Daniel and Markus Freitag created the "messenger bag" - a b

Zurich brothers Daniel and Markus Freitag created the "messenger bag" - a bag made from truck tarp In 1993, Daniel and Markus Freitag, two Swiss young men barely 20 years old and respectively studying design and art at the University of Zurich, had their books frequently drenched by the rain as they moved around the campus. One afternoon, from their balcony, they noticed the highway with all the tarp covered trucks speeding along. Eureka! At a time when few people cared about recycling, they came up with the idea of making a bag from old tarpaulin, bike wheel inner tubes and used seat belts whose robustness and practicality are equaled only by their waterproofing. The now famous "messenger bag" was born