Welcome. This is what my wife calls "a bunch of stupid jokes and pictures of paper bags." She's right about the jokes. She's wrong about the bags: some of them are plastic.

What the critics say: "Utterly unnotable" (Wikipedia editor). "Ridiculous collections #4" (Buzzfeed). Other comments: "As complete wastes of time go, it's a very high quality complete waste of time... An entirely dispensable source of inane comments about a truly trivial subject... A monument to the planet's worst corporate design... An unwelcome reminder of some of the more unpleasant moments in our lives."

Donations (unused, please) of bags not represented in the bag gallery are welcomed -- please mail to this address, and I'll credit you on this site! I am happy to trade any extras that I have. Check out the links to other bag sites, find out how you can use your spare bags, and explore the fascinating world of bag manufacturers. 

Highlights: The design features page reveals the secrets of professional baggery, and the logos page analyses the enigma of airline corporate identities. Search for your favourite bag, browse the bag gallery by country and airline, and check out the biggest, best and worst bags!

Bagsite of the month, July 2007

The latest site to receive the coveted Bagsite of the Month accolade is Kotztuete.net. This small but attractively presented collection is curated by Martin Zeil and Thomas Krämer. Divided into German, European and non-European bags, the site displays just 49 bags clickable thumbnails, which lead to full-sized scans of the bags. A useful resource if you want to inspect the Futura logo in all its glorious detail. And can anyone identify the Portuguese bag in the non-European section advertising World Environment Day? When you're through clicking on thumbnails, you can check out the Zeppelin bag (plain white, but signed by the craft's pilots), and waste at least five more minutes trying to make the green menu buttons (pictured left) spin round faster. Then be sure to leave a message to Martin and Thomas in the Guest Book. The menus are in German, but this should not pose a major problem for experienced bagsurfers - since according to bagophily.com's records, no less than 7 of the top 10 bag collections worldwide are either owned by Germans or are located in Germany.

Saturday, July 14, 2007 

Underbagged

What do Latvia, Liberia and Lesotho have in common? Yes, they all start with an L. What else? They're all missing from my barfbag collection.

What's the biggest country not represented? Chad. In terms of population? Burkina Faso. Other prominent absentees (coloured red in the map): Georgia and Rwanda. 

Major underrepresented portions of the globe are a swathe of Africa and chunks of Central Asia and Central America.

Donations from these areas especially welcome!

Centres of megabagdiversity are the USA (though many US bags are distressingly plain), China, the UK, Canada, Germany, Brazil and Indonesia. 

Click here for details.

For new baggists only

New to the world of bag collecting? Want to get a head start on your collection? Then send me an email, and I'll send you a randomly selected free starter pack from my surplus bag stock. There won't be anything rare, and you may end up with some duplicates, but at least you'll be able to show your friends a few more of these lovely cultural artefacts. Make sure you include your mailing address in your email. Offer good as long as stocks last.

This is where old news goes when it's too old to be news.

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