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A Carry Inspired Playlist | Music

Leather — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:49:40 +0000

A Carry Inspired Playlist | Music

We thought it might be cool to sling together a musical playlist of sorts that revolve around carry inspired song titles. We threw the idea out to those glorious social networking platforms of twitter and facebook and the below is what we came up with…

Most of the songs have links to iTunes where you can buy them (no, no affiliate marketing here), just trying to make it easy to buy any if you want…

Overall it was something we thought might be fun and light to have a look at over the weekend. if you have songs to add, drop them in the comments and we will add to them the list.

Nick Cave – Carry Me
Goldfrapp – Paper Bag
Regina Spektor – Wallet
Mogwai – Travel is dangerous
Talvin Singh – Traveller
Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Hope I Never Lose My Wallet
The Contours – First I Look at the Purse
Chely Wright – Alligator Purse
Drive By Truckers – Panties in Your Purse
James Brown – Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag
Jamiroquai – Travelling Without Moving
Beatles – Carry that Weight

A Travel Inspired Playlist | Movies

Anti Wallets

ando — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:17:06 +0000

The Anti Wallet

No matter how small you can make a wallet, it will still be too big for some.

So crew start cutting and hacking and unearthing all sorts of ways to carry their pocket contents without the traditional wallets they are trying hard to avoid.

We’ve collected a few of the ‘anti wallet’ strategies we’ve seen over the years, and tried to share some examples of the better ones. As always, if we’ve missed something, or you have better examples, we’d love to hear from you…

The Squeeze

Take a slim case that was intended to just carry a few cards, and fill until bursting. Magic wallets, business card cases, and ID pouches are the most commonly abused.

The Hack

This can be an old plastic bus sleeve, a stitched piece of sail cloth, or a bit of duct tape magic. It needs to be very thin, kinda basic, and should never be pulled out in front of a client.

The Clip (a variant is the band)

Money clips, rubber bands, bulldog clips or any number of constraining devices. There is zero protection with these, but it does cut a very slim profile.

The Nude

This is the commando of wallet strategies. It almost doesn’t get any slimmer. Just make sure you have good pockets. Note: some strategies for The Nude rely on your partner having a handbag that you can rent space in. Partners must be willing for this to work.

The Nada

OK, OK, there is one even more minimal strategy, and it’s generally employed by your most low-life friends. We’re pretty sure they own some cards and cash, but you’ve never seen them, and certainly never on a Friday night.

Have we missed any?

Do you have a great example you’re keen to share?

Maxx & Unicorn Bi-Fold Wallet

ando — Sat, 08 May 2010 00:00:24 +0000

This is a short post about a wallet. But a really nice wallet, that we’ve loved for ages.

The Maxx & Unicorn Bi-Fold wallet comes from a young Brooklyn designer who makes really interesting accessories. His carry items all have an innovative twist – with the wallets usually made from a single folded piece of leather.

You can get the Bi-Fold in a large variety of colors and leather treatments, with most of them produced in pretty low runs.

They’re available at Alter, Supermarket, and a bunch of other nice boutiques.

Or if you’d prefer to buy what we think is a ‘remarkably similar’ design, there’s always the Woolrich wallet that looks almost identical and is more expensive to boot.

Note: If we got this wrong, and this was in fact designed independently, please let us know. We checked with Alter, and they also believe that Woolrich has ‘borrowed heavily’.

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UPDATE

If you don’t read the comments on Carryology, you often miss out on some really rich dialogue. In the case of this wallet, we now know that Woolrich did indeed copy the Maxx & Unicorn. And we have also discovered a design used amongst leather workers for many years that is most probably the inspiration for the Maxx & Unicorn wallet. Here are some pictures from a 2003 journal kindly provided by one of our readers Peter (an avid leatherworker).

What makes a great wallet?

ando — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:37:43 +0000

And are we actually asking enough of them?

Want a bigger version of the poster? click [HERE]

Most of us don’t ask much of the wallet we carry. So long as it hasn’t yet exploded, we’re kinda content.

But I was kinda content with my mobile phone, until the iPhone came along. And I’m now kinda content with my iPhone, until one that actually works well as a phone comes along.

So here’s our stab at what a great wallet should do. We’ve even tried to make a little poster of it. If we can get this sorted, there will hopefully be a lot of discontented wallet owners…

More discussion after the jump…

1. It disappears until you need it: Small size, soft corners, and all the things that mean it won’t bulge out, get in the way, or create steady employment for your chiropractor.

2. Access vs Storage: Quick access to the things you need frequently. Compact and efficient storage for the rest.

3. The right level of protection: If you cycle to work, the thing should be water resistant. If hang at the coast, the thing should keep sand away from your cards. The wallet should have enough protection that your lifestyle won’t destroy the things inside.

4. It should support your personality: If you go to shout the boss lunch with a velcro surf wallet, it’s a pretty hard act to pull off. Just like socks, wallets don’t often get flashed around, yet you don’t want to be busting out the Mickey Mouse numbers too often.

5. Accommodating: There’s always going to be an impromptu hitch-hiker or two (a new SIM card, a borrowed key, or an urgent shopping list). There should be spaces to deal with these.

What are we missing? In what priority do these elements fall for you?

Go on, inspire and educate us in the comments…

PS: If this is really your thing, here’s some more articles relating to it:
A great post over at Techno Theory.
And a not as insightful post at Life Clever.