Theblacksac
Project: Disarming Design From Palestine- Create Shop
Designers: by Areej Ashhab (PS), Florian Mecklenburg (DE), Monika Grütze (LV).
Manufacturer: Jelld workshop, handmade leather (Hebron, PS)
Year of design: 2015.
Materials: Leather, metal zippers, printed aluminium foil.
Size: 37 * 28 * 14 cm
This bag narrates the struggle thousands of Palestinians go through daily. It reveals the system of the checkpoint that is purposely designed to make the experience as irritating as possible. The bag is not simply adapting and giving up control to the system, but challenges it by empowering the people. Waiting in long lines, cramped spaces and pushing between the crowds becomes smoother with the extra cushioned back. A horizontal order of pockets allow for additional compartments, easily accessible by hand. Israeli soldiers viewing x-ray machines will see a hidden pattern of the ‘Right of Return’ keys (Haqq al-awda). Visible only under the machine, it becomes a meaningful symbol claiming the right to freedom of movement and return to the homeland..
Design process with the artisan
