Loopcase Stiglitz Wallets … Progress …
Nov0
I have had these cruising around in the deeper part of my brain for months and they are now a reality. Wallets turn out to be quite an interesting design challenge, so small, so personal. Simon Williams has just taken some great shots of the latest efforts – Check em out – http://www.siwilliams.co.nz/?p=379 – teaser below.
I like a wallet you can throw across a room without it garage-saling everything out. Also one that can handle a friendly interaction with the ground when the inevitable skateboard or bike crash happens. These beauties are 99% recycled seatbelt, bike inner tube and advertising banners. They have pockets for cards, coins and a bill fold for the crisp cash.
I have named them the ‘Stiglitz’ wallet after a personal hero, who is also keen on keeping cash safe.
Some more Loopcase action
Jul0
Some late night and weekend time (the new fan heater makes it possible) in the workshop has resulted in some more Loopcase experiments and prototypes. Winter fun.
The first is a set of three custom bags for Sisu Software in Wellington and their Dell 5500 laptops. These have custom printed panels with their logo, are padded and have a bicycle inner tube reinforced corners. They came out really well and now I just need to find some time to make one for me.
While sitting at the sewing machine I had an epiphany about a new design using the “Loop” for a wallet from seatbelts (have been trying to find new seatbelt uses for a while). The photo shows prototype #2, I think #4 or #5 will be useful and #6 or #7 perfect :-)
Merle and I have also been tapping away at the Loopcase site – it almost has enough stuff in it to warrant a new theme I think…or at the very least a tidy up.
Laptop bag prototype – 95% recycled content
May0
I haven’t had much time recently to do as much on Loopcase as I’d like but I did manage to get a prototype laptop case made fro Tommi last week. It is for a Sony 13.1 inch Z-Series (VPCZ116GGB).
I really like having a separate case for the laptop/mouse/power adapter to my pack or other bag. Having a laptop in with my soup pot or tape measure and pliers I seem to carry around doesn’t feel right. So this format – a padded sleeve with front pocket for the peripherals works really well. You can always throw it in another bag if needs be.
Loopcases on the way
Feb2
I have been fooling around designing clever ways to close bags with out using velcro (wears out to fast) or zips (sometimes slow and fiddly) for almost twenty years, well at least since the early days of Cactus and brainstorming with the estimable Mark Schafer. I have also been meaning to put some large advertising banners than came my way to good use.
The result is “Loopcase” – the intention being a range of recycled material camera cases and shoulder bags. That in itself isn’t particularly new or exciting, but the closure, finish and general um … je ne sais quis? May well be. I am especially stoked with the compact camera cases.
Clients
