It's Freitag!

It is indeed Friday, but this post is not about preparing for the weekend blow out.

"FREITAG products are made from original recycled materials – used truck tarps, used car seat belts, used air bags and used bicycle inner tubes. Because the materials are tough, the products are too. Because we're Swiss, our quality standards are too. And because it is made from an original piece of tarp, every single FREITAG product has its own, individual design."
http://www.freitag.ch/

This is what they make...

Photo: Peter Würmli

And this is their shop in Zürich.

A bit of an original, you have to say. Not exactly Bahnhofstrasse.

The Freitag bags are a Zurich success story. Any cyclist knows that the messenger bag is the only way to carry anything on a bike if you don't have panniers. Forget rucksacs. Although they have since branched out, the popularity and practicality of the messenger bag are at the heart of Freitags success, not forgetting of course the parallel rise of the man-bag for non-cycling types. Add to this the cachet of unique, individual products, the ready distressed patina, the selling point of recycling and you are on a winner. From dirty truck tarpaulin to desirable fashion object.

Quite a lot of interesting info on their website