The Future of Travel

The Suitcase That Becomes a Wardrobe

Born in Norway. Award-winning. Patent-pending. Drobe is redefining what luggage can be. A modular wardrobe trunk engineered for the modern world.

Luggage Hasn’t Changed in a Century. We Changed That.

In the 1900s, travellers had wardrobe trunks. Elegant, spacious, and designed for a lifestyle of permanence. Then came the hard-shell suitcase: lighter, portable, but ultimately just two halves on wheels.

Drobe bridges both worlds. It is the first modern wardrobe trunk, a patent-pending travel system that opens vertically, organises like a wardrobe, and travels like a cabin suitcase. Every component is custom-engineered, precision-manufactured, and designed to be repaired, replaced, or upgraded over a lifetime.

Every Part Designed from the Ground Up

From the lock mechanism to the rail system, no standard factory parts were used. Drobe features a precision-engineered mechanism tower that controls the suitcase’s opening and locking with a single button, paired with a custom-designed TSA lock.

Its shell is uniquely designed to allow sectional replacements, enabling users to swap specific shells without replacing the entire body. This modular architecture means your Drobe improves over time instead of being replaced.

Craftsmanship

European Materials. Norwegian Precision.

Drobe merges Scandinavian minimalism, Italian material heritage, and Norwegian engineering into a single object. Every surface, every detail, every mechanism is deliberate.

Pure Aluminium

Aerospace-grade shell, sandblasted and anodised for a refined, scratch-resistant surface. Engineered to absorb impact while remaining remarkably lightweight.

Details

Italian premium leather handles and accents that develop a rich patina over time. Alcantara® interior lining, swappable and customisable for any journey and occasion.

100% Recyclable

Crafted exclusively from pure, premium materials. ASA plastic for exceptional strength, lightweight resilience, and lasting resistance, paired with 100% pure aluminium. A suitcase designed to be circular from the very first sketch.

Recognition

Award-Winning Design

Recognised by the world’s most prestigious design institutions for innovation, engineering, and vision.

2025

NY Product Design Award

Silver Winner — Luggage & Bags Category. Recognised for patent-pending modular design and innovation.

2023

European Product Design Award

TOP Design Winner. Honoured for excellence in product design, engineering innovation, and a sustainable approach to travel.

2025

Maison & Objet

Selected as a winner and exhibited at the prestigious Paris trade fair for design and lifestyle.

Patent Pending

International Patent

Proprietary vertical-opening mechanism, modular rail system, and sectional shell replacement technology.

Founder’s Story

Someone Had to Reinvent Luggage. So I Did.

Milla Amundsen-Lack studied interior design in Milan and completed her Masters in Industrial Design at Central Saint Martins, London. With a background spanning spatial design and precision engineering, she saw something the luggage industry had missed for over a century.

What if a suitcase could work like a wardrobe? Not a metaphor — an actual, vertical, modular storage system compressed into the body of a cabin-sized travel case? That question became years of development, patented mechanisms, and Drobe.

Today, Drobe is manufactured in Norway, recognised by international design awards, and covered by leading design publications worldwide. It represents a new category in the luggage industry: the modern wardrobe trunk.