DUO Bag

Category: Accessories

As a designer and problem-solver in the contemporary world, it is necessary to think more about the waste my product will generate than about the creation itself. My process always begins with the observation of real gaps. It was exactly this perspective that brought me to this project idea. Brazil has more than 11 million single mothers. These are women who provide, care, work, and still move through their days with a child in their arms, often without a support network. Observing this reality in my country, I identified a clear contradiction in the accessories market: the baby carriers and slings available today deliver functionality, but fail completely when it comes to aesthetics. They are neutral, impersonal products — designed for the function, not to fit into the life and style of the woman who wears them. I then developed a women's accessory with dual usability. In its primary configuration, it works as a structured, ergonomic, and safe baby carrier, with an "M" positioning for the baby, an adjustable strap, and weight distribution across the back and shoulders. With a simple, intuitive reconfiguration, the same piece transforms into an everyday bag. The design does not speak to the world of infancy, as my analysis of similar products made clear. It speaks to the woman: adult, with her own identity and refined aesthetic sensibility. And it is precisely this logic that makes the product even more sustainable: when the baby grows and the carrier is no longer needed, the piece does not go to waste — it stays in the mother's life as a bag. The dual function is not just a convenience; it is a real extension of the product's lifespan. Add to that the use of leather as the primary material — which ages with dignity and lasts for decades — and the result is a product that challenges the logic of disposable consumption and delivers, in a single piece, true longevity.

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