Crumpler comes from a place of pure creativity.

A couple of bike messengers who wondered how they could fit more stuff into their bags, solved over a few knockoff drinks. This is a brand leading with artistic innovation and asking how can we be involved in more things that matter to us? Creativity and doing it extremely well for that matter seem to be on the high on the list so their recent collaboration with PHC films, a company who are synonymous with those two things makes a lot of sense. For their recent video series, Life Zone, we are transported to the mystique of Japan in the same evocatively tactile sense PHC films are known for; exploring themes of childhood, socialising, work drinks, and eroticism through a distinctly Japanese lens. It’s everything you would expect from a collaboration between two powerhouses of style and originality and will be featured on the 2023 Melbourne International Film Festival program. Watch Love Hotel above and catch the entire cinematic essay at lifezone.crumpler.com