We’re gonna start a new thing on Fridays here – Staff Fav’s (Fav’s instead of Favorites so as to save time, although I just now wasted a lot of time explaining that to you, right?)

This week, I’ll start.  Me, Art Star, Staff Fav.

Ok,  this is my favorite bag lately.  And it just so happens to be a Blue Q Shoulder Tote.  Can you imagine?

See how happy I look wearing it?

Much happier than this other model.

I mean, that model doesn’t even have a head.

I have a head. 

It was designed by Adhemas Batista and his art is mezmorizing, isn’t it?  I wasn’t quite sure how it would look on something wearable – it’s almost like, Dr. Seuss or Tim Burton?  But it really takes on a whole new, almost sophisticated look when I have my used tupperwear and Moleskin shoved in there.

Happy Friday, right??

Do you know Colin Johnson?

We didn’t – before we saw his work on Thumbtack Press.  And when we did, we kinda went gaga.

That’s how Blue Q works.  Happy Accidents…..a quote from Mitch Nash, Blue Q’s Art Director.  And when New Product Development seeks out new designers, new artists – we surf the web, visit our regular blogs and websites that show great work…. We’re routinely plowing through volumes of graphic books, magazines, tomes - Mitch  is an avid reader of everything.  There’s always something new to research, find out more about, follow up from a snippet under a photograph that intrigues us.

And that’s how it was with Colin.  We told him that we adored his piece, Flotsam and Jetsam.  And would he want to make a bag with us?

Guess what he said?

Oh!  And we did a new piece with him now available too.  

These are beautiful bags indeed.  Am I allowed to say that?