The new simple wallet out of high resistance aluminium designed for your day-to-day life. Made in Austria & Germany.

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The new simple wallet out of high resistance aluminium designed
for your day-to-day life. Made in Austria & Germany.
265
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£6,047
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This project will be funded on Monday Dec
9, 4:55pm EST.
Funding period
Nov 4, 2013 - Dec 9, 2013 (35 days)
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Wallum Ltd.
Vienna, Austria
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Hey guys!
I am Max, 23 years old, studying and living in Vienna. As a student you are bound to attend
some lectures, which do not necessarily grab your attention. Quite frankly, students need
something else to do. This is how I stumbled upon Kickstarter and the truly amazing ideas
people have to offer on it. It did not take many lectures until I thought: “Why not start a
project myself?”
HOW EVERYTHING STARTED?
One day, not too long ago, I noticed the sheer size and weight of my wallet. I have also
talked to friends who told me that they have the same thoughts. Everyone wanted
something new, simple and practical. My dad is an engineer and therefore I was working
in his metal factory from a young age. One day at work I found an old credit card holder
lying around. This simple item immediately created ideas in my head. After jotting some of
them down I then applied my skills in working with metals to actually plan a first prototype.
Through the resources at my disposal, it was easy for me to produce the Wallum to the
highest standards of quality while keeping the price low.
WHAT IS WALLUM?
The origin of the name is quite simple: WAL stands for wallet and LUM for aluminium
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Maximilian Müller
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Website: wallum.eu
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Early Bird: Choose a WALLUM in any
color with a contour (without a special
design). Black or translucent rubber
strap and o-rings are included. Thanks
to the first backer!
Estimated delivery: Dec 2013
Add £4 to ship outside the UK
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2. which is the raw material. It replaces the traditional big wallet with a stylish design. It's as
small as a credit card but still holds your cards in it. It consists of 2 aluminium plates held
together tightly by 4 O-rings. As a result of this mechanism you can fit up to 15 cards of
your choice into Wallum. In the video you can see how easy it is to use.
Early Bird: Choose a WALLUM in any
color with a special design (see
pictures). Black or translucent rubber
strap and o-rings are included. Thanks
to the first backer!
Estimated delivery: Dec 2013
Add £4 to ship outside the UK
Pledge £20 or more
23 backers
Choose a WALLUM in any color with a
contour (without a special design).
Black or translucent rubber strap and
o-rings are included.
Front Pocket Wallet:
Estimated delivery: Dec 2013
Add £4 to ship outside the UK
The initial reason was to create a wallet which does not bulge your pocket due to its size. It
also fits easily into the inside pocket of a suit jacket. Having your wallet in the front pocket
does make it much harder for a pickpocket to reach it, giving it a safety aspect. Another
reason was to reduce the size of a wallet for health reasons, eliminating the problems of
back pain if you're sitting on your bulky wallet.
Pledge £22 or more
39 backers
Choose a WALLUM in any color with a
special design (see pictures). Black or
translucent rubber strap and o-rings
are included.
NFC/RFID Protection:
Estimated delivery: Dec 2013
Add £4 to ship outside the UK
NFC is the technology enabling people to pay by touching the card reader with the debit or
credit card. It was invented to make people’s life easier, but it leaves people with a
potential security problem. Thieves could easily steal your data by touching your wallet with
a special device. This NFC signal does not go through Wallum’s aluminium plates, leaving
your data securely where it belongs.
HOW IS WALLUM MANUFACTURED?
Wallum is manufactured in Austria and Germany. The first step is laser cutting the form out
of aluminium plates. After that CNC machines mill the details into each one of the wallets,
e.g. the engraved designs, notches, etc. Thirdly the parts get sand blasted to leave it with a
matt look. The last step is anodising in different colours and assembling the parts.
Here are the different combinations you can choose:
Choose from different engravings as well as different colours.
Contour Design
Color Orange
Square Design
Dimples Design

3. Star Design
X-Square Design
Colours you can choose:
Silver
Black
Blue
Red
Orange
Purple
Gold
Designs you can choose:
Contour Design
Square Design
Dimples Design
Star Design
X-Square Design
The last step: choose between black or white rubber band and o-rings
HERE IS HOW WE WILL KNOW WHAT COMBINATION
OF COLOUR AND DESIGN YOU HAVE CHOSEN:
Once the project has been funded you will receive an email enquiring about your order
details. We make a note of your choice of colour and engravings.
When the project is funded we can use the money to buy more tools for the machines, all
the raw materials like the aluminium, rubber bands, o-rings, material for sandblasting and
anodization. When we got all these items we can start with the production of all your
orders!
Risks and challenges
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Wallum is the result of numerous prototypes. Each and every prototype I produced,
demonstrated possible problems that might come up, like delays in the different
production processes. All the findings from prototyping have not only helped me to
understand possible risks and minimising them, but also to manage these risks effectively
so production will not be delayed.
The big challenge for me was to prepare everything for this project whilst studying for my
BSc at Vienna University of Technology.
With much effort I accomplished all the preparatory steps within a relatively short period.

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