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DROBE

The modular wardrobe trunk, reinvented for modern travel. A suitcase designed to be lived out of, not just packed into.

Norwegian design · Designed & manufactured in Norway

The Story

The future of travel

The modular wardrobe trunk, reinvented for modern travel. A suitcase designed to be lived out of, not just packed into. Drobe is rewriting the future of luggage.

The very first luggage was the wardrobe trunk, created to travel the world with its owner's full wardrobe, a portable life on the move. These trunks were designed for long journeys by ship and train, where size and weight were no concern, and travel was defined by elegance and ritual.

Over time, air-travel restrictions and mass-market simplification stripped luggage of this original intention, reducing it to functional containers. For more than a century, the suitcase has remained unchanged: a box on wheels that works, but inspires little.

Drobe brings the purpose back and moves it forward: a patent-pending innovation that fuses timeless design with modern precision engineering. A modular, customisable and repairable system that adapts to its owner, transforms with every journey, and endures for a lifetime.

Background

Luggage hasn't changed in a century. Drobe changed that.

In the 1900s, travellers had wardrobe trunks, elegant, spacious, designed for a lifestyle of permanence. Then came the hard-shell suitcase: lighter and portable, but ultimately just two halves on wheels. For more than a century, luggage stood still.

Drobe bridges both worlds: a patent-pending travel system that opens vertically, organises like a wardrobe, and travels like a cabin suitcase. Born in Norway, award-winning, and patent-pending. Every component is custom-engineered, precision-manufactured, and designed to be repaired, replaced, or upgraded over a lifetime.

The System

More than luggage, a system

Drobe opens with a single button. The entire case is controlled from the main handle, which drives a patent-pending rail system and a custom TSA-Accepted lock built to integrate with it.

Single-button opening

Press once on the main handle to release the case. The whole case is controlled from its handle, powered by a patent-pending opening system.

Patent-pending rail system

A custom-engineered rail mechanism guides the compartments open and closed with precision, purpose-built for the single-button system.

TSA-Accepted lock

A custom combination lock designed to integrate with the patent-pending opening system, flush in the handle. Travel Sentry® Approved, so security can open, inspect and relock without damage.

Three-compartment structure

A vertical layout lets travellers unpack in seconds, a wardrobe revealed at every destination.

Swappable shells & compartments

Change colours, upgrade components, or repair parts without replacing the case. Removable, replaceable, future-ready.

Easy-access lid

Reach essentials without opening the full case.

Extendable handlebar

A precision-engineered handle system for stability in motion.

Spring-dampened dual wheelsets

Glide smoothly and quietly across any surface.

Repair-first philosophy

Replace or upgrade any component, so a Drobe never becomes obsolete.

Materials & Craft

Sourced in their purest forms

Every element is chosen for strength, tactility and durability, finished to a standard of true luxury.

ShellHigh-impact ASA composite, pigmented through the full thickness, so colour never chips or wears off. UV-stable and impact-resistant. (Not aluminium.)
CornersPolished aluminium
FrameSandblasted anodized aluminium
Leather detailingHand-stitched Italian full-grain leather handles & accents
WheelsSpring-dampened dual wheelsets

At a glance

The Cabin Trunk

Price€990 (incl. tax & duties)
Dimensions55 × 40 × 23 cm, within the IATA carry-on guideline (check your airline)
Weightapprox. 4.3 kg
OriginDesigned in Oslo. Shells and opening mechanism made in Oslo; every trunk assembled by hand in Oslo
Made to orderEvery Drobe is built to order and custom-made. Choose shell, mid panel and wheel colours; two Alcantara® floors included

Recognition

Featured & awarded

Recognised by international design media and honoured with leading design awards.

Yanko DesignDesign WantedTrend HunterAutoevolution Maison&Objet Future On StageEuropean Product Design AwardNY Product Design Awards

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Press Contact

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press@drobeluggage.com · drobeluggage.com