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8 Card-sized EDC Essentials That Fit Your Wallet
…BS plastic card to give you an edge in an emergency, all from your wallet. TravelCard Portable Smartphone Charger Just as smartphones get thinner and more advanced, so do the much-needed external batteries for them. The TravelCard is an ultra-compact portable charger for your phone that carries easily in a bifold wallet. With a 1500 mAh capacity, it can give an added 40-55% of battery life to your device to keep you connected on the go. It’s avail…
IGNITION Reports :: the Randoseru
…of these previously disregarded markets. The standardization of the schoolbag According to the website of the Japan Bag and randoseru Manufacturers Association, the roots of the randoseru date back to the end of the 19th century. At the time, Japan’s army was undergoing westernization and the cloth back backs adopted during that period became the origins of the randoseru. Back then, many of the schools that the imperial family and nobles sent the…
Design Heads :: Derick Noffsinger
…at once and this has profoundly helped me with organization. Go IKEA! What bags do you run with daily? I don’t have a specific bag I use on a day-to-day basis. It’s usually something I find in my office, usually an old proto of some sort. For overseas trips I’ve been using a Black Diamond Huey Duffel combined with a Thule Crossover Duffel Pack. What’s next for you? I want to keep designing and pushing forward. I want to see Pladra through to the n…
Design Heads :: Hubert Mean & Thanh Thrinh (Crafted Goods)
…u have any favorite tips or habits for carrying better, either EDC or when traveling? (T) Small transparent pocket Ziploc bags are awesome! You’ve been in the game for a while now, what’s the most important thing you’ve learned about design and secondly about the carry industry? (H) No matter how fine your concept is, no matter how confident you are it will work, when you are actually at the final stage, you see the product for the first time as i…
Berlin Muse :: Operation Dackelrennen & the ONA Brooklyn
…ns to get your serious camera gear out and about. Specialising in shoulder bags, messenger bags and backpacks, ONA strives to strike the balance between ‘functional’ and ‘stylish’, using superior materials in their designs including full-grain cowhide leather, closed-cell foam and waxed cotton canvas. They’ve managed to hit the mark with this leather satchel, a perfect fit for HK’s Canon 5D SLR and a secondary lens, strong silver latches holding i…
Pushing the Horizon | At the Helm of Côte&Ciel
…ith me and see what happens.’” The two began collaborating on Côte’s first bag designs, the inception of a seven-year-long ‘French-German rivalry’, as Wembacher puts it, an amiable creative tension between his head designer Emilie’s affinity for shapes and concepts, and his own pedantry for functionality and materials. “She tells me I am like a German sports car,” he says. Whatever their aesthetic differences, they agreed on a guiding principle: d…
Valentine’s Day for Carry Geeks
…with the converting-tote format. Alite have shrunk their Bike to the Beach Bag into a more compact form – the appropriately named Mini Bike to the Beach Bag – which can be carried as a tote or a backpack. Côte&Ciel’s signature experimentation with form is present in the Kalix Tote, a bag that takes inspiration from the cocoon of a butterfly and can be carried as a tote or shoulder bag. It’s the little things that count If you want to splash the ca…
Third Annual Carry Awards :: Best Accessory Results
…d and laminated parts into a resolved and cohesive design. There are safer designs, and there are slimmer designs, but when it comes to balancing both with a discreet aesthetic, we think Incase have nailed it with their Tensaerlite range and congratulate them for their win. – Highly Commended These are the pieces that just missed out, and in most cases, by the smallest of margins. To them, we award a High Commendation. The below were of outstandin…
The Third Annual Carry Awards :: Roundup
…rry On Highly Commended: Rimowa Bolero Highly Commended: Modern Industry Passenger – Best Check-In Winner: Samsonite Lite-Cube DLX Highly Commended: Arc’teryx Carrier Duffle Highly Commended: Ortlieb Duffle RS – Best Specialist Winner: Black Diamond JetForce Highly Commended: Douchebags Douchebag Highly Commended: MONO Guitar Sleeve – Best Accessory Winner: Incase ICON Sleeve with Tensaerlite Highly Commended: Bellroy Elements Phone Pocket Highly…
Gorilly :: The World is your Showroom
…er fan” of a product. Say you want to check an item out – say, one of Topo Designs’ bags. You head over to Gorilly, look up the bag and then see if there’s a PG nearby. You get in touch, arrange to meet and they show you the bag – the world becomes your showroom. Gorilly generates a promo code afterwards. You use that to buy the bag and both Gorilly and the PG get a kickback. “We realized [our patrons] shared the same standards [and] passion as us…
Week In Review ~ 5 April
…p your options open. Sometimes you need the freedom to glide between work, travel and leisure. Sometimes certain bags just get in the way. Not so with the Burton Durable Goods Beagle Brown Bag Collection. Packs, totes, wheeled luggage and more feature in the collection, all in an attractive, ready-for-anything Beagle Brown waxed canvas that looks good wherever you may find yourself. So whether you’re going for drinks after the office, kicking back…
Urban Kraft :: Paper Just Rolled into Fashion
…, we don’t recommend soaking it with water when you have things inside the bag. To clean the bag, simple machine-wash it, and hang dry. . When the material is wet, it has a unique leather feel to it, and once it dries up it’s back to the natural smooth paper texture. . What’s the estimated life of your gear? The estimated life of Urban Kraft bags can be anywhere from 3-plus years, even with excessive use. We’ve been using them since the inception…
Indonesian Craft :: Riding with Rafheoo Part 2
…the day’s leather workings, we board a train bound for Jakarta. With a carefully curated and even more precisely constructed array of Javanese handicraft in tow, we’re making a beeline for Rafheoo’s workshop to piece together a few bags. Bags with which Rafheoo aims to introduce the skill of an emerging generation of Indonesian artistry, a generation steeped in tradition but decidedly reimagining their storied Indonesian craft. *Follow Frank’s ad…
Outdoor Retailer Carry Awards :: Summer Market 2015
…reas line. Though they’ve introduced a number of new lines at OR including bags for the business traveler and light daypacks, each new bag is aesthetically unquestionably Boreas. Yet most importantly they remain approachable. You don’t need to have a history of mountains climbed and intense travel adventures across the world to appreciate a Boreas pack, just a desire to get out and see something new. And it’s this idea that really resonated in the…
Bag Collectors :: Alan Wenker
…ber where and why you picked it up? I remember it well and still have the bag in my collection. A blue, leather-bottomed Gerry daypack. The pack is similar to the more popular Sierra Designs teardrop daypack, but the Gerry was a few dollars less at the time and money was very tight in those days. I bought the pack around 1980 when I was in high school. I used the pack during high school, through college, and took it to Europe a couple of time…
The Best College Backpacks
…nt that fits a 15″ laptop, and interior organization for small items. Topo Designs Daypack ($148.95) The simple and functional Topo Designs Daypack is versatile enough to hit the books or the trail. Durable 1000D Cordura construction, an interior laptop sleeve and organization panel, and a quick-access zipped exterior pocket are all wrapped up in Topo’s distinct heritage aesthetics. Kletterwerks Day ($149) The burly build quality of the Kletterwer…
Carry Giveaway :: Oppermann London Vallance Briefcase
…nothing like this. Fusing Swedish minimalism and London style, Oppermann’s bags, wallets and sleeves offer clean and understated designs paired with premium materials. The brand, founded by brothers Mattis and Niklas Oppermann, is transparent about where their materials and hardware come from. There is a refreshing openness to their business model as well. With materials and craftsmanship on par with uber-expensive luxury brands, Oppermann could p…
Sportique Presents :: Best Backpacks Under $150
…ions to come will ever need. Maybe you’re into extreme outdoor activities, baggage handlers see more of your bag than you ever do, or you simply feel like indulging in a luxury piece that you’re going to love forever. Fair enough. But maybe instead you want a backpack that can reliably carry your work tools without taking a significant hit to your bank balance. Or how about an affordable and hard-wearing pack that can tackle the trails or keep you…
The North Face HQ Visit
…how they visited a college and just watched students load and unload their bags, analyzing their carry and tools and how they used the space in their packs – even holding strings of focus groups, just to nail the pocketing for school bags, their bread and butter. “…we’re designing product with Conrad Anker or Jimmy Chin or whomever it is. And that’s a great experience and these guys get out and do trips with the athletes as well so…we really kind…
Packing List of a Digital Nomad
…for the holidays. Entertainment: Optimally it’s not all work while you’re traveling so my bag has a few things to pass the time, hang out, and unplug. Deck of cards: The options are endless, solo games, two people, you name it. I play a lot of Cribbage, Wist, and Spades. I really never get tired of cards. Plastic ones are a must because they can’t be wrecked by an errant spilled beer. Dice: Six of them actually. You need five to play Yahtzee and…
