Young Designers '13

Diploma Project

FUROGAMI – Convertible Bags

Keywords

Shape-shifting bags
Furoshiki
Japanese art
Multi-utility

Student

Neha Motghare

nehamotghare@gmail.com
http://www.nehamotghare.jux.com

Guide

Gourab Kar

gourab@nid.edu

Sponsor

VIP Industries Ltd

Synopsis

With job-related travelling on the rise, the project called for designing a bag which can convert from a daily office bag into a weekender. The benefits of both ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ came together in the unusual construction of this bag which was inspired from the traditional Japanese art of Furoshiki and Origami.

The two end products were designed to fold into multiple ways and transform into anything from a tote to a duffel bag to a weekender to a flat-pack; or from an A2 portfolio to a weekender to a flat-pack. Aesthetically rich in detail as well as highly functional, the bag aims to appeal to the taste of today’s fashion-oriented young working professionals.