L PACK. | Let's Make a Unique Art Festival Tote Bag

L PACK. is a duo formed by Susumu Odagiri and Tetsuya Nakajima, who were both born in 1984 and graduates of Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, where they majored in spatial design. Their work traverses the fields of art, design, architecture, and folk crafts, with the aim of weaving themselves into the fabric of communities by adeptly improvising with a limited selection tools and local materials, under the conceptual starting point of “landscape with coffee.” For this project, L PACK. will focus on tote bags, a familiar item at art festivals. When visiting an art festival, you’ll see many people wandering the streets with tote bags slung over their shoulders, bearing the festival’s name, theme, and key visual. The tote bag has become a staple companion for strolling through art festivals, and when festival-goers carrying these bags walk through the city, it naturally serves as publicity for the event. Moreover, while it can be obtained during certain extraordinary experiences, it is intended for everyday use after the event, making it an entity that exists between the extraordinary and the ordinary. For this festival themed on “wandering,” L PACK. will create a space where tote bags, items that quietly support our art festivals, can gather from across regions. This will surely shed light on the evolution of festival themes and designs across different eras and locations. They invite visitors to enjoy the journey of the art festival through time and place mediated by the tote bag.   A related event, “Let’s Make a Unique Art Festival Tote Bag,” will also be held.   Special Cooperation: Etoile Kaito & Co., Inc.