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An Architect’s Bag 002

September 7, 2013 by Bob Borson 18 Comments

A few weeks ago, in a moment of weakness, I decided to take my architectural bag – the bag that carries my treasures between home and the office – pull everything out and show it to the world. Because misery loves company, I offered up to anyone in the architectural, construction, design industry, to follow my lead, and send me the contents of their bag.

I received enough submissions that I thought I would run the entries over the next several weekends. As I went through the photos people sent me, I discovered that in many ways, the content is as similar as it is dissimilar.

Today’s architectural bag and contents:
Rafael Pinoy
De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, School of Design and Arts (SDA-AR)
Manila, Philippines

Architect Rafael Ian Pinoy's bag

The contents of architect Rafael Ian Pinoy's bag

1. Bag is a Mamba Slim by Booq bags

2. Light Green Hard Drive by Ryde design

3. Aviator Shades: Rayban

4. Bamboo Wacom touch pen

5. Apple Macbook pro 15″

6. Moleskin San Francisco limited edition notebook

7. Datum pencil-case: my 8-year-old pencil-case that I never leave behind.

includes:

livescribe 2gb pen

3 rotring mechanical pencils in HB in different line weights .3,.5 and .7

Sony 8gb usb

Staedtler .3mm mechanical pencil

2 Rotring clutch pencils in F and HB

2 Letraset .3 and .7 pens

2 Unipin .5 and .4 pens

1 Pentel red powergel

Mechanical pencil leads

8. Livescribe Notebook: (the one I use for notes in class while I record the entire lecture)

9. London Underground mouse pad

10. Microsoft mouse

11. Coach clip wallet

12. Apple iPhone 5

13. iPhone Charger

14. iPod Charger

15. iPod Nano

16. Livescribe pen charger

17. USB cable

18. Casio Scientific Calculator

19. Macbook pro charger in quirky cord case

 

There you have it – a sneak peek into the bag of Rafael Pinoy. If you want any of these items for yourself – or maybe you just want to see what they might cost – I added some links on some special items will take you to the right place.

I think it would be sort of fun to see what other people – designers, students, contractors – anyone who carries a bag – has in their bag. If you feel so inclined as to share, just send your pictures in to me and I’ll try and post it here on the site. All you need to do is copy the format I have above (don’t worry about adding the numbers to your image, I’ll take care of that for you. Take a picture of your bag closed, and then one with all the contents spread out on some surface, with a description of the contents. If your pictures are in focus, chance are extremely good that they’ll show up here on site. I think this could make for an extremely interesting photo essay.

Just email them to me at bob [at] lifeofanarchitect [dot] com

Cheers,

Bob AIA signature

 

Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in the post above are “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will add value to my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”

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