Oborsete is a design project based on reinterpreting a common object - the fanny pack, by using a specific material with cultural value in Romania - mușama (a plastic material which usually covers the table cloth)

Obor=market and also a famous market in Bucharest, Romania, actually the biggest in East Europe

Borsete=fanny-pack

This material is found in every market, in every home (especially in our grandparent’s) and is very cheap. Still, it is waterproof, stainproof, and has the luxurious look.

The kitsch we grew up with had a chance of getting a new face.

Oborsete makes a statement about consumerism (in a fanny pack only the basics fit, ), about Romania’s communist times, (can even draw a parallel between how people were looking upon objects and their availability now and then), and it brings the possibility of recycling old materials

This cheap material which looks fancy brings a new perspective and can be brought back to life with a new purpose.