By Nik Bentel Studio

The Orb Bag

The Orb Bag, a Duplin cyclide form made into a mirrored hardshell handbag. Limited edition of 150.

Photography by Mia Teresa, Modeled by Maya Man

Behind the Project

Making The Orb Bag

Mathematical!

The Orb Bag, takes its design from a special type of algebraic surfaces known as Dupin cyclides. These surfaces are generated by rotating a conic section, such as an ellipse or a hyperbola, around an axis that doesn't intersect the object's plane. This process of rotation is how the pristine and continuous form of the Orb Bag was created. Thereby creating a mathematically calculated bag, with a high shine chrome finish that continually reflects the surrounding environment.

For The Orb Bag lookbook, we worked with frequent collaborator and multi-faceted world-builder photographer, Mia Teresa (previously worked on our TUMS Bag lookbook). We felt it was fitting to shoot this in a desert, far away from human comforts, contrasting the Orb Bag's otherworldliness. Mia’s desert world was the perfect landscape.

An early mold prototype