Mar 5, 2016
NoBorders Backpack
A waterproof dinghy-to-backpack to be handed out to refugees for their long journey through Europe.
We are a design collective named 'Embassy for the Displaced'. Operating between London, Athens and Lesvos island, we design within -and for- the refugee crisis that unfolds all the way from Afghanistan, through the Middle East and Greece, into western Europe. We approach design as a social necessity and a tool not only towards survival, but also towards dignity.
NoBorders Backpack is our main project. Using nothing but materials sourced along the coasts of Lesvos island, NE Greece, a 50-60lt waterproof backpack was designed and built to be handed out to refugees for their long journey through Europe.