Photography as your diary. How I tracked the last 10 years of my life with a digital camera – including the launch of my backpack business.
Travelling with just one backpack.
Shoestring budget, yes, wanting to travel quickly and without hindrance, also yes. Travel with one bag allows you to take advantage of the situation.
Knowing where your things come from is important, but does that make them sustainable or even good? Here we explore some of the steps, good and bad Cora + Spink are taking to make a balanced backpack, for you, the makers and the planet.
Deciding on a new bag can be tricky business. While there is no one perfect bag, there are distinct difference that make one type of bag better for you than another. Let’s take a look at the messenger bag vs backpack and find out why backpacks make a great option for carrying your laptop to work.
Cora + Spink’s approach to ethics has been clear from day one – everyone is happy on each step of the way. Here we look at the leather side of Cora + Spink. How we make sure it’s great leather and ethically produced and managed.
Top 5 backpacks for work, travel, the gym (sport activities) and carting a laptop around safely. We look at the features of our top backpacks from 2018.
Producing anything creates waste and pollution. How this can be managed forms the backbone of Cora + Spink’s approach to making the best backpack you will ever own.
Vanity Fair features our retailer Assembly, Frome as one it’s A-List independent boutiques of 2018. Cora + Spink has worked with Anthony for 2 years producing world class backpacks for his amazing shop in Frome, Somerset.
Designing waxed canvas is easy – very easy, getting it made to Cora + Spink specifications is not. Read all about why and how we’ve finally got ready to launch our first paraffin waxed canvas backpack and rucksack range for 2018.
Dyeing for our waxed canvas bags? A few days ago I signed off the colours for summer production, signing off colours is important, yet very very difficult when you don’t have the item in your hand. I manage this by putting my trust into my man on the ground, using a combination of trust, emails, photos and of […]