Momaboma Recycled Bags
The motivation to create bags from recycled materials is often a noble one, but the products usually turn out to be lacking in design and appeal. Some even look downright kitschy. Who would want to buy one, let alone wear it?
Momaboma is a clever fusion of aesthetic and ethics, or “recycled estethic“, the Italian brand’s motto. The company’s philosophy is to discover old and used objects “to communicate how much value our history has and how much value can be obtained by it.”
Their one-of-a kind bags are made out of rare newspapers, vintage magazines, fabric tape measures, vinyl records, cement sacks and even discarded homework sheets. Those made of paper are reinforced with polypropylene, lined with vintage t-shirts or textiles and are coated with resin to give each bag a glossy finish. Check out the production process here and more unique creations here. For availability, you’ll need to contact these showrooms in Italy and Belgium. Older styles are also carried at Yoox.
Italians do make their handbags better, don’t they?
[via Chuvaness]
