The write stuff
For the uninitiated, EDC (or everyday carry) is a subculture devoted to optimising and organising your daily go-to objects, from key holders to wallets to prybars. It’s characterised by acute attention to detail and an unwillingness to settle for the ordinary, and while EDC doesn’t usually intersect with the luxury-goods market, Wingback’s catalogue is where the two do. “The common ground is people saying, ‘If I’m picking this item up 20 times a day then I want it to be the best possible,’” says founder Alasdair MacLaine.
Wingback’s matte titanium collection of stationery and accessories was briefly available last autumn, but launches properly this month. The “aerospace-grade” nature of titanium is popular with EDC manufacturers, but this collection has been additionally blasted with fused alumina to create a darker finish that, crucially, isn’t invulnerable to the odd scratch. “It’ll pick up small marks from your keys in your bag, and develop a patina as the surface layer oxidises in your hands,” says MacLaine. “I’ve always thought that the value a product has at purchase is the least value it should ever have. The marks it gains along the way transform it into an object you love.”
