“Plasche” is a bag with changeable plastic jackets. The core is sewn out of denim or terry cloth while the exterior is composed of different plastic bags. So you buy the inside once and enhance the outer look. Available in two sizes: 25×35 cm or 20×20 cm. The designer’s work is largely an ironic view on people using objects and giving them different stories and souls before throwing them away. Design: kubiquelle, Austria
Each day we find more innovative, eye-catching bags out there. They make for a great creative playground and a cheap but effective marketing tool. Some bag facts: polyethylene is cheaper and lighter than paper, which is why shopping bags are largely made of plastic. You can reuse them as either garbage bags, or recycle them along with other plastic containers. But sooner or later, these thin plastic creatures will take over the world. While most stores provide cheap, reusable shopping bags in an effort to cut down on costs and waste, many more out there don’t. The solution: take your own bag and transform it into a new, durable – ad flashy – one.
The Art-Handbag S23 is a series of different coloured bags with a small pocket inlay inside. They’re easy to handle and easily changed. The inflatable plastic grip can easily be installed in other coloured bags. The 50×30 cm handbag is made from PVC foil and plastic. Design: Wolfgang Semmelrock, Austria
The formal and material transformations of different plastic bags lead to an upward-valuation of the short-lived plastic bag – and the result is a tightrope walk between luxury and trash. Handbag: The bin-liner is folded and held by four rubber bands. The bag is decorated with a jelly bean and can be reused as a bin-liner. Plastique, Austria
Shopping Bag: a comfortable plastic handle fashioned from existing plastic bags, combined with different luxurious imitation leathers. Plastique, Austria
Plastic Bag: Shares the same cut of ordinary shopping bags, made of durable printed foils, coated textiles or thin leather imitations. (photo: blümchen copy.jpg, blumchen-hang copy.jpg) Design: Verena Litzka and Esther Hollander for Plastique, Austria
Every Almira Sadar clothes collection has its own unique, beautifully designed bag made from stitched textile and printed with patterns similar to the clothes. You might say they’re a part of every season’s collection. Her fresh use of colour and original graphics demonstrate her dedication to detail and create colourful added-value.
Design: Almira Sadar; illustration: Marija Jenko
Author: Lidija Dragišič
Photos: Lidija Dragišič, Simon Plestenjak, archive
