Messenger Bag
Design and make a new messenger bag using up-cycled pet food bags and lined with re-purposed t-shirts. The messenger bag will contain compartments, a shoulder strap, and a cover flap with a fastener. The bag will be fully lined with cotton jersey, and will be large enough to hold a school laptop.
Upcycling to reuse an object or materials to create a product of higher value or quality than the original object or materials
ECO-logical : Design that gives back. http://www.absolutebodo.com/?page_id=3579
It’s in the Bag (sassy salvaged sacs)
'Empty pet-food bags. Dusty bottle caps. Old notebooks. All useless. Not to a handful of local artists who upcycle. That's the buzzword for turning trash into higher-value items, rather than breaking it down into lesser quality products, the fate of most recycled goods.' NORTH FORTY NEWS 31ST AUGUST 2010
'Rather than throwing that bag or hosepipe into the recycle bin, how about turning it into a belt or a shower curtain, joining a growing band of upcyclers?' REUTERS 30TH SEPTEMBER 2009
http://www.timbuk2.com/tb2/cms/history.htm
Telephone repair-mans bag 1950s for carrying tools & equipment up the telephone poles.
Late 1970's bike messenger bags - becomes fashion trend during 1980's for New York office workers using public transport.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messenger_bag
Used in the transportation of mail and goods by numerous types of messengers, including Pony Express riders, postal workers, messengers on foot (especially in ancient times), and bicycle couriers.
Recycling branding and promotion
Designing a promotional logo for your bag:
Looking at recycling logos you need to design a logo which will be added onto your bag and also on a swing tag to promote the use of recycled materials in the manufacture of your bag.
Designing a logo Key Points:
Using the recycling logo as a branding icon in order to promote your product and the idea of recycling and re-purposing.
Design and make a new messenger bag using up-cycled pet food bags and lined with re-purposed t-shirts. The messenger bag will contain compartments, a shoulder strap, and a cover flap with a fastener. The bag will be fully lined with cotton jersey, and will be large enough to hold a school laptop.
Upcycling
to reuse an object or materials to create a product of higher value or quality than the original object or materials
ECO-logical : Design that gives back.
http://www.absolutebodo.com/?page_id=3579
It’s in the Bag (sassy salvaged sacs)
'Empty pet-food bags. Dusty bottle caps. Old notebooks. All useless. Not to a handful of local artists who upcycle. That's the buzzword for turning trash into higher-value items, rather than breaking it down into lesser quality products, the fate of most recycled goods.'
NORTH FORTY NEWS 31ST AUGUST 2010
'Rather than throwing that bag or hosepipe into the recycle bin, how about turning it into a belt or a shower curtain, joining a growing band of upcyclers?'
REUTERS 30TH SEPTEMBER 2009
Materials
Large woven polypropylene bags
Patterns
http://eeio.blogspot.com/2004/12/recycled-banner-golden-mean-messenger.html
http://wkdesigner.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/push-the-envelope/
Design History
http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com/2008/01/messenger-bags-history.html
The messenger bag as we know it today, however, originated in the 1950s or thereabouts, being produced as a bag for telephone linemen, by Globe Canvas/De Martini in New York.
http://www.timbuk2.com/tb2/cms/history.htm
Telephone repair-mans bag 1950s for carrying tools & equipment up the telephone poles.
Late 1970's bike messenger bags - becomes fashion trend during 1980's for New York office workers using public transport.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messenger_bag
Used in the transportation of mail and goods by numerous types of messengers, including Pony Express riders, postal workers, messengers on foot (especially in ancient times), and bicycle couriers.
Recycling branding and promotion
Designing a promotional logo for your bag:
Looking at recycling logos you need to design a logo which will be added onto your bag and also on a swing tag to promote the use of recycled materials in the manufacture of your bag.
Designing a logo Key Points:
Using the recycling logo as a branding icon in order to promote your product and the idea of recycling and re-purposing.
Links
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-upcycling.htm
http://www.ecouterre.com/page/116/
http://www.ecouterre.com/refashioned-bags-upcycle-anything-into-high-style-handbags-by-faith-and-justina-blakeney/
http://www.projectgreenbag.com/
http://www.wired.com/reviews/2007/08/recycled_geeked_out_messenger_bag/
http://www.seismik.co.uk/graphic-design-portfolio/upcycleds-upcycled-branding
http://progressivetimes.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/recycling-vs-upcycling-what-is-the-difference/
http://www.recyclescene.com/how-to-recycle/cool-recycled-gifts