The designer bag is made from a new material that will also line Volvo's future electric cars
As a car manufacture, Volvo has been at the forefront of the sustainable movement, and part of its initiatives is to rely less on animal products. It's expanding this effort with a new collaboration with Phillip Lim on a travel bag crafted from Nordico, which is made up of recycled PET bottles and wine corks as well as bio-attributed material from sustainable forests in Sweden and Finland.
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Propelled by an increasing awareness of conscious design, the bag fits the ethos of form meets function with a chic appearance and a practical Scandinavia-inspired design with roomy compartments for all your valuables.
Lim, co-founder and creative director of 3.1 Phillip Lim, says: “Sustainability has been a part of the 3.1 brand from the beginning; working to achieve a sustainable balance in everything we do. Our brand mantra is to make less, mean more. Connecting with Volvo on this sustainability project, was an instant alignment of values. I strongly feel that in our collective current state of mind, we have the freedom to find sustainable solutions with new materials, while still being able to achieve high design, which is the ultimate luxury.”
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