Bag transforms by design on shell

toma — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 22:41:05 +0000

Shirrley is a versatile bag made out of a piece of mesh fabric and a single strand of string. The simple form gives it flexibility to carry different types of products and things with its adjustable shape. When it is fully collapsed the bag looks like a stylish shirred handbag.

The user could stretch out and adjust the height of it and could use as a shoulder bag with more inner capacity. When fully stretched, it eventually becomes a full-size grocery bag. The design of Shirrley came out from a simple question ‘Why most of the grocery bags are folded and hidden inside other bags?’ Simple beauty in everyday life is what Shirrley stands for.

by design on shell from Singapore

GRAND Lock by Mathieu Gustafsson

toma — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:48:39 +0000

In the LOCK cabinet, the ball clasp looking mechanism stands out and becomes the centre of the attention. The ingenious way this cabinet actually locks is reminiscent of the details found in old fashioned women’s handbags where the brass finishing along the edge of the doors ends in a small brass ball giving the generally minimalistic piece originality and a strong identity. Like the clasp on a handbag, this shiny version lures and invites you to unlock it to reveal the pine veneered interior, inside.

A cabinet inspired by handbag. Here the ball clasp locking mechanism is the center of attention.
When opening, the pine veneered interior reveals itself much like the precious fabric inside of a handbag.

Swedish/French designer Mathieu Gustafsson

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Bag transforms by design on shell

GRAND Lock by Mathieu Gustafsson