This bag was commissioned by Kathleen Engel, a Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School. It is made almost entirely out of recovered banner material.
Please note: Both of these designs are currently retired. I have brand new, heavily improved designs for backpacks that I’m excited to present soon!
This bag was commissioned by Adam (room203) from TarckBike.com. It features the Mobil Pegasus, a symbol of sorts for Dallas, Texas.
This bag was commissioned by Desiree, it features numerous interior pockets for organizing notebooks and other daily necessities.
This bag features a unique closure system that allows it to expand, contract, and lock with a common padlock.
Note: Both are now sold!
I put this bag together with a special divider system to help organize camera parts and accessories. Commissioned by Graphic Designer and Photographer, Chris Ramsay.
Despite an unfortunate bicycling accident, I was able to show most of the work I wanted to show at my BFA exhibition. Note: the bags are now SOLD
Misty took third place, and won a Blick’s Bag!
The race was a lot of fun, hats off to the hosts! Cleveland’s bike scene has been steadily growing stronger over the past few years, thanks to the dedication of the Pedal Republik of Cleveland and the local bike messenger community. You guys rock!
The prize bag, modeled by Julia:
Thanks Julia!
This was the first bag I designed. I had big help from Dan Mckewen at Seagull Bags in assembling it. The idea was to make a more ergonomic messenger bag, so instead of a bag conforming to the shape of the cargo, the bag could expand, keeping the side that touches your back flat.
Click the thumbnails to check out some concept sketches!
This is the first really successful bag I made that wasn’t based on the open source pentagram pattern that a few bagmakers also started off with. I showed this bag for my final in 4th year, fall semester Fibers.
The final with an earlier prototype.
The bag evolved into this…before becoming this:
