The Coach bag was a new kind of purse for a new era. Unlike the handbags of the 1950s, it was built to wear, and to hold a lot. Part of the reason: its original design was based on the Depression-era ...

And other celebrations of women in design, in MoMA’s current exhibit, Designing Modern Women, 1890-1990. Take that, patriarchy! Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Saul Bass, Dieter Rams, Jony Ive. It ...

Beautifully simple and simply beautiful, this unprecedented archive of paper bags, collected by Tim Sumner and published as a zine, offers a peek into design trends of bygone eras Around a decade ago, ...

It’s a common question: “Paper or plastic?” And while we may not think much of what type of bag we prefer while buying our eggs, the history of the paper bag has roots right here in Central ...

In the Bagalight line, Liqui Design applies the transformative power of design to an ordinary item to challenge preconceived ideas about the value of design. Inhabitat first spotted these quirky paper ...