Refugee-made backpacks are produced from recycled life vests and boats
Two Dutch designers have worked with refugees to create a rucksack from discarded boats and life vests.
Designed to offer the most possible space using the minimum amount of material, the 21-litre BAG2WORK bags are made from one square metre of boat rubber and four life-vest straps, which cross over the rucksack to hold it closed.
Designers Didi Aaslund and Floor Nagler ? working under the name No Mad Makers ? are currently crowdfunding the production of the bags through Kickstarter.
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