A joint project between Swiss bag brand QWSTION and ECAL students of the Master Product Design programme, exploring ways of carrying and using the new sustainable and lightweight material CottonShell®.
Ten prototypes have been selected for display at QWSTION Zurich from 8 March to 7 April 2018.
In the project led by Christian Paul Kaegi, Swiss Designer and Creative Director at QWSTION, the sustainably produced CottonShell® was the starting point for an extensive research. CottonShell® has so far been used for clothing only and its unique construction makes it water-resistant without the use of any coating. Questioning the norm, using straightforward materials and integrating functionality in effortless ways are the core brand values of QWSTION which completed the brief.
The students' engagement with both the QWSTION brand as well as the new material resulted in interesting new ideas and concepts going beyond the ordinary: a scarf with hidden pockets aims to challenge airline staff, a new method of protecting contents inspired by bubblewrap makes for minimal carry and a backpack with integrated rain coat tackles unpleasant weather surprises.
From 8 March to 7 April
Monday-Friday 11-7pm
Saturday 11-5pm
QWSTION Store Zurich
Badenerstrasse 156
8004 Zürich – Switzerland
www.qwstion.com
08.03–07.04.2018
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