The IKEABagHack
This is the first inofficial web-preview via Mowecam of the IKEABagHack.
The IKEABagHack is a hack of the famous IKEA bags that serve as shopping baskets inside IKEA stores. Outside the stores these bags are widely used by young people to transport great amounts of laundry and/or emtpy bottles.
The basic idea behind this hack is to transform a huge inconvenient bag into a small fashionable bag. This should not be achieved by complex cuts, but by folding the IKEA bag. (The working title was iFolder). Only two straight cuts have to be made.
Instructions:
- Remove the bottom of the original bag by opening the seam.
- Also remove the seam on the side.
- Fold the bag (aka the long piece of blue plastic) in half. The handles of each side should be opposite of each other.
- After the process of folding two seams have to be made on the left hand side and ond the right hand side of the handles.
- Then remove the two loose remaining pieces behind one of the seams. (This is the ugly but quite simple part of cutting.)
- Turn the cloth through the open pocket in the middle and add another seam at the bottom.
- Twist the bag completely and your done.
The bag has three pockets that are big enough to hold the essentials of the semi-digital urban coffeehouse visitor: A small laptop, a power supply and a magazine.
A big thank you to Carolin, the goddess of sewing-machines.
[UPDATE] I published some picture of the IKEABagHack at flickr.
[UPDATE2] A lot of readers of the IKEABagHack kept on asking if we sell it. For those are not familiar with DIY this is your chance to get your BagHack.
Alex said,
June 4, 2006 @ 11:09 pm
Trendy
I’m sure our Ikea’s don’t sell the bags they have instore, but some cheaper version of it.
Good hack.
gustafsblogg :: IKEABagHack :: June :: 2006 said,
June 4, 2006 @ 11:51 pm
[…] Läste nyss på MAKE om en som gjort om en IKEA påse till en liten väska. Det tyckte jag var en ganska smart idé, kanske ska försöka mig på att göra en sån. […]
Mugros said,
June 5, 2006 @ 8:40 am
Every IKEA sells the bags. There are yellow bags that are for in-store use only. But at the checkout they sell the blue bags. Only the color is different. They cost 1€ IIRC.
IKEA-kasse blir datorväska | smidigt.se said,
June 5, 2006 @ 12:42 pm
[…] Gör om en IKEA-kasse till en datorväska, med plats för två bärbara datorer. […]
David Kaspar said,
June 5, 2006 @ 4:00 pm
Hey, nice usage of the the IKEA bag, I have a few lying around at home.
I think that Mowecam is mainly valuable to send periodic images from a location without other Internet access than GPRS… but feel free to use it how you want.
I promise to open source it, just need to find some time to add a motion detector algorithm that will make it 1.0.
Neues und Anregungen von Stickversand.de said,
June 6, 2006 @ 8:12 pm
IKEA-Tasche umgewandelt
Wie man aus einer großen unhandlichen IKEA-Tasche eine praktische und modische Umhängetasche für Schreibblock und Laptop macht zeigt Bas von funk~station. Eine kurze Anleitung erklärt die wenigen Schritte und Fotos gibt es auch dazu. Zwischen kl…
treck said,
June 7, 2006 @ 8:35 am
definitely, this stylish and hip new bag will provoke an new “ikea bagomania” - GREAT !
jules said,
June 9, 2006 @ 12:06 pm
nice one. will feature it in my ikeahacker site.
Bas said,
June 11, 2006 @ 12:01 am
Thank you for all the great feedback. It’s nice to see when other people like your ideas!
I hope a few people will actually start producing their own IKEABagHacks. — Did anybody out there do it already?
For those who want to take part in treck’s “ikea bagomania” without having to go through the whole DIY-process we will provide a few of the bags shortly. (Of course there will be some cash involved then, but it will be a fair deal, don’t worry.)
Bas said,
June 12, 2006 @ 7:15 am
Whooooop there it iiiihiiis: Now you can buy the BagHack!
funk~station » BUY or DIY said,
June 12, 2006 @ 7:30 am
[…] If you don’t have the time to do the BagHack (as described earlier) yourself we have the perfect solution to help you. […]
lion said,
March 12, 2007 @ 12:32 am
Please, can you help i don’t exactly understand the part auf the DIY in which u have to turn the cloth insinde the bag. can you explain me how too turn them in, please.
an d another question where is the thier pocket when you turn the cloth in i only see to pockets, please help me.
thank
lion
Bas said,
March 13, 2007 @ 8:42 am
Ok Lion, hier die exakte Beschreibung von Carolin, Chief Officer of Production:
1. Tasche ganz auseinandertrennen
2. Henkel der Tasche genau aufeinanderlegen, so dass die spätere Außenseite INNEN ist
3. Erste Naht auf der Seite setzen, wo die offenen Enden sind (ca. 4 cm vom äußeren Henkel entfernt)
4. Die offenen Enden zusammenfassen und umfalten (die obige Naht ist dabei die Falzkante)
5. Auf der anderen Seite der Tasche die zweite Naht setzen; wiederum ca. 4. cm vom anderen Henkel entfernt
6. Überflüssige Stoffbahnen abschneiden; Naht unten setzen
7. Achtung, jetzt kommt’s: Zwischen die beiden Bahnen mit den Henkeln fassen und das ganze vorsichtig von innen nach außen bzw. von außen nach innen stülpen
8. Die Sache mit dem dritten Fach ergibt sich dann von selbst.
Did that help you?
James said,
March 17, 2007 @ 9:03 pm
No all Ikeas sell the bags at checkout. They are just beginning to implement that in some stores in the states, the one near me has the plastic bags you get at the grocery store that they don’t charge for.
Sandor said,
March 20, 2007 @ 12:18 pm
¡Thank you for your idea! I’m begining with my sewing machine, you can see my Ikea Bag (v.1.0
) in my Flickr page.
ssp said,
June 28, 2007 @ 1:52 pm
Danke für die Anleitung. Meine Mutter hat mir daraus im Nu ein paar schöne Taschen genäht!
Als kleine Variation haben wir die mittlere Tasche noch mit zusätzlichen Nähten ausgestattet, damit sie kleiner wird und man zB Schlüssel reintun kann und die schön in Griffweite bleiben.
Die aktuellen Ikea Tüten scheinen übrigens leider keinen Druckknopf mehr zu haben.
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