As we’ve seen the bikes and bags over on @Hulsroy s thread I thought I’d share some of the design influences which went on
The bags:
me and @Tijmen discuss bags all the time, we have for many years. From different Japanese micro workshops, to technical ultralight gear and designer handbags. We both really enjoy drawing inspiration both business wise and design wise from a variety of sources outside of cycling bags.
In another life I had a few stone island jackets, now gone (stolen), but what I liked about stone island as many of you familiar with them will know, was their approach to functional elegance. Two examples were relevant to this project
1) a white label coat from around 2015, in which it had a transparent rubber shell with a deep blue hoodie underneath. It was entirely impractical and stained if you put anything in the pockets but it was BEAUTIFUL,
2) the second was a heavy cotton parka with a metallic lining which could be reversed, you just took the patch off and applied it to the outside
The second jacket was proposed as a reversible bike bag with a shiney lining, space bag if you will. But tijjy has a fantastic brain for making things and I only have one for designing things. He deemed it not feasible as the material couldn’t be sourced in a way that’s not a pita to work with and he’d hate replicating it if anyone ever asked for one.
The first however sparked his interest, the idea of using a thin fabric with a bright under layer was something replicable and not often seen (double lining every panel you’re often cutting two bags) - it was a suitable amount of effort for a special occasion and importantly hit the right intersection of functional elegance. It gave him the opportunity to make something ornate and elegant, instead of some shade of utilitarian , but also show off performance fabrics, headwear and sewing techniques.
The colour selection went through many iterations, but I knew early on Hulsroj and me wanted a blue bike, so I proposed white and pink bags. The colours of a flag we all salute. I thought it would be funny, but not instantly perceivable. Fabric selection then went on and the idea of this picnic table grid print Cordura popped up, paired with this sandwhich wrapper faux dyneema body it seemed to be perfect. A further extension of that performance / elegance juxtaposition we were chasing.
the humour in using performance fabrics for a bike like this was not lost on us. They’re light weight bags with functional, precision hardware, made to look like something you’d see on the front of the sylvanian families bikes
The opposite of the bike, in which it looks performance orientated but decisions were made to mellow it out
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As we’ve seen the bikes and bags over on @Hulsroy s thread I thought I’d share some of the design influences which went on
The bags:
me and @Tijmen discuss bags all the time, we have for many years. From different Japanese micro workshops, to technical ultralight gear and designer handbags. We both really enjoy drawing inspiration both business wise and design wise from a variety of sources outside of cycling bags.
In another life I had a few stone island jackets, now gone (stolen), but what I liked about stone island as many of you familiar with them will know, was their approach to functional elegance. Two examples were relevant to this project
1) a white label coat from around 2015, in which it had a transparent rubber shell with a deep blue hoodie underneath. It was entirely impractical and stained if you put anything in the pockets but it was BEAUTIFUL,
2) the second was a heavy cotton parka with a metallic lining which could be reversed, you just took the patch off and applied it to the outside
The second jacket was proposed as a reversible bike bag with a shiney lining, space bag if you will. But tijjy has a fantastic brain for making things and I only have one for designing things. He deemed it not feasible as the material couldn’t be sourced in a way that’s not a pita to work with and he’d hate replicating it if anyone ever asked for one.
The first however sparked his interest, the idea of using a thin fabric with a bright under layer was something replicable and not often seen (double lining every panel you’re often cutting two bags) - it was a suitable amount of effort for a special occasion and importantly hit the right intersection of functional elegance. It gave him the opportunity to make something ornate and elegant, instead of some shade of utilitarian , but also show off performance fabrics, headwear and sewing techniques.
The colour selection went through many iterations, but I knew early on Hulsroj and me wanted a blue bike, so I proposed white and pink bags. The colours of a flag we all salute. I thought it would be funny, but not instantly perceivable. Fabric selection then went on and the idea of this picnic table grid print Cordura popped up, paired with this sandwhich wrapper faux dyneema body it seemed to be perfect. A further extension of that performance / elegance juxtaposition we were chasing.
the humour in using performance fabrics for a bike like this was not lost on us. They’re light weight bags with functional, precision hardware, made to look like something you’d see on the front of the sylvanian families bikes
The opposite of the bike, in which it looks performance orientated but decisions were made to mellow it out
Speaking of the bike
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