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Interview with Eric Fischer :: Inside Line Equipment
…mpetition the US-made products have to be held to the highest quality. The industry got smaller after the 80’s, but now it’s coming back. I have some friends who are in a small shop in Temescal Alley, Standard & Strange, [in Oakland, CA] that only sells US stuff and it is awesome. It’s hard sourcing US but I think it says something about your brand. What things won’t you do with your brand? I won’t take them to Singapore. I like making all the bac…
Core77 Ultralight series :: Part 1
…f thought still has deep roots in the DIY tradition but there is a growing industry around production ultralight packs. Some companies have adapted their products to meet the demand for lighter and lighter gear, while others have sprung up out of the ultralight community itself with that niche as their sole focus. To dig into how ultralight design works, and who’s doing the work, stay tuned for our upcoming interviews with key designers in the fie…
Our Favorite Makers (Rest of the World)
…. . Isaac Reina Isaac Reina gained design experience working with fashion industry heavyweights such as Hermès before founding his own brand in 2006. Crafted in France, the brand’s pieces exude a refined balance of chic simplicity and timeless design. . . . . . . . . . abrAsus Compact pocket carry can often sacrifice functionality for space-saving form. However, that’s not the case with abrAsus. Their thoughtful wallets and card cases manage to d…
Interbike 2011 Carrology Report
…l for $125 and $129 respectively. — YNOT Cycle, a relative newcomer to the industry really impressed me with their enthusiasm and pack designed. What started out as a small company has now turned into outgrowing their space and being forced to expand twice. The bags are all handmade in Toronto and all feature floating liners. What this means is you essentially have a bag within a bag, offering improved waterprofness. The Gulper is their flagship b…
Road Tests :: Solid Gray
…a lively and bustling melting pot of businesses in the creative and design industry.” The Solid Gray brand and backpack come from Lijmbach, Leeuw & Vormgeving, a product design firm created by Jasper de Leeuw and Herman Lijmbach (both graduates from the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands, a school with a great international reputation in product design). It’s hard not to take a second or third look at the pack, as it isn’t something you s…
5 Minutes w/Defy Bags
…over 15 years in Chicago. While there are many things I’d change about the industry, there are some great similarities between product design, and say great type design for a print ad, or tv commercial. Namely, details matter. I try to pay attention to details. And after I’m done paying attention to the details, I pay more attention to them. – 4 – What’s next for you guys? What’s next for Defy? We’re hoping to (sorry) Defy expectations. First, we’…
Week In Review ~ 1 September
…is type of creative carry, a Keylet can be yours to own. – A Quick Bite of Industry Insight – We hope you guys have been enjoying our ‘5 Minutes With…’ series. Our latest post in the series offers up some insight from Bart Kyzar, one of the co-founders of Mission Workshop. * To round off this week in review, if you’re a student, you have kids or you know someone who does, you may be interested in checking out this guide to the 20 best back to scho…
5 Minutes w/ Bart Kyzar…
Welcome back for another quick bite of industry insight courtesy of our ‘5 Minutes With…’ series. Mission Workshop co-founder, Bart Kyzar, shares his thoughts… 1 – What key insights drive your stuff? We want our bags to add a benefit through either functionality or improved design. If we can’t address an issue or improve something we’d rather move on to a different project since there always seems to be more ideas than time to pursue them. 2 – Wh…
5 minutes w/Alex Drayer
Welcome back for another quick bite of industry insight courtesy of our ‘5 Minutes With…’ series. Lexdray founder Alex Dray shares his thoughts… – – 1 – What key insights drive your products? Clean, understated and simple on the exterior. Detailed, organized, and sophisticated on the interior. 2 – Who else is doing rad things in the world of carry and why do you think they’re important? One company who is deeply entrenched in the world of carry i…
Road Tests :: Bedouin Foundry Barbary Messenger
…rom Europe for quality and animal welfare, and is a by product of the food industry). All the leather is Veg Tanned (this is the old method using tree bark and acorns etc) NOT using such nasty chemicals as most leather (Chromium)“. Additionally, they’re using matching leather edge binding throughout the bag. The reason most brands don’t use leather for edge binding is because it is extremely difficult and takes a talented craftsman many years to l…
