Kanayama-san of ASM is a very talented man. Anyone who has seen his work without a doubt respects his understanding of quality and design. The work he has done with his ASM brand he manages for Autobacs continues to be inspiring. Yet a man of impeccable taste and design skill like Kanayama still has other passions and as such, needs other outlets for his design creativity.

I was impresed when I saw he is having fun designing other, non-car related things. I will feature some of his other (older) designs later, but for now here is his latest creation. It is a full custom designed leather camera case.

Kanayama-san first penned the concept and then sought to find the highest quality materials to produce his dream camera case. Looking at the leather, stitching, interior and all small details you can tell that Kanayama was in charge of keeping his legendary quality on this new item. One detail of interest - the interior is produced in alcantara, the same as he uses on ASM Recaro seats.

This side project of Kanayama-san’s is actually available for sale in limited numbers of the four colors above (although unsurprisingly not cheap). If anyone is interested just contact me and I’ll get you set up.