Today’s catch is five bags that were drawn around their contents rather than around a category — a helmet, a U-lock, twelve pens held apart so they don’t rattle, shears kept on the outside where a panicking hand can reach them — opening with the essay on the furoshiki, the kont and the doko, which is the same idea arrived at several thousand years earlier.
A 2.2L sling sized for pocket tools, cables, and a Kindle
→ baboontothemoon.com
A bike-messenger bag reengineered with a chef's kit in mind, now a full 29L pack
→ tilitnyc.com
Six carry systems that solved it before Cordura existed
→ carryology.com
Designed to carry a pilot's helmet off the flight line, and never meant to leave
→ carryology.com
Three litres, and one of them is shaped like a U-lock
→ chromeindustries.com
Eight inches that unrolls into twelve pens and still has room for a charger
→ theawesomer.com
The pouch you'll actually keep where you can find it
→ theawesomer.com