The making of Tingo 07.10.09
Tingo, one of our largest bags, was inspired by the need to carry a large volume of objects but have alternative options in how to carry the bag. I wanted this bag to have a lot of complementary metal to the abundance of leather as there is close to 20 square feet of cow leather used in the construction of Tingo!
Like all of our products, Tingo started with a sketch. I prefer to hand draw a concept first and then refine it in Adobe Illustrator. For products that require a little bit more depth, I’ll export the paths into Photoshop and add some shading to give it a more three dimensional feel.
Initial Tingo sketch
Following conceptualizing, I made a sample of the bag in Polyurethane (PU), which is essentially fake leather, to test the 3D form. Following a series of marks on the bag itself, an initial leather sample was made with stock metal pieces. We initially sourced a Brazilian cow leather that be seen below. Although the leather was of good quality, we found it be a bit dull, stiff and heavy.
First sample Tingo in Brazilian Cow Leather
Again, some tweaks were made to the first sample, leather logo stamp and custom logo stamped metal pieces were put onto a lighter Italian cow leather with higher. The result was exactly what we were looking for and the refined Tingo was born.
Final Tingo in Italian Cow Leather
