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Our previous post on tote bags made of vintage inabel fabric got a bit more attention than we’d expected. Thanks to your interest, Rene has been designing more tote bags out of the Iloko textiles he’s been hoarding collecting for many years. Here are some of the new bags out of old fabrics.

Vintage abel tote bag with lime green stripes, Php800. Sturdy, can carry computers and books.

Vintage abel tote bag—larger than the one we showed you a couple of weeks ago, Php700. Bonus attraction: For some reason the fabric appeals to cats, who like to rub their faces in it. Must be the texture. And the fact that it was a blanket.

Banderado tote bag with denim handles, Php1200. Could be a work bag, school bag, grocery bag. Also, unless you run into us, you’re not likely to see it being carried by other people.

Rene designed this nursing mom bag for the artist Pam Yan Santos who gave birth recently. It’s made of hardy inabel of course, with a pretty lining and many pockets for feeding bottles, cloths and whatnot. It’s called the Georgia O’Keefe (Php2,000).

Why is it called the Georgia O’Keefe? Because the interior (with the pockets open) looks like this.

To order these bags, contact Rene at rene.guatlo@gmail.com. There are only a few pieces per item, but if you’re not in a rush he can have more of them made.

You wouldn’t like it when it’s angry.

Can computer keyboards do this?

Typewriter Sculptures. Thanks to Chus for the alert.

This is a table centerpiece.

And this.

And this.

Table arrangements at the HSBC Coffee Talks by Xtreme Works.

VF illustration by James Taylor

The only thing that has changed fundamentally and dramatically about stylish objects (computerized gadgets aside) during the last 20 years is the same thing that’s changed fundamentally and dramatically about movies and books and music—how they’re produced and distributed, not how they look and feel and sound, not what they are.

You Say You Want A Devolution by Kurt Andersen in VF.

NYRB Classics in rows.

Mr. Ive is Apple’s design chief. Since taking charge of the company’s design team in 1996, Mr. Ive and his group have been responsible for coming up with the physical look and feel of products that have helped set Apple apart from competitors. Read the WSJ article.

Thanks to Kermit for the alert.