Backpack and bag in one - from QWSTION and here in an extra small and handy version, equipped with integrated padded laptop compartment for notebooks up to 13 inches or corresponding tablet formats, large zippered compartment in front and a hidden compartment for valuables. With adjustable backpack straps and handle option.

Bags are either chic or practical, elegant or functional. Only rarely are they both - unless they come from QWSTION. The small company, which is highly motivated to challenge conventional standards, focuses on design for functional luggage in all situations - from long journeys to everyday mobility.

Behind QWSTION is a team of dedicated specialists led by Swiss industrial designer Christian Kaegi. It all started with a piece of luggage that was to be more functional than a classic leather bag and more elegant than a sports backpack, robust and hard-wearing on the one hand and made from natural materials on the other.

Influenced by the signature of Swiss design, the QWSTION team from Zurich develops timeless designs with practical details - and with impressive precision. For example, every bag is also a rucksack - and vice versa. The wide fabric straps are characteristic. They form the structure of the bags - elaborately and robustly sewn - in almost all parts of the range. Thanks to the hard-wearing outer material and many practical features, they are perfect everyday companions.

QWSTION makes no compromises when it comes to the choice of materials. The Swiss company uses organic cotton and recycled materials that are processed to the highest standards. The most important production partner is a small factory in the city of Huizhou outside Hong Kong, which is BSCI (Business and Social Compliance Initiative) audited. The EU initiative aims to implement European standards with regard to working conditions and ecological aspects in non-EU countries.

Alternatively, the manufacturer is launching its own textile on the market: Bananatex® is the world's first technical fabric made from banana plant fibers, which is now being used in the company's own bag collection for the first time. Because QWSTION is a variation of the English word "question", the Swiss question the established and established. The dedicated team conducted intensive material research for over three years. The abaca banana plant is cultivated in the Philippine highlands. As a natural alternative to synthetic, petroleum-based textiles, the in-house development - used for the first time in the latest bag collection - is very robust and durable, lightweight and flexible with a finely textured feel. A layer of beeswax makes the canvas fabric water-repellent, hard-wearing and develops a beautiful patina with use.