http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/08/31/top-5-back-to-school-bags/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:34:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/08/31/top-5-back-to-school-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-100191 wadcity Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:51:42 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/08/31/top-5-back-to-school-bags/#comment-100191 i'm sorry, but this post is an absolute embarrassment considering how many cool bags are out there made of recycled materials. there are freitag's bags made from old truck tarps. seabags from maine who make totes out of old sailboat sails. there's the sakku solar bag which ALSO uses sailboat sails. there are bags made from recycled inner tubes such as those by alchemy. what about vy & elle bags made from recycled vinyl billboards. dadgear make a backpack from billboards, too. there's the monsoon vermont trashion backpack. i'm sure there are a ton more. i mean, c'mon! i’m sorry, but this post is an absolute embarrassment considering how many cool bags are out there made of recycled materials. there are freitag’s bags made from old truck tarps. seabags from maine who make totes out of old sailboat sails. there’s the sakku solar bag which ALSO uses sailboat sails. there are bags made from recycled inner tubes such as those by alchemy. what about vy & elle bags made from recycled vinyl billboards. dadgear make a backpack from billboards, too. there’s the monsoon vermont trashion backpack. i’m sure there are a ton more. i mean, c’mon!

]]> http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/08/31/top-5-back-to-school-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-98791 mermaidlost Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:09:40 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/08/31/top-5-back-to-school-bags/#comment-98791 G'day... two points.... 1. to the author, the line 'student's around the world are gearing up for the long haul' just ruled out your Australian market, who have summer break over Christmas. Hate to be a nag about this, but there is another hemisphere connected to the internet. 2. I love the solar panel bag AND I'd pay $300 for it if it really works. G’day… two points…. 1. to the author, the line ’student’s around the world are gearing up for the long haul’ just ruled out your Australian market, who have summer break over Christmas. Hate to be a nag about this, but there is another hemisphere connected to the internet. 2. I love the solar panel bag AND I’d pay $300 for it if it really works.

]]> http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/08/31/top-5-back-to-school-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-98691 Androo Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:53:01 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/08/31/top-5-back-to-school-bags/#comment-98691 Ugh. I really don't think faddish solar powered backpacks belong there. Being able to drop $200-400+ on a backpack to charge your plethora of consumer electronics sounds an awful lot like conspicuous consumption. Ugh. I really don’t think faddish solar powered backpacks belong there. Being able to drop $200-400+ on a backpack to charge your plethora of consumer electronics sounds an awful lot like conspicuous consumption.

]]> http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/08/31/top-5-back-to-school-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-98516 nurbie Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:23:01 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/08/31/top-5-back-to-school-bags/#comment-98516 Nice bags.. too bad they are out of my price range :-/ Nice bags.. too bad they are out of my price range :-/

]]> http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/08/31/top-5-back-to-school-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-97607 2monkees Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:23:15 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/08/31/top-5-back-to-school-bags/#comment-97607 very cool packs! very cool packs!

]]> http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/08/31/top-5-back-to-school-bags/comment-page-1/#comment-97556 Jeffrey Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:48:54 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/08/31/top-5-back-to-school-bags/#comment-97556 AWESOME pics! i especially love the timbuktu bags. AWESOME pics! i especially love the timbuktu bags.

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