Bag label Jas M.B. aka Jas Sehmbi has put a new spin on the term 'oversized bag'. He's gone and done a Honey I've Blown Up the Kids trick to his trademark Jas M.B. Traveller bag in an attempt to make the 'World's Largest Bag". This has not yet been officially verified by the Guinness Book of World Records but we're sure Jas M.B. is well up there with his 2m high and 4m wide bag that took 55 sq metres of locally sourced leather and 150 hours to stitch together.  The installation is currently at Saatchi & Saatchi on Charlotte Street.

Guests were invited to write personal messages on the canvas lining of the bag creating the first tales of many as the giant Traveller will be making its way in a worldwide road-show, collecting stories and art everywhere. Woe upon the couriers who have to transport this beast of a bag. 
 
Dazed Digital: What prompted you to make the 'world's largest bag'?
Jas Sehmbi: I’ve done lots of events in Japan and other countries through the brand that just don’t happen here. I wanted to create an installation that was about interacting with people; customers, friends, fellow art-lovers. Without these people there would be no need to design products.
 
DD: What was the biggest logistical problem of making the bag?
Jas Sehmbi: The biggest logical problem was actually trying to HOLD the bag whilst it was being stitched. We had 4 or 5 people holding it, 154 pieces of leather stitched together. The final stitch was perfect. Sheer joy, it was an unbelievable feeling of relief. Making the pattern to that scale also proved difficult. I just didn’t have the space, I went into the street to draw one in a car park!
 
DD: Where will it be travelling and what tales/stories do you hope it will come back with?
Jas Sehmbi: To Japan, China, Paris, Milan and New York. The  stories would be about the positioning of the bag and what is written inside it by artists, and what has happened inside this bag over its journey.