korean designer lim sungmook has developed ‘modibag’, a bag that can be transformed into many different shapes and forms. motivated by wrapping clothes and just like LEGO, users can customize it freely, depending on their taste and the objects they want to carry inside. the project started with one word: platform which encompasses infinite potential as well as bigger value.

 

video courtesy of sungmook lim

 

 

 

lim sungmook called it ‘modibag’, creating wordplay between ‘modify’ and ‘bag’, suiting it perfectly because of its adjustable characteristics. modifiable in size, shape, and form to embrace one’s taste, ‘modibag’ is composed of a wooden canvas covered in leather that can be weaved together to create the different configurations. 

lim sungmook modibag fold modify bag designboom
wooden canvas, covered in leather

 

video courtesy of sungmook lim

lim sungmook modibag fold modify bag designboom
diagram of the components: strap, stoppers, string, guide book

lim sungmook modibag fold modify bag designboom
package

lim sungmook modibag fold modify bag designboom
shoulder bag

lim sungmook modibag fold modify bag designboom
messenger bag

lim sungmook modibag fold modify bag designboom
tote bag

lim sungmook modibag fold modify bag designboom
messenger bag 2

lim sungmook modibag fold modify bag designboom
box case

 

 

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edited by: juliana neira | designboom