Christy Nyiri is our web designer here at www.orabags.com
We think she’s great! In addition to designing our site, she also helped us with our re-branding, including our new logo and our our lookbook – see below
Christy does all kinds of awesome stuff on and off of the internet, we wonder when she has time to sleep and shop (we’re also envious of her amazing wardrobe). Check out Christy’s new site and peruse some of her awesomeness…
and the new hand painted Ora logo by Christy Nyiri
This fall we decided to team up with local photographer Chester Jones to produce a new photo story for Ora. Check out our collections page to see the magic he produced with his old 35mm in his ‘shade away’ photos.
You can check out more of Chester’s magic photography by visiting his site www.mosbueno.com
Here are a few tidbits from his site….
The Worship Museum is an online catalogue comprised of various arts and crafts and other unique gifts designed by a diverse number of individuals. We are proud to be included in this carefully curated catalogue, you can find Ora Bike Bags in the Accessories section of their online store.
The Worship Museum was recently featured on Urban Outfitter’s Blog, check out the post here http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/blog/the_worship_museum
Here’s a peak at some of the magical things you can find on www.theworshipmuseum.com
Mel is rad. When she isn’t busy helping me out with everything Ora, she’s doing all kinds of great things as the Director of Communications for local Victoria/Vancouver brand Sitka Surfboards.
And as if all that isn’t proof enough of her radness, she has enough time and creative energy to make her own custom t shirts called The Alpaca Life.
Mel recently did some cut and sew Alpaca Life shirts for Sitka that will be available for Spring/Summer 2011. Here’s a sneak peak, and you should check out her blogs too
The lady behind the lense responsible for all Ora photo stories, Michelle Ford, will be featured in upcoming show HERE is NOW at Chapel Arts January 29th. This show is not to be missed, featuring the work of amazing local artists Jody Rogac, Heather Martin of Mono Clothing, and Salazar Collective, just to name a few. See you there!
We think Vincent makes rad posters. Check out his art, design work, and music here
Over here at Ora Bags’ blog headquaters (i.e. my living room), we’re big fans of Jennilee Marigomen. Jennilee lives and works in Vancouver and has been published in the likes of 01 Magazine.
The photo above is from an 01 feature of some shots Jennilee took of Michelle Pezel, who you may know as co-owner of Antisocial Skate Shop in Vancouver. Everything about this shoot is great – the natural light, the subject, the bike and, of course, the leather jackets.
Skewed Magazine, UBC’s unofficial art magazine just released issue number seven (WARNING – Link leads to large PDF, but worth the read). I particularly enjoyed Lexa Naicu’s interview with Kris Krug – a Vancouver photographer, web strategist and creative director, which starts on page 7.
On a side note, I just got side tracked for an extended period of time on Kris Krug’s site. Aside from being an Ora Bags enthusiast, I’m also interested in how new forms of media and technology are changing our social and moral norms. Turns out KK has similar interests. Now you know – I’m kind of a nerd. Check out his page for sure if you want some interesting reads.
Here you see a few jackets before they were made into bags. Also visible are a few of our friends before they were made famous. On the outer edge of this rad sandwich we’ve got Dave and Brad from Vancouver garage rock band, Indian Wars. The savory centre is filled by Em of the Bad Guts Blog sporting the ‘before’ version of the below Ora Bag, also available in our online store.
We recently went on a photo shoot with Michelle Ford who also took the photos currently displayed on Ora’s collection page. We were lucky enough to have Mel Paget and Patrick Obenauer join us in the woods to model with our bags.
More photos to come later.
