Surya - Le Sac Sportif et Élégant - is a design project I launched in 2024, rooted in the principles of a circular economy, where we creatively use materials that lost their original purpose to create unique, resistant and versatile bags.
The first collection of 40 bags was produced and sold out in a few months, offering fair work opportunities to local tailors and creating an exchange of skills around designing, making and repairing.
Together with Cabo Verde Sustentável's objectives and ambitions these two projects form a cohesive ecosystem where each project contributes energy, ideas, resources and skills across the whole system.
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2026 - Collection
Work in progress… stay tuned
2024 -The very first collection
The story began in 2022, when a friend found a few discarded kites in a trash bin, brought them to me and suggested I do something creative with them. At the time, busy teaching English, researching and writing community projects, and rescuing dogs, I simply packed them away and postponed any decision to better times.
Two years later, I began cutting fabrics to create patterns for laptop and iPad cases, then a half-moon-shaped bag inspired by the one I used to carry my little Surya when she was still a puppy
Soon followed dog leashes and home accessories, i.e. coasters, table matts and pillow cases. Little did I know that these first pieces would quickly grow into a small collection of items that quickly became popular and sold out within a few months.
