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Bags That Serve as Hanging Points for Other Bags

BareBag's unusual design approach

By Rain Noe - June 12

in Bags

For most of us, bags are vessels for holding things. But a Chinese company called BareBag has taken an unusual design approach, viewing them more as hanging racks. Their BareBag Nano, which is essentially a wallet that you strap to your body, has a knob at the bottom for hanging other bags off of.

The knob is detachable, to accommodate loops too small to fit over the knob.

Their BareBag Classic, which is clutch-sized, features a U-shaped translucent plastic piece that serves as two hanging hooks. The bag's magnetic lid holds the hooks closed.

I prefer carrying a larger bag that I can use as a vessel, and don't think I'd enjoy walking around with things dangling off of me. But the bag market is as vast as people's preferences, and these two designs have been successfully Kickstarted, with 10 days left to pledge at press time. The Nano goes for $80, the Classic for $100, and both are due to ship in August.

Here are the designers laying out their thinking behind their approach:

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Anthony Towers

15 hours ago

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hmm, not for me

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Harry Werner

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I've always wanted to become the coat rack.

But I do wish the knob had some more fun with the strap

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Alfonso C. Betancort

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Awful. Ugly as hell.

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