THE AUGMENTED TOTE COLLECTION WAS BORN OUT OF AN OBSERVATION ON HOW TO WEAR BAGS IN AN URBAN ENVIRONMENT. I FIRST PROCEEDED TO A DAILY PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION OF THE SILHOUETTES WALKING IN THE STREETS, NOTING THE SYSTEMATIC PRESENCE OF TOTE BAGS. AN OMNIPRESENT BAG FORMAT THAT TAKES ON AN INFINITE
NUMBER OF REGISTERS, FROM ITS ELEMENTARY FUNCTIONALITY TO ITS ROLE OF COMMUNICATION, THROUGH ITS MATERIAL, ITS COLOR AND THE MESSAGES IT CONVEYS. I HAVE ALSO DOCUMENTED THE CARRYING, MADE OF ACCUMULATIONS, AND POSITIONING ON THE BODY IN INFINITE VARIATIONS, FORMING A VAST VOCABULARY OF USE. PERCEIVED AS COMMONPLACE AT THE BEGINNING OF MY RESEARCH, IT IS PRECISELY THESE BEHAVIORS THAT HAVE TAKEN CENTRE STAGE IN THE PROJECT. THE COLLECTION IS AN INVENTORY OF THESE DIFFERENT PORTÉS, TO WHICH I HAVE ADDED A DOSE OF COMFORT AND HUMOUR.
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