Road Tests :: Samsonite Pro DLX3 Spinner
…er and a wheeled sports bag and…(OH NO you don’t) – Ed Post Note: For some more thoughts on spinners and hard luggage, check Ando’s post on where he wishes the industry would go with them: https://www.carryology.com/2011/01/28/talking-wheels-hard-cases/…
Drive By :: Topo Designs Daypack
…aps also really stands out among the sea of plastic you mostly see in this industry. The labeling is very minimal which I liked; just a small patch for the logo plus a tiny tab with the American flag. They use large YKK zippers which are a dream to open and close – so smooth and no snagging! The best part about them is if your hands are full, you can zip them open or closed with just one hand. There’s no need to hold the fabric with another hand t…
Carry Geeking | Cordura Fabric
…ars, scuffs and abrasions. 2. Could you provide some information about the industry shift away from PVC backings and how new options stack up? Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is rarely, if ever used except for in the cheapest, lowest grade backpacks [Ed’s note: There are still way too many bags in this category]. Currently, you would not see that type of backing in any reasonably priced daypacks, technical packs or even luggage. PVC backings are very hea…
Week In Review ~ 8 December
…son), we highly recommend you do so. We’re super-excited to have him on board and eager for everyone to enjoy his shared knowledge and insights gained through working in the carry industry – after all, serving as Design Director for The North Face and all the Burton Snowboard brands are some serious credentials….
New Contributor | James Jeffrey
…initially studied industrial design, and how I ended up in the soft goods industry is a bit of a mystery. But I’m well and truly in it now, and enjoying the variety it brings. I was working with bags and shoes before I graduated and have been doing so ever since. But my real initiation into the carry community came when I accepted a job based in Vietnam as a designer for a European based brand (although with Australian roots). I was there for 3 y…
Carry On Week | RIMOWA
…ghtweight Polycarbonat for our cases. In 2000, RIMOWA was the first in the industry to globally introduce polycarbonate into case production – and thus revolutionised the global market in luggage. More than three years were spent on research before the first RIMOWA case made of polycarbonate satisfied the demands of the engineers and designers. The triumph of this material from aviation technology, which since the RIMOWA success has been used by m…
Mtn Approach Ski System
…under (Cory Smith) worked with Dave Narajowski for the designs. Dave is an industry vet who used to lead a design team at Black Diamond, which explains that sexy-stealth aesthetic they are running. While we haven’t had a play with this yet, it’s certainly looking like a great new way to carry your boarding butt out to some fresh. And as a telemarker, I’ll be stoked to reduce the number of snow shoes messing with our tracks! If you want to explore…
Road Tests :: Osprey Momentum 26
…y for a similar bag? To be honest, besides panniers, I don’t feel like the industry has really shown any love for backpacks for commuters. While it’s not perfect, the Momentum is pretty darn close. Conclusion When you are riding your bike to work each day, you want a pack that does exactly what you need. No more, no less. I think the Momentum 26 really hits the sweet spot between size and functionality. It has everything including the kitchen sink…
Hauling your Apple iMac (or other large device)
…base. It turns out he wasn’t the first designer to try this, and so a mini industry is growing up around pixel pushers that don’t like to settle for small. From the research we’ve done, which isn’t exhaustive by any means, we’ve come across the following, with the Timbag being the one we’d buy if we were in the market. But we haven’t tried any of these yet… If a maker wants our friend Jimmy to try theirs, then he’s keen as mustard to give a proper…
Road Tests :: SLICKS Suit25 Backpack
…y are packs flat? This is a pet peeve for us that the vast majority of the industry is guilty of (for a more in-depth discussion, check an earlier post of ours). If you want to carry a laptop, the SLICKS is very guilty of this, with its structured form really see-sawing against your spine. Without a laptop, it bends well enough. Weight: This is a heavy pack. All those features add up to 2.4 kilograms, which is noticeable on a long commute. There’s…
