Circular Series by Julia Gabriel Studio

Handmade by a "one woman production line," colorful leather bags that will stand out this season

Launched last year, Julia Gabriel creates bags, all handmade—from beginning to end—in Houston, Texas. Under the name Julia Gabriel Studio, the brand came to be after she finished college (where she studied fine art) and was exploring ways to blend her artistic side with her entrepreneurial spirit. The result is bold, architecturally minded shoulder bags, duffles, clutches and more—sometimes unexpected, and always eye-catching. “I’ve been …

Bukvy Multi-Purpose Bags

A tote, backpack, laptop bag and handbag all in one from the Swedish design duo

“It started with an idea of the ultimate bag. One bag in many forms evolving as life does,” say Joanna Bark and Elena Ekström, founders of the Bukvy, whose multi-purpose bag doesn’t sacrifice aesthetics. The two designers knew each other as children and used to dream up the ultimate survival bag. “It needed to flat, able to contain a milkshake, be usable in space and …

Jewelry Made from Carbon Pollution

Artist Daan Roosengaarde wants to clean up the world’s air and, in the process, make beautiful jewelry. To do so, he’s designed a massive building-sized air-purifier that could suck the carbon particles from the sky and then compress those particles into tiny gemstones. Each jewelry piece would hold up to 1,000 cubic meters-worth of air pollution and would serve as a neat reminder to keep …