Too cool for school.

What happens when you combine a re-usable cloth bag, designed by architect trio Claesson Koivisto Rune with the donated fabrics and clothing (16 tons a year) from the non-profit organization Stockholm City Mission?

A beautiful combination that takes an existing construction design (of the plastic bag) and an existing eco-friendly raw material (the donated fabric) and uses it to help the homeless in Stockholm City, Sweden.

More details from the David Report:

The mountains of excess textiles that otherwise would have been disposed of find a good use. The homeless get an opportunity to work. (In a non-repetitive process, through the unlimited choice of creative fabric combinations.) And the Stockholm City Mission can create some revenue to help run their organization… Claesson Koivisto Rune says that they can only see up-sides to this project. That is their reward.

Very cool indeed.

I’m giggling over these photos as I find myself wanting this unique bag.

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