Architect's Neighborhood Volume 2 : Welcome to the
architect's neighborhood volume 2. I'm Doug Patt.
This video entry is about this messenger bag.
This messanger bag was made by Timbuk2, the
messenger bag company out of San Francisco. It's
a one of a kind. The special component of this
bag is the plastic fabric panel down the middle.
I added the design to the fabric with permanent
markers. We call this panel material Reclaim, it's
patent pending and it all started with a project
my business partner worked on while he was at
Stanford's Institute of design. Brian Witlin and I
started a product development company back in 2005
called RootPhi. During that time, Brian moved
forward with a fabric product idea and started
making wallets. A good friend of his who was
working with Timbuk2 saw the project and thought
it might be a good idea to try it with some of
their bags. Brian worked tirelessly to turn out
enough fabric for bags that were eventually
displayed in their store in San Francisco. The
bags got lots of press and appeared in a number
very popular blogs. We were even interviewed by
CNN. But eventually the cost of giving our
company a hand with product development was too
much and we parted ways with Timbuk2. But before
we did, Brian made this one of a kind bag for me.
He had sent me a couple plastic fabric panels and
said go bananas with the artwork. So I did.
Unfortunately we got rolling on the project just
as our contract with Timbuk2 ended. So it never
ended up in the store but it did end up in my
office. So I've got this super cool bag and Brain
to thank. So thanks Brian and Timbuk2 for a good
run. Hopefully when our patent clears we'll be
making lots more bags and other stuff with fun
companies like Timbuk2. Tags :fashiontechnologymessagerbagsgadgetTimbuk2ReclaimPlasticRecycleTrashclothes
In December of 2005 Avantgarde lead the opening of
Timbuk2's renegade store with a graffiti project
announcing their imminent store opening. Tags :graffitibagstimbuk2
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eBags.com takes an inside look at the "corporate"
office and custom design facility of iconic San
Francisco bag manufacturer Timbuk2. Tags :ebagstimbuk2messengerbagscustomdesign