03/18/2020
Sqwirl.ca
OHM industrial designers from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada has just released the Sqwirl collection of gender-neutral bags and accessories. The Sqwirl line is made from a natural vegan material that is derived from trees, an environmental and renewable resource. Our ethical material doesn’t rob animals of their skin, pollute the earth with plastic, or try to be anything but itself. It is hard wearing, and like paper you can draw or paint on it and get it wet. Our paper material is manufactured in Germany and is FSC and Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certified.
"We avoid using animal skins or anything that looks like animal skins. We even think that most vegan leather materials are doing a disservice to the cause by trying to resemble animal leather, let alone that it's adding more plastic to our environment."
Sqwirl products are handmade in our small studio located in the Cottonfactory in Hamilton, Ontario making them genuinely Canadian. We want the brand to reflect our personal values by treading lightly on this beautiful planet. The line is designed to be part of a system of products that keeps your stuff organized with a clean, minimalist aesthetic.
"Aesthetically we kept the colors to an absolute minimum (Black) to bring out the subtle and beautiful textures found in the materials. The textures of the paper, the cotton webbing, the bungee cord and paracord braided outer sheath, matte black rivets, the embossing..."
