Brief #9: Let’s Make The Perfect Farmers Market Bag

This Brief really excites me!

Why this doesn’t go straight to ID phase?

My question exactly!

wow – deceptively easy. This product will have to be functional, yet very simple (since we’re looking for something easier than a couple of generic shopping bags and Tupperware containers)

This one’s pretty nice, but it’s $120!!
http://betabrand.com/betalabs/cornucopia-bag.html

The Cornucopia bag does look nice, but $120 is a lot of money.

Hmm… and what’s “Go Caddy” for?
http://www.quirky.com/products/45-Go-Caddy-Shopping-Cart
Just for being in the shop or rather “… for toting around groceries, … and more!”?

IKEA bags are amazing. The big blue wonders cost almost nothing, have multiple carry options, and can fit half the market’s contents in them. We carry two, with an insulated bag nested inside for delicates and cold stuff. They then wipe down easily (avoiding the bacteria build up), and can compress to nothing for storage. Big fans.

Betabrand just asked that question this summer! http://betabrand.com/betalabs/cornucopia-bag.html

I have a string bag that I use at French farmer’s markets. They fit in a coat pocket, and yet expand to allow a few shopping bags’ content (they’re very strong), and you can wash/dry them so quickly.

So i am ‘peeling my eyes’ in the background to see how many shoppers shop in the same way as Darya, as frankly this brief is a little short on actual detail other than a review of one young woman and how she shops, and i cannot see one other person shopping like she does? I have never had this problem but OK if you say so – everyone else is using a cart?

How about some real data Jess?????

I’ve asked my farmer market going friends and this does not seem to be a problem with them. They seem to go to the farmers market like every other day, so the purchases are small and eaten quickly. I’ll put in an idea because it is now my dream to become a quirky inventor, but I’m just not sure of the need. If there was a large demand for bagging, it would seem the farmer’s market would handle that function. Like a stand for nothing but bagging and packaging your purchases. It could be offered as a free service to the customers with the vendors helping pay for it, or offered at a cost to the customers. It could even have returnable containers to keep the footprint low.

@Ben: “Like a stand for nothing but bagging and packaging your purchases” I can’t see myself bringing a few armfuls of onions, lemons and other produce over to a separate stall for bagging.

I think people are overthinking this. Baskets, wheeled trolleys and reusable supermarket bags seem to be perfectly adequate for everyone I see at the markets. They’re all functional, washable and easily replaceable or substitutable solutions.

: With wide cushion handles (possibly nilon as its strong and comfy. A farmers market bag that has no internal seems, non creasing and slippery so its easy to clean. Easily foldable so they do not dirty inside eachother. It should also have a socailly responsible message or possibly a phrase from latin like dialecticus or better yet a translation, or a rash statement like bio accumulative. Or you are what you eat or create an indigenous database or something. Have to have a pen and paer plus a coin pocket. Maybe one chillbag. Bag should last 10 years and should make a contribution itself. I think that lunchbox painting could be an artists niche at a farmers market.

Good News! The colors are picked- Sustainable Chic!

The Farmer’s Market Bag hopefully will be ready for Spring, Darya & Summer Tomato! Awesome!

I have my social peeps ready for presale!