A commission by the bag company TIMBUK2 to design a series of graphic patterns for various merchandise items. TIMBUK2 is known for its heavy-duty bike messenger bags that have emerged as popular equipment for urban savvy youth. Printed on billboard sign-making vinyl, the new patterns create a unique line of a compact messenger bags, traveling duffle bags, and laptop carrying cases.

The designs consider how the soft nylon bag material squishes and bends. Could this provide an opportunity to directly influence the pattern when applied to this medium? The result is a series of patterns that demarcate where the user most frequently touches the bag, and graphically transforms into a series of lines merging finger marks to the bag’s geometry. The distortion of the material reinforces the distortion of the image.