Yesterday we launched this page as a one-stop-shop for all things FLAP. The FLAP bags are currently in production and we’re continuing to receive great feedback from the field. Throughout the month of October, Fast Company will be writing about the FLAP project as we ramp up for its unveiling at PopTech on October 22. Fast Company’s first article in this series calls the FLAP bag, “An incredible, intelligent, game-changing bag.” Read the entire article here.
The SF Gate reported today that, “Donald Fisher, who co-founded Gap Inc. with a single San Francisco blue jeans outlet in 1969 and turned it into a worldwide, 3,100-store casual-wear empire, died Sunday of cancer at his San Francisco home, the company said. He was 81.” Mr. Fisher was a lifetime San Francisco resident, major retail pioneer, and philanthropist. Donal and his wife and business partner, Doris, “helped keep the Giants in San Francisco and amassed one of the world’s great collections of modern art,” reported the SF Gate. Much of Fisher’s art is on public display in San Francisco; a gift that keeps on giving. Gavin Newson said of Fisher, “His unwavering commitment to our city’s arts and civic culture will be remembered for generations to come.” Regardless of how you feel about the Gap empire, Donald Fisher made a big impact on the retail world and was very good to the city of San Francisco. He will be missed and celebrated.
CELLspace is holding the Ride Too! Benefit tonight at 8 pm. Since 1996, the CELL has supported the arts and alternative transportation. For RIDE TOO!, they’re welcoming back their old neighbors, the Bike Kitchen, to their new shop on Florida Street. Proceeds from the event will help cover CELLspace’s and help fund the new Mural Project on 633 Florida St. Get the details here.
New Belgium’s Tour de Fat hits San Francisco this weekend. They’re droppin’ gangsta rap – hot chicks, rasta Slash, and robot voice included – to get us pumped for the Fat.
The Eula bag is not just for women. Travis, programmer, physicist, librarian, fixie rider, world traveler, and snappy dresser loves his Eula. It is the epitome of simplicity. It also keeps him from carrying too much junk. Just enough room for wallet, keys, iphone, dice, passport and a Richard Dawkins tome. Here Travis is sporting the Eula while paying homage to the primordial soup pot of Western Culture in Athens with the Acropolis in the background.
If you’re heading to Interbike 2009 in Vegas, be sure to check out West Coast Gold Sprints Kreitler Cup Thursday night Sept. 24th from 8PM – Midnight. We’ll be there giving away sweet bags!
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