Although only in the prototype phase right now, these wooden iPad cases Substrata look gorgeous.
Coming in flavors of dead tree flesh including walnut, zebrano, wenge, mahogany and maple, and shipping with both hinged and sliding lids, the Substrata iPad cases (replete with microsuede lining to prevent scratches) should be available in June for an unknown but probably fairly expensive price.
See the hinged lid prototype after the fold.
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
5 responses to “Substrata’s All Wood iPad Cases Are Gorgeous”
WOW, I want it. That has to be the best case i’ve seen.
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