Design is unique, but it is not unfamiliar. Bags can be made from the tops and bottoms of suits, or from recycled leather jackets and coffee-bean bags. You can also make a clutch bag made out of seat belts with pieces from an old necktie giving a particular flare. All of these can be made using recycled cloth and fabric.
Ecoinblank is a social enterprise, a type of community-focused business, where abandoned fabric is changed into recycled bags with one-of-a-kind designs. The fabric all comes from the suit company PARKLAND and from the Open Closet charity.
According to some statistics, an average fashion company can throw away unsold products worth some KRW 4 billion per year. Ecoinblank produces their products in an ecofriendly manner and using an "up-cycling" business model in order to realize social value. “Up-cycling” is a development of “re-cycling” where design and production are used to turn recyclable materials into new high-value products.
B.BAG is a one of Ecoinblank's main brands, meaning “go beyond a bag.” The brand's goal is to focus on the environment and to send out a positive message. It doesn't only use the tops and bottoms of old suits, but it also uses tents, coffee-bean bags and even seat belts as material for its innovative designs.
B.BAG's Jigsaw Bag, part of its line of tote bags, combines many kinds of recycled fabrics, and the design is completed by connecting one part to another. It makes good use of the features of each fabric, too. Using these techniques, B.BAG can create a tote bag that has almost 70-80% recycled material.
By Gu Kyeong-ah
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photos : ecoinblank
joamanner@korea.kr
Bags can be reborn using recycled remnants of old garments.
Ecoinblank is a social enterprise, a type of community-focused business, where abandoned fabric is changed into recycled bags with one-of-a-kind designs. The fabric all comes from the suit company PARKLAND and from the Open Closet charity.
Ecoinblank uses an ecofriendly business model to cut down on expenses and to help save the environment by using unused recycled fabric.
According to some statistics, an average fashion company can throw away unsold products worth some KRW 4 billion per year. Ecoinblank produces their products in an ecofriendly manner and using an "up-cycling" business model in order to realize social value. “Up-cycling” is a development of “re-cycling” where design and production are used to turn recyclable materials into new high-value products.
Ecoinblank produces a wide range of products, like its card bag, tote Bag and backpack.
B.BAG is a one of Ecoinblank's main brands, meaning “go beyond a bag.” The brand's goal is to focus on the environment and to send out a positive message. It doesn't only use the tops and bottoms of old suits, but it also uses tents, coffee-bean bags and even seat belts as material for its innovative designs.
B.BAG's Jigsaw Bag, part of its line of tote bags, combines many kinds of recycled fabrics, and the design is completed by connecting one part to another. It makes good use of the features of each fabric, too. Using these techniques, B.BAG can create a tote bag that has almost 70-80% recycled material.
By Gu Kyeong-ah
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photos : ecoinblank
joamanner@korea.kr
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