Image credit: Freitag In 1993, two graphic designers, Markus and Daniel Freitag, were looking for a functional, watertight bag to carry their work in, but couldn’t find one on the market. The solution, they found, was humming past the front of their Zurich flat every day. Taking inspiration from the colorful tarps closing the sides of flatbed trucks, the brothers used their apartment as a makeshift studio and created a line of messenger bags from recycled truc… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The Story of Freitag Bags: Building a Business Around Reclaimed Materials (Slideshow)
