01 What Shapes Nervape

Big hands. No face. Parts made to be swapped. One rule: APE IN.

IT STARTS WITH A HAND

Inspired by the gibbon's long reach, Nervape has big hands on purpose. They remind us that everything starts with trying, and trying again. Proof of work, by hand.

ORIGIN STORY: FOLLOW THE HANDS ↗
It Starts with a Hand
It Starts With a Hand

Big hands. On purpose. Everything starts with trying.

No Face of Its Own
No Face of its Own

So it can be anyone. Even you.

Made to Last, Not to Waste
Made to Last, Not to Waste

Safe to hold. Built to stick around.

More Hands Welcome
More Hands Welcome

Open by design. It grows with every hand.

02 Nomad

Nervape doesn't stay put. It sets up camp in a new city, shares inspiration, picks up new things, and moves on.

City nodes
November 7th, 2024 - November 11th, 2024

Color Vibes

Color Vibes

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03 Collabs

Same ape, new vision. Artists take the same form and make it their own.

Same ape, new vision. Artists take the same form and make it their own.

Among all apes, we were drawn to the gibbon. Long arms. Open palms. The hand reaches. It holds. It tries again. The moment an ape lifted a tool, the world changed. Not all at once. Just enough to begin.

04 Behind the Ape

The ape looks calm. Getting here wasn’t. First ideas, second thoughts, failed prints, unexpected results. Turns out, we’re just apes searching in the dark.

STILL THE ORIGINAL

STILL THE ORIGINAL  In 2021, in an actual garage, Nervape co-founder Bradley peeled the first physical Nervape off a 3D printer bed. One arm sat slightly crooked. The support marks hadn't been cleaned up yet. That rough little thing is the reason any of this — the story, the world, everything after it — exists at all.  We still make it. It's called Original, because it is one: not a reissue, not a tribute, the actual beginning, built the same unhurried way it always has been. Every piece is shaped, finished, and checked by hand. No two come out quite the same. We could make it faster. We haven't found a version of faster we like yet.

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05 Journal

Letters from the founders, and whatever the ape's been up to. We write when there's something worth saying.