F-Light Series from Rip Curl
…ies from Rip Curl Have surfers been single handedly holding up the airline industry? In recent times, excess baggage fees have become rude, and with the weight of boards, wetsuits, pillows and teddy bears (what?!) you can start to imagine how it is stinging our pockets. Rip Curl figured they’d try to leave some of that coin with the traveling surfer, and so have tried to lighten the load of hauling your boards… Part of their F-Light series, the bo…
Kangaroo coin pouch
…ionally, kangaroo meat has been suggested as a much more eco friendly food source than beef, as kangaroos don’t generate methane, a noxious greenhouse gas. If the roo meat industry does grow to meet these two industries needs, we may need to be more clever with our use of their full hides……
Best New Gear | February 2022
…nthetic puffy blankets for a few years now, and they’ve been well-received industry-wide. People sat up and took notice, people like Snow Peak. Last year, they released a collaboration blanket that combined Snow Peak’s legendary Takibi fire-resistant fibers with Rumpl’s lightweight recycled insulation. This is the perfect piece for firepits and camping, and is worth keeping in the car too! With a useful carrying case (including aluminum buckles) i…
Week In Review ~ 17 November
…is exactly what Kletterwerks did, increasing in influence and becoming an industry game-changer until the brand rights were sold in the early 1980s and the end of Kletterwerks followed shortly after. That is until Gleason’s son stepped in to revive the brand with a full collection that can be purchased now. Want to find out more? Yeah, we thought you might – click here for an awesome write-up on Kletterwerks’ history and rebirth. – All American A…
Best Work Backpack Finalists – Carry Awards
So after a LOT of submissions, including from a selection of awesome industry vets, we have our first short list – Work Backpacks. We’ve had to cull a very long tail, but the below bags all got votes and respect from a broad base. In keeping with the interactive nature of these awards, we now open this short list up to voting again. If your favorite work backpack didn’t make the short list, see if there is another gem that you’d like to support….
5 mins with Greenroom136 (Giveaway)
…d things in the world of carry and why do you think they’re important? The industry is brimming with the most inventive and competitive players. Each so unique in their own special way, it’s hard to define who is better but its for sure, all are equally as important to the eco system, driving innovation and inspiring new blood. I’ve mused over many a brand over the years. But if I had to pinpoint a few, I’d say you can’t go past the clever product…
Carrying on a Motorcycle :: Berber Man
…, who were the last man standing from the once-glorious British Motorcycle Industry, but the purists would still ogle Pete’s Triumph and scoff at my Suzuki. Anyway, miles from anywhere, I noticed that the Triumph had disappeared from my mirrors. Thinking “breakdown” of course, I pulled to a stop and he was nowhere to be seen. So I threw a U-turn and found him by the side of the road a couple of kilometres away, with a grizzled old Berber man, full…
Interview :: One Bag One World
…er 25 years. He’s worked as a TV journalist, talk show host, entertainment industry publicist, restaurant manager, sightseeing tour director, and has more degrees than you can wiggle a finger at, and now he travels the world promoting One Bag Travel. So we hit him with some questions just before he set out on his epic one-bag adventure and got the scoop on the world of the One Baggers… Why the one bag? What’s wrong with two? Or three? Those that f…
Road Tests :: Topo Designs Rover Pack
…s, a company founded by three outdoor enthusiasts and friends, entered the industry in 2001, everyone took note. The carry world had its fair share of (some would say it was saturated with) companies making high-end, rugged, technical packs. What it was missing, was a company that straddled the line between performance and the actual needs of the weekend warrior. When I received their first bag, the Topo Designs Daypack, I knew we were dealing wit…
Andy Mann Interview :: Adventure Photographer
…photo bags? I think you can always keep an eye on fabrics. In the outdoor industry where everyone is going lighter, faster, stronger you see that. Recently I decided to go a little more cowboy. I like canvas and denim. I’d like to see bags last longer and show signs of wear. I dig the messenger style bags. There are a few jobs I do every year where I don’t want a backpack and I’ll bring a messenger bag. Like if I’m at a show shooting music I like…