Haglöfs HQ Visit
…lues of Haglöfs is its history.” The Number 1 accompanied a suite of fresh designs launched to coincide with the Haglöfs centenary. Fall/winter 2014 also saw the release of 19FOURTEEN – a collection of packs, bags, clothing and shoes, driven by a demanding, and versatile, fresh urban look. “For Haglöfs, it has almost been a little bit ‘forbidden’ before, to make a casual collection: ‘we’re outdoor…we should be outdoor,’” says Viktor. The new inspi…
5 Key Elements :: Designing the Arc’teryx Voltair Avalanche Airbag
…look at. So we switched to that and then we did a lot of different handle designs as well to come up with the right shape and position for different hand sizes, and to make it ambidextrous so that you could grab it with the right or the left hand. There’s some range of motion in that, so once you pull it you have a couple of inches of travel before it triggers the whole system. So that, again, is to prevent accidental triggering. And then the oth…
Exploring Indonesian Leather Craft With Voyej
…orks Voyej is exporting that has brought me to Jogja. It’s what’s in their designs and what this is symbolic of for the wider Indonesian carry scene. Over the last 10 years this fledgling scene had been producing some excellent goods but had been importing their fundamental style from Americana, primarily workwear. What’s made Voyej unique is that they are steering a course in the Indonesian carry scene to reinterpret the local, traditional craft…
Week In Review ~ 27 March
…on a classic design. Welcome to the Week In Review… – Staying true to form Travel can be demanding, leaving a lot of luggage looking more than a little tired. But just like some travelers always manage to keep looking fresh, so can stylish and hard-wearing luggage. The new Tru-Frame collection from Samsonite breezes into this category, combining eye-catching looks with durable construction. Each piece in the collection features a slim aluminium fr…
Packing for the Appalachian Trail
…gives you a dry and clean place to sit down. A small stuff sack as a rock bag and some paracord made for a lightweight bear hang kit. Mosquito Head Net – I used it just once or twice but nice to have. A StickPic helped me to get some different shots when filming video for YouTube. Knife – Spyderco Dragonfly 2 – Small and lightweight, all you really need on the AT. Minimal Toiletries – Toothbrush and paste, travel deodorant, earplugs and poop ki…
Week In Review ~ 22 May
…Cargo Carryall, you don’t have to. Camping gear, laundry, work equipment, travel supplies, the weekly food shop – this bag lives up to its name by accommodating a variety of diverse loads within its 72-liter volume. The Cargo Carryall is inspired by miliary duffels and seabags, but bears the distict Tanner touch. Rugged and dependable construction is a given, with Mil-spec 18oz olive cotton canvas and hardware built to last. Complementing the cot…
Struktur Event :: 2016 Recap
…customers and people. After realising that too many of their private label designs were just bringing more rather than better, they underwent a huge purge, cancelling any styles that weren’t bringing something compelling to REI customers. That sounds standard enough, until you hear that they cancelled styles that brought 38% of their private label revenue. This was a very compelling presentation about the benefits and nimbleness that a private bra…
Shop Visit :: RAWROW
…, they have a Microfibre line and the Rope Series. The former is the first bag from the company and continues to evolve with different colorways and designs each season. The Rope Series is targeted to consumers who want to carry lighter bags and is available in gray, beige, and navy. “What was made clear from the beginning is RAWROW continues to embody their theme which is apparent in their name. The raw in RAWROW is meant to invoke a sense of sim…
Week In Review ~ 3 July
…h hard-wearing waxed canvas. Intriguing silhouettes team up with versatile designs that lend themselves to a variety of everyday, outdoor and travel uses. Discover the Dereks range here. Tuck flexible EDC into your daily routine An EDC bag should be easy to use, able to hold everything you need for the day, and offer a little added flexibility for changing carry needs. Timbuk2’s Vault Backpack, Gist Pack and Tuck Pack tick all the boxes. The Vault…
Week In Review ~ 10 July
…ddy and wet conditions, and tough enough to withstand frequent use. No-sew bag repairs When you love a bag, you want it to last as long as possible. But repairing rips or tears can be tricky. Noso Puffy Patches are a quick and simple solution to extend the life of your bag, with no sewing required. The patches are activated by heat, so fixing a bag is as straightforward as sticking the patch in place and putting the bag in a dryer. Constructed out…