2008 was the year byrd & belle stopped noticing there was a problem with tech and started doing something about it. Suddenly, in 2008, there was a soft, woolen alternative to your accessory's cold, static skin. The company's simple, tactile designs serve as gentle cases for all your iThings, each one conceived and constructed in a studio in Minneapolis, Minnesota. There's no app for feeling the texture of wool between you fingers. But fortunately for you, there is byrd & belle.