Backpacks go places. In them we carry what’s important for each adventure. A good backpack allows us to explore the world.
Amrytic was started in 2025 by Owen Sutter, an Oregonian living in Vietnam and working in Asia’s manufacturing industry.
The idea is simple:
Design product that prioritizes people at both ends of the supply chain.
What started as a napkin sketch for an adventure backpack became a prototype, then a Kickstarter. Since then, hundreds of people in 15 different countries have backed the project.
Amrytic proposes a different relationship to global manufacturing; one that is genuinely good, personal, and reasonable. We’re here to prove technical, affordable gear can be made ethically and with dignity in Asia. Amrytic is uniquely tapped into the Asia manufacturing environment and the PNW adventure scene. Our goal is nothing short of realizing a better way to do the product industry.
We’re a young company, with big dreams. Thanks for supporting!
Learn more about our first product, the 25L Adventure Pack.
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About the founder
Owen Sutter
Owen spent four years living in Vietnam leading new product development, supply chain transfer, and operational improvement projects for major global brands. Between long hours on factory floors, whirlwind prototype builds, and supplier visits, he fell in love with Vietnam - the people, the language, the cuisine, and - of course - the motorbikes.
Raised in Oregon, Owen has always sought out far-flung roads. While planning a solo motorcycle trip through the Himalayas, he realized he didn’t have a backpack he truly loved.
Amrytic is Owen's outlet — a place to express his design and product instincts in the world. He believes backpacks are special: they're built for exploring, and learning about the world is one of the best things anybody can do.
He believes great product takes real supply chain transparency and a personal connection to the product, the process, and the people making it. That's the whole premise behind Amrytic: reinventing how a brand can build things, starting with how closely the person designing it stays involved in how it's made.
Owen is from Portland, Oregon, and holds a degree in Design and Innovation Management from Oregon State University. He splits his time between Asia and the Pacific Northwest.