Luke Phillips from Into Carry on material collaborations for their modular bag designs | Episode 4

Luke Phillips is the designer behind modular bag brand Into Carry. Trained in industrial design, Luke started the brand in 2019, after tinkering around with bag designing for years, and it’s now grown to become his full-time job. Born out of a design to find a solution for waste, the bags have a recycled base material which gives them structural integrity. This is the canvas for a whole variety of textiles and waste streams, from Nursery Planter bags which make their green and black core designs, to limited ranges using denim and tartan storage bags from Upparel, to pieced offcuts in collaboration with REBORN by HoMie. Designed as a flat panel, the bags are snapped into shape with industrial press studs, meaning they can be opened up for cleaning when needed. All of their bag designs are modular, designed to interlock and fit with each other, so that you can mix it up to meet the needs for each day.

Listen in as we start by covering their work with Upparel, from the initial meeting and early discussions. Then we dive further into the details, talking about design development and finances, and how Luke has had those discussions with collaborators. We also talk about their work with REBORN by HoMie and what happens to the waste that Into Carry themselves produce. Finally, we talk values and what they get out of the collaboration, as well as where Luke sees the brand going in the future.

 

About the Research:

This podcast is part of my (Julia English’s) PhD research at RMIT University. Please note, engagement with this podcast (for example, reviews) will be included in the research. If you wish your engagement to be excluded, please email me (Julia.english@student.rmit.edu.au). Your engagement helps me understand whether sharing interviews in this way is helpful and assists my research in identifying if this knowledge is of value to the local industry. You can find more information on my Instagram including an FAQ section, as I am also using feedback through my social media channels.

My research is looking into how people like Luke are working together to do these types of projects, where waste is being remade into new things. The way that I am finding out more about these types of projects is through interviews, and that is what you are listening to on the podcast. As noted in the recording, these are edited to create a smooth sounding podcast and some parts of the interview may have been excluded if not suitable for public sharing, or if the interview was overly long.

This research project has had ethics approval through RMIT University (2021-24506-15223).

Links & Contact Info:

For more on Into Carry: https://intocarry.co/

Project Blank: https://projectblank.com.au/pages/intocarry

Megara: https://megara.com.au/

Upparel Bags: https://upparel.com.au/product/into-carry-bag/

REBORN by HoMie: https://homie.com.au/collections/reborn

Keen to connect with me?

Instagram: _julia.english_

Email: Julia.english@student.rmit.edu.au

 

Credits:

Music by Frank Henry, with thanks.

This PhD research is funded by an Australian Research Training Program Scholarship.

 

Transcripts & Citation:

For access to both pdf and text files of transcripts, head over here:

https://doi.org/10.25439/rmt.19322270

Please cite as:

English, Julia (2022): Luke Phillips from Into Carry on material collaborations for their modular bag designs | Episode 4 | Seam Change Podcast. RMIT University. Media. https://doi.org/10.25439/rmt.19322270