film and Last Minute Gift Ideas
December 17, 2010 – 1:52 pm
Happy Friday! What an interesting surprise for us this week when, the cover of the International Herald Tribune came out with the newly released Burmese Democracy Activist, Aung San Suu Kyi and a yellow original GorillaPod. This clever film, shot mostly from the biker’s viewpoint is a pleasant way to ease into the weekend. Watch [...]
GorillaTorch Switchback on Ellen
December 9, 2010 – 4:36 pm
In case you missed Ellen today, GorillaTorch Switchback made an awesome appearance today on the show, care of REI. With dancing elves, Keith Urban and of course Ellen, the GorillaTorch Switchback illuminated the tent in both lantern and headlamp mode. I was hoping for a dancing Ellen with a headlamp on, but I guess that [...]
