December 2007 • Observed
In the Bag
Posted December 19, 2007
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With thick felt cables that give it an accordion-like ability to expand, the Stockholm bag reveals a lot about its provenance—no, not the Scandinavian capital for which it was named, but its architectural origins. Both Kelly Smith—the carryall’s designer—and her husband, Chris Grimley, logged time at Boston’s Machado and Silvetti Associates before launching Etcetera Media to tackle structure on a smaller scale.
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