About Us

Card Cocoon started the same way most collecting journeys do — by opening packs again.

At the start of the year, I found myself buying Pokémon cards for the first time since I was a kid. What began as a bit of nostalgia quickly turned into something more serious. I was hunting specific cards, buying singles, queueing for drops, and waiting on deliveries with that familiar mix of excitement and anxiety that every collector knows.

And that’s where the problem became impossible to ignore.

Too often, cards would arrive packaged as an afterthought — loose cardboard, excessive tape, bent envelopes, or improvised padding that did more harm than good. Even when the card arrived safely, the process never felt right. There was always unnecessary bulk, waste, or risk involved. For something so small and valuable, the protection just didn’t make sense.

As both a collector and someone with a background in industrial design, that frustration didn’t just annoy me — it challenged me.

Industrial design teaches you to look at how objects are used in the real world: how they’re handled, where they fail, and how small design decisions can make a big difference. I started analysing card packaging the same way — looking at movement, pressure points, tolerances, materials, and user behaviour during shipping.

Most existing solutions weren’t designed as products. They were workarounds.

So I decided to design one properly.

Card Cocoon began as a simple idea: create a purpose-built card mailer designed specifically for trading cards. One that holds cards securely, minimises movement in transit, and removes the need for cardboard cut-outs, tape, and bulky padding. Something clean, reliable, and intuitive — designed by someone who actually sends and receives cards.

The first prototypes were rough. I tested different materials, thicknesses, internal dimensions, and opening mechanisms. Some versions were too tight, others too loose. Some protected the card well but were frustrating to open. Each iteration was refined through real use, real orders, and feedback from other collectors.

Over time, the design became what Card Cocoon is today: a slim, protective mailer that holds top loaders snugly in place, and opens cleanly without putting the card at risk.

Card Cocoon isn’t about reinventing collecting.

It’s about respecting it.

Cards don’t usually get damaged by dramatic drops. They get damaged by small, everyday moments — pressure from bags, bending during handling, stacked mail, or careless packaging. Every detail of Card Cocoon exists to protect against those moments.

As a collector, and as a designer, I wanted something I’d trust with my own cards.

That’s what Card Cocoon is.

A product shaped by collecting, refined through design, and built to protect what matters.