Eco-Friendly Grocery Bag
Collaborated with Regent Park Community | Showcased at 2018 DesignTO
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"Everyday use of Green Bag suggests a better quality of life."
This Product is targeted
towards both men and women, but particularly made for Regent Park women (at age 25-50) who frequently go to grocery shopping.
Dona. 32
Web-Developer
Loves going to grocery shopping. She, most of the time, cooks and bakes herself at home.
High interest in Eco-friendly product.
Usually walks, sometimes bikes
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This handmade back-pack type grocery bag,
Green Bag is made of canvas and wool that is specially bees waxed to create unique paper folding texture and sophisticated mood.
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Design
Must be
Representing 'Regent Park'
Made with soft goods
Handmade
Able to use in everyday life
Should be
Able to have efficiency carrying around
Accessible to 20-50 age women
Sustainable
Affordable
Could be
Used with eco-friendly materials
Able to use leftover scraps
In terms of plastic grocery bags
we usually use a plastic bag provided from stores.
I found out that when carrying many items in a typical plastic bag, a lot of times, it makes your hands hurt and you have worries it might get ripped off.
Plastic bag is anti-ecofriendly.
The more we use our own grocery bag, the more the earth gets heathy.
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Idea Sketches
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Material Test
Canvas & Wool
Wool is used for the bottom part of a bag, and it's doubled to provide stronger base.
Canvas is used for the main body part of a bag. The initial feeling and texture of canvas was very fluffy and it was not able to have folding closure feature.
So I used,
Waxed canvas (beeswaxed 8-10 times to give a certain level of stiffness),
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Prototype
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Unique Feature
After many research, as this community desires to bring up a new design and branding style, origami folding closure type feature is added to this design to provide a little extra sophisticated and unique look when using a product.
Origami folding only works because a unique material; beeswaxed canvas is used.
The folding line is hand stitched and it allows users to easily understand the use of closure of the bag.
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Final Product
This long-lasting bag is highly recommended, instead of utilizing huge number of plastic bags, to protect the ecological balance.
Designed to provide a well-balanced posture when carrying heavy grocery items. A colour of the bag followed theme of Regent Park, Green city, which gives a feeling of comfort.
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Showcased at DesignTO
