Los Angeles-based accessories studio known for its minimalist, geometric leather bags featuring unexpected industrial materials.
ORIGIN
United States
PRICE TIER
contemporary
Founded in 2011 by sisters Kimberly and Nancy Wu in Los Angeles, Building Block emerged as a minimalist antidote to fast, trend-based fashion. With backgrounds in automotive and footwear design, the founders applied an industrial design approach to accessories, stripping away conventional luxury hardware in favor of pure, geometric forms. The brand quickly gained a cult following for its signature aesthetic, which juxtaposed smooth, vegetable-tanned leather with unexpected utilitarian materials like rubber tubing, clear PVC, and oversized beechwood spheres.