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Hydralis, aluminum, felt and four neodynium magnets
Price: $70
Hydralis, aluminum, felt and four neodynium magnets Price: $70
 
 
Backpack, felt, cotton fabrics, epoxy resin and leather
Price: $120
Backpack, felt, cotton fabrics, epoxy resin and leather Price: $120
 
 
Laptop sleeve, foam, cotton 
Price: $60
Laptop sleeve, foam, cotton Price: $60
 
 

Hydralis: FINALIST BEST STUDENT MADE HANDBAG

Background:

What is your name? Lissa Kooijman
Where are you from? The Netherlands
Where do you live now? Eindhoven, The Netherlands
How old are you? 24
Do you have a design background? Not yet.
Do you still have a day job? Student masters of industrial design.
What year were your bags born? 2008
Bag brand name: Hydralis
What is their retail price range? $50
Where can a shopper buy your bags? e.s.kooijman@student.tue.nl
For more information, contact: e.s.kooijman@student.tue.nl
Comments: [post a comment]

1. So very cool! I wish the pictures were a bit bigger to appreciate the bags better. Way to go Lissa! - Monica from FL, May 05, 2008.

Story:

I am an industrial design student doing my masters at the department of industrial design in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. I have always been making things. In the past I was day and night busy with projects creating interactive products where I question the essential relevance of a certain functionality. However I experienced this way of complete engagement all the time is a creativity killer and did not make me happy. I don't have a television, and I don't like passive entertainment too much. Therefore I started making bags in my free time. That is where I am now, on my way to achieve a master in Industrial Design and create interactive products with a passion for creating beautiful things like bags. This is my first line.

I often use materials I never worked with before. These experiments give new insights into forms and possibilities. I like bags to be functional and surprising. The bag in the picture has a magnet closing which is very functional and gives a strange but pleasant feeling of forces when opening and closing.

A nightmare for me would be that external resources would limit me in the things I want to do. For example: financial limitations. But I hope this will never become a problem by having a pro-active attitude and enough suggestions that fit my scope and hopefully that of an investor.  By giving form to ideas, they become tangible and real. This in itself is satisfying and gives my head room for other ideas. This creative process is iterative and is constantly being fed by the world around me. I am very pleased to give form to this urge and let other people enjoy the world a bit differently. I hope to create little revolutions in the lives of people.

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