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Black leather bag with hand-painted lettering, photographed on the Grand Canal in Venice - AG Design, Arad, Romania

Where My Bags End Up

Some of the bags that left the workshop, and where they ended up. Photographs sent to me by the people who carry them.

Where My Bags End Up

Some of the bags that left the workshop, and where they ended up. Photographs sent to me by the people who carry them.

Three panels of embossed vegetable-tanned leather in violet, copper and green, worked by hand - AG Design, Arad, Romania

Why a Drawing Only Stays in Vegetable-Tanned Le...

Vegetable-tanned leather is the only hide that keeps a drawing. Why I use it for the pieces I emboss and paint, how it ages, and how to recognise it in...

Why a Drawing Only Stays in Vegetable-Tanned Le...

Vegetable-tanned leather is the only hide that keeps a drawing. Why I use it for the pieces I emboss and paint, how it ages, and how to recognise it in...

A handmade leather piece wrapped in a natural paper bag, tied with twine and closed with a red wax seal - AG Design, Arad, Romania

What Do You Give Someone Who Has Everything?

Perfume, a collectible wine, a pen, a watch. When someone already has everything, the usual gifts stop saying anything. What is left is the one thing that exists only once.

What Do You Give Someone Who Has Everything?

Perfume, a collectible wine, a pen, a watch. When someone already has everything, the usual gifts stop saying anything. What is left is the one thing that exists only once.

Vegetable-tanned leather folded to show the soft underside and the cut edge - AG Design, Arad, Romania

The Truth About Vegan Leather

Vegan leather or plastic? What the layers of a hide really are, why genuine leather is not a guarantee, and one Sunday question I finally answered.

The Truth About Vegan Leather

Vegan leather or plastic? What the layers of a hide really are, why genuine leather is not a guarantee, and one Sunday question I finally answered.

Hundred-year-old leather bag before and after hand restoration - AG Design, Arad, Romania

How to Clean a Leather Bag, and How I Care for ...

A bag said to have survived two world wars, three months of work, and what I actually do to clean leather and keep it alive.

How to Clean a Leather Bag, and How I Care for ...

A bag said to have survived two world wars, three months of work, and what I actually do to clean leather and keep it alive.

Hands stitching a handmade leather wallet with needle and thread - AG Design, Arad, Romania

What a Wallet Costs

Heat, weight, and then hours of stitching by hand. What it actually takes to make one small wallet.

What a Wallet Costs

Heat, weight, and then hours of stitching by hand. What it actually takes to make one small wallet.