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The World’s Biggest Sportsfashion Trade fair promotes Ethical & Responsible Design
ISPO 2020 The Sporting goods industry is huge and completely international – so when we arrived at he Internationale Fachmesse für Sportartikel und Sportmode, commonly referred to as ISPO, in Munich Germany on the 26th January we were only slightly...
Design IQ Review of 2019
With a New Year underway it’s a great time to get our heads focused and actually implement those plans we have had bubbling away for months and maybe years. In just our first week back to work we have had two clients come back to us who we had long discussions with in...
Should I get a Professional Designer to Design my bag?
Well the obvious answer you’d think would be Yes. If you ask for advice you would be told - “if you can afford a bag design professional to do a design for you, you'll definitely get a better design”. But you might be worried about cost? We know that it can seem to be...
Should I wait until after Brexit to launch my new bag?
For entrepreneurs in the UK it’s too easy to get caught in the Brexit headlights. This means that you let the uncertainties stop you from taking action on your business ideas. Every day we hear tales of stress, argument and counterargument in the news – and it’s very...
How much does it cost to make a prototype bag?
When you look in stores most bags seem pretty cheap don’t they? Surely, it can’t cost much to get a bag made, can it?
After all, you can get your bag manufactured for a few dollars if you outsource to China, can’t you?
Of course you can, but manufacturing your design, ready for sale, is right at the very end of the design process. The hard work has already been done.
Is my new bag design likely to sell?
It's a question I am frequently asked when people bring their bag design ideas to me. In reality, there's no way to be 100% certain but I always reflect on the wise words of an “Angel Investor” who said to me a decade ago “ I will invest in business’s that will solve...
How to Plan a new Bag Brand?
We have created a really practical planner of tasks and costs to help entrepreneurs who want to start a new Bag brand business.
New Year New Bag Concept Design Idea (and don’t say the B word!)
With all the concerns in the UK about Brexit it’s easy to forget that whatever happens – business and life will carry on regardless, and we will carry on designing bags to order for clients that will sell worldwide.
Give back and help young designers
I think it’s important to give back and help younger designers coming into the marketplace – so when I was invited by Bristol Art School to be a visiting lecturer on their Fashion and Graphics courses it gave me an opportunity to see what I could do to help.
Farewell respected Product creator Trevor Baylis
We would like to show respect to Trevor Baylis has passed away today. What an amazing man – he was the man who came up with the idea of the ‘wind up radio’ that has transformed lives in countries where they do not have reliable electricity supplies.