Bike saddle and top tube bag #adaptation #fold #system

In this project for a bicycle bag for the saddle and top tube, I take advantage of the textiles foldability and adaptability to objects in the system made of pure textile and flexible fastenings. A flat, rectangular sheet of textile adapts three-dimensionally. The stability of the textile construction is a question of the interplay between the type of textile, the packing of the volume, and the connection to the saddle, which must be precisely coordinated.

The starting point for this project is a conceptual approach and questioning without criticising existing saddlebags in general.
Namely that, apart from the use of straps or elastic cords, the specific qualities that a textile itself brings with it – such as foldability and adaptability to shapes – are hardly used as a starting point. With the exception of the roll-top, many textile products appear to be developed as if the material were treated like hard plastic injection molding: three-dimensional complex non-geometric shapes are conceived and then implemented exactly as such with textiles with less consideration of their own qualities.