Looking Ahead to 2025

Looking Ahead to 2025

There were some big, exciting changes internally for Volante in 2024, and the impact of those will only just start to be felt in 2025. The biggest one was that I recommitted myself to growing Volante Design beyond what it has been in the past. In June, I took over the role of CEO and Willow stepped more fully into her storytelling/marketing strengths. We still make every decision together, but I do think there are some subtle differences to the outcomes of those decisions. 


The biggest change, and something I’m really looking forward to, is that we will be moving more towards a capsule collection model. That means, I’ll be designing full collections intended to be released as a set, which opens up worlds of possibilities when it comes to telling a cohesive story with my designs, as well as offering mix and match pairing options. The first ‘full-size’ capsule collection isn’t likely to release until early 2026, but there are some spicy mini-capsules coming in the second half of this year.


Around the same time as me taking up the CEO position, we decided it was time to move on from some licenses we’ve loved working with, namely Ubisoft and Middle Earth. This opened up some space for new licenses, and some of those are very different from the sorts of IPs we’ve wired with in the past, and very dear to my heart. One is the first anime IP we’ve ever worked with (not including collabs with CrunchyRoll), and I guarantee that when we launch it, you’ll be surprised, but not shocked.

 

I have long wanted to expand beyond being a ‘jacket company’ and this is the year that it feels like we are really moving in that direction, and I can’t wait to stretch out a bit.

 

- David Volante


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