Transit Bags

This is JP's huge bag.  He's a designer who until a few weeks ago lived her in the Atl.  He just moved to NYC to pursue his fortune there. 

He wanted a bag to memorialize his time here in Atlanta.  JP did all the design work on the flap, and a local screen printing collective did the printing. 

After that it was up to me to design a bag big enough to fit his portfolio and still reasonable to wear.  This is the final result.  In the picture at the left you get a good idea of how big it is when I set it next to my everyday bag. 

There's a few features worth mentioning, new stuff.  JP's calls this shock web weave y see above a stuff and go loop.  The idea is that you can stuff your winter gloves in and go. 

Another notable feature is the off kilter 3d pocket and flap straps.  This will allow the wearer to obtain stuff from that pocket with the bag on and without opening the flap significantly. 

This is one serious bag, I hope you enjoy.  I know you'll be the talk of the town even in a town as big as NYC.

Michael's bag is similar to Jon's bag in that it's got a single front pocket and a u lock loop in place of the other one.  As you can see Michael opted for the fancy transit screen, and some of the vinyl from the decomissioned Moda transportation exhibit. 

This is made using entirely only recycled vinyl for the main fabric sections.  It feels good to go green right? It's certainly unique.
More to come.

One more hip bag for the masses.

This is one of the first bags that I've made with with the fancy new vinyl.  I like how the kite turned out on the inside bottom of this bag. Also of note is the ulock holster on the front where the second pocket usually goes. 

I'm really pleased with how this second prototype turned out.  I definitely think that the flap top is really the way to go.  This particular bag is even more recycled than usual as all the reflector striping on the outside is from an old flagger sign a friend found.  This bag has all the bells and whistles that I'd probably offer in a backpack.  Bottom and side compression straps, side pockets, double three d pockets on the front with a mini u lock holster built in. 

Additionally there's two 2d pockets on the inside, and the suspension system has all the usual adjustment points.  I've patterned this design now, and I'm in the process of working up pricing for it.  I think that it'll probably be more expensive than the regular messenger bags as it requires more materials, and I think it takes longer to make.  If you like what you see keep an eye on the site. When I get the reviews in and make adjustments I think it may be ready for prime time.  I'll let you know.

This bag is going out the the SOPO Broken Hearts and Bicycle Parts race next Saturday here in Atlanta.  SOPO for anyone who doesn't know about it is a really great community bike shop located in the East Atlanta Village.   Basically the folks over at SOPO can teach you how to fix your bike, and you can find lots of great parts and tools in the shop.  The SOPO Broken Hearts and Bicycle Parts race is a yearly benifit race.  If you're in town, it'll be the place to be 02/16/08.  And if you're fast enough you can score this bag. 

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SOPO Broken Hearts and Bicycle Parts 4

This is a new bag to replace Jay's old one.  It's got two sets of compression straps, and an x strap which we ended up padding using part of his old bag.   I also used part of Rebecca's old bag to build a multi pocketed front pocket for him.  You can't see it in any of these photos, but it's there under the flap.  Finally last but not least we had a SOPO screen so that everyone can screen SOPO sheep on all their stuff.  Keep an eye out, I'm going to be making a similar bag for SOPO's Broken Hearts and Bicycle Parts Race in February.         

I just got a whole bunch of vinyl printed with some really neat designs that was formerly part of an art exhibition at the Museum of Design Atlanta.  Thanks goes out to Ansley Whipple their directorof operations for keeping these goodies from the trash bin, and to Christopher Rampton for referring her to me.  Let me know if some part of these looks like something that you might want either on the outside of you gear or on the inside.  To give you some perspective these pictures cover each show around a 10' x 20' space, so the component images are all pretty large.  The last two pictures are of smaller banners.  All of this is printed on 16 - 18oz vinyl so it should hold up well.  Enjoy.

Here is my new prototype backpack design.  It has a roll top at this point, but I'm going to be offering a flap top as well.  This one is a little smaller than I think I'm going to end up making them generally.  I'm sending it out for testing and suspect that there will be at least one more design revision before I start generally selling them. Please shoot me an email if you have a comment on my design, or a comment on the design of two strap bags in general.