Twelve months. One shipped capsule. Built like an incubator — Fobou underwrites the launch; designer keeps the brand; we hold a small stake on its future.
Cohort-based. Six houses in residence at any time, each for ~12 months. One capsule shipped per residency. New cohort opens twice a year.
Established designers in collaboration. Influencers with audiences large enough to anchor a brand. Selectivity is the product — Fobou produces few houses well, not many badly.
The studio. The maker. The drop. The store. The shipping. Fobou underwrites the operational launch — they keep the IP, the spotlight, and the brand. Their name on the door, ours on the back.
Residency ends with a shipped capsule. Houses graduate to independence — or stay on as alumni for revivals. Like an incubator, Fobou negotiates a small equity stake in each house's future brand in exchange for the residency. Designers keep the IP, the spotlight, and the brand. We keep a portfolio interest. Most stakes stay quiet; one breakout makes the math.
A residency for designers and creators with the audience and a vision, but not the production stack. We underwrite the launch — studio, maker, drop, store, shipping — and take a small stake on the brand's future. They stay in front. We stay behind.
The residency is mostly underwritten by Fobou — studio, factory match, sampling, launch infrastructure, brand exposure. In exchange, Fobou takes a small equity stake in the designer's future house, kept after they graduate. They run the brand. We hold a quiet portfolio interest. Most stakes will not matter in cash terms; one breakout pays for ninety-nine misses. Specific terms are calibrated per residency.
Designers, creators, and alumni revivals welcome. We work with people whose audience and direction are already there. If that's you, write to us — short pitch, work samples, what you'd ship. Terms (above) are calibrated per residency before we sign.
Apply for cohort 03A permanent record of what we make and who made it. Useful to collectors and alumni; quietly valuable on the resale side.