Trend brand COS has launched a constrained-edition backpack to mark the opening of this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion.
The Serpentine Bag was developed by the COS design team to celebrate its partnership with the gallery on the Park Nights programme – a series of reside art, performance, theatre, film and poetry events taking spot over the summer season at the SelgasCano-created framework in London’s Kensington Gardens.
The backpack attributes a light-grey canvas sack and is carried with darker leather straps or a prime handle.
“Functional and modern, the backpack is made from soft canvas with contrasting raw-edge leather straps and take care of,” said COS.
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The top of the bag folds down and is secured with a buckle to cover the principal internal pocket, whilst further zip-up compartments are integrated into the back panel.
Following Renzo Piano’s leather bag modelled on his new Whitney Museum in New York, this most recent accessory made for a developing is offered on the web and from chosen COS shops in London. Proceeds from sales will be donated to the Serpentine Believe in.
The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is an yearly commission provided by the gallery to an architect that has not nevertheless built a task in England.
The year’s design by the Madrid-based mostly studio – the 15th pavilion in the series – comprises a series of tunnels covered with colourful translucent plastic membranes and ribbons. Watch our video interview with the architects about the venture.
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COS has supported the Park Nights programme for 3 years. Last 12 months, the brand designed two pairs of leather footwear to coincide with the launch.
Because it was founded in 2007 as part of the H&M group, COS has commissioned a amount of designers and studios such as Nendo and Snarkitecture to create installations at occasions this kind of as Milan layout week.
In March, the brand enlisted architect André Fu to produce a presentation area for its most recent assortment on a Hong Kong pier.
