Plein is in the Air makes painting and storing art supplies easier while traveling, catering to artists, painters, enthusiasts, and professionals alike. Our plein air easel boxes are meticulously crafted, designed, and engineered to seamlessly blend the worlds of engineering, design, art, and painting. We strive to inspire joy, creativity, and enthusiasm through our products, which are available in a variety of colors and feature multifunctional tools.

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

Plein is in the Air has been in the works for almost three years, on and off, in between day jobs and breaks. The designs were revised, set aside, later worked on again improved. For the last three months of 2023, we went all in, and spent all our free time on our designs to the latest iterations and entered our pre-production phase.

MEET MUTLU & JAMIE

Mutlu oversees the R&D, CAD, manufacturing and assembly side. He applies over a decade of his engineering background to make sure each design is mechanically correct, innovative, and made to perfection. He manages the 3D printers, programs, and filaments to manufacture our products. Each product undergoes finalization with Mutlu for technical specifications, quality, manufacturing and assembly.

Jamie has been painting and doing art since her childhood, but recently started plein air painting around the end of 2019. She began her journey attending many sessions with Warrior Painters and her local plein air clubs and groups from local colleges. She manages the design and branding of the business where she applies her years of experience. She has held positions from creative and web design, production, UX/UI, customer service, and marketing. With her experience and constant pestering to Mutlu, she is able to apply innovative and trendy designs and colors into the plein air products and branding. These designs are then engineered, revised, and further developed by Mutlu. 

The duo’s talents in creativity and design supports the creation of the plein air easel boxes and gadgets! We hope you can join us too.