The Clip
The Clip was the world’s most talented keychain and the first LittleBonsai product on the market.
LittleBonsai was a product development studio run by Jake Felser and Ollie Haas.
We started LittleBonsai right after graduating from Olin College in May 2011. We were driven by the idea that all consumer products should be beautifully, durably and responsibly made. Our work ranged from toothbrushes to park benches and accessories that were developed both as internal projects and for external clients.
This website celebrates the two-year journey of LittleBonsai, including some of the highlights of our story and a selection of our work.
Thanks for stopping by!
-Jake and Ollie
The Work
A selection of our work: both internal projects and for external clients.
Like many design studios, there is unfortunately a lot of other work that we cannot show here...
ReBrush
ReBrush was a toothbrush concept with replaceable heads and durable handles.
S•Bench
S•Bench was a concept street bench developed for the Design Museum Boston Street Seats challenge.
OnHand
The first collaboration with OnHand focused on an iPhone card case product.
The Milestones
A list of important dates and learnings from the LittleBonsai experience.
Milestone archive restored as a crawlable static section.
Get in Touch
Although LittleBonsai is no longer active, we would love to hear from you with any questions, comments or with a quick line to say hello!
Both Jake and Ollie also still do some contract work and have good connections to the product design, product engineering and web-design/development communities.