I don't really *get* handbags. While there are some beautiful bags out there, I don't really understand why people will shell out thousands of dollars for a bag that can't even fit a laptop inside it. For me, a handbag needs to be functional. It needs to make sense. The straps have to be comfortable, it needs to have an easy access spot for my Blackberry, and I also would like to not have to take out a loan to be able to flippin' afford it.
However. I have to admit that while it may be tacky, and it may be over-the-top Geeky...I fucking love the Keybag.
Would I use it? Yes. Would I take it with me to cocktail bars and to various events? Yes.
I love it that much.
The Keybag is described by its designer, Joao Sabino, as being "a 'container' built from 393 keys from computer keyboards". As any designer usually does with their work, Sabino makes this handbag sound a lot deeper than it actually is:
There is the intention to generate a shape from fragments, altering their order without altering their bond to the primitive object. This lack of order allows the singularity of each object, which becomes itself, a communication vehicle that can be configured as a message, encoded or not. Its shape suggests a lady's handbag like a 'pochete'.
Right. You mean you took some keys off of a keyboard and arranged them in such a way that they formed a lady's handbag. Got it.
The Keybag comes in white, black, red, pink, and a swirly blue and black number made in collaboration with graphic designer Mario Belem.
They're priced anywhere from €130 - €145, which is pretty reasonable for something that's described as being a communication vehicle that suggests the shape of a lady's handbag.
via Switched