E.Macbean is a high-end UK swimwear brand launched in 2020, a creative collaboration between Andrew and Eleanor Ibi. The E.MACBEAN ethos is one of slow, considered, sustainable swimwear; made for a diverse, fearless and culturally-aware community.
Product Details
- BAMN Beach Bag is an art-based project in collaboration with contemporary leather specialist and artisan, Clare Payne
- The design endeavours to capture strength, dynamism, unity, power and interconnectivity.
- E.MACBEAN studio stripped a discarded leather armchair found in Openshaw, Manchester
- salvaged pieces were then washed and treated before being hand-stitched, cable-tied and constructed by the Clare Payne Studio
- hand-painted by Andrew Ibi with the E.MACBEAN signature 'hammer' illustration.
- BAMN is an acronym for 'By Any Means Necessary' and forms part of the E.MACBEAN Womanifesto launched in 2021.
- 'BAMN' Beach Bag is an experimental concept, a one-off outcome and will be impossible to replicate in the future.
Design Codes
- Transparent: Supply chain and ethical practices
- Local: Sourced in EU, Made in London ex of Trims
- Circular: Regenerated Nylon
- Eco-Friendly: Recycled Packaging
