Data Roaming
Category: Accessories
Competitions: International
The phenomenon of Digital Nomads refers to those who only need a laptop and a wifi connection to work from anywhere in the world and live a nomadic way of life. This phenomenon expanded after the Corona Virus crisis, in a world where the question of how strong our connection to physical property is more relevant than ever, my project is based on the pattern of constant traveling and packing of the modern person, which I demonstrated through the transition between two-dimensional, three-dimensional and transience as a sign of freedom to change our packing tools according to the place and the need. The bag I created is made of two bags. It is a bag within a bag. The outer cover (brown) is made of recycled cow leather and its inner layer is created from pig leather while the insider bag (orange) is made of recycled goat leather. Inside the bag there is a stiff recycled cardboard lining. The entire bag was created using a similar technique to a cardboard box that folds and turns into three dimensions from two dimensions so it can be re-used thanks to the material chosen and the thickness of the final 'product'. The outer bag wraps and protects the inner bag and can also function as sort of a shield for sensitive items. Inside the bag you can find hooks on which you can hang and lay other objects that suit this inner bag and will easily join to your journey(: The tension between the cow’s leather and the softness of the goat's leather creates a complex versatile bag that can both be flexible and resistant at the same time. The quality of the leathers used to create this bag are well demonstrating the similarity between the leather of the cow, the goat and the human leather, which gave that bag a lively look and feel that also reflects our journey in life as human beings which are evolutionary speaking: nomad-hunter-gatherers in which we unintendedly have to rely on the animal world and especially the cattle living among us. When you touch the bag in its final form you can feel that connection between us humans and the cow and goat outer layer.
