Kibou

Kibou founders Nell Shapiro and Stephanie Merks met in their Brooklyn, NY neighborhood when their oldest boys were 6 months old. As new moms living in a city where they walked everywhere, they bonded over their search for the perfect diaper bag. When Shapiro had an idea to develop her own minimal diaper bag solution, she knew Merks was the perfect partner to bring the design and branding of the bag to life. They hit the ground running and spent the next 2 years designing, surveying, testing and tweaking to find the perfect balance between fashion and function.