As a WIRED product reviewer, I am surrounded by at least a dozen backpacks at any given time. Most of them are astonishingly beautiful (to someone who likes bags, anyway), made from upcycled materials in eye-catching colors, or with Japanese-inspired architectural lines, or studded with gleaming buckles that parajumpers use on their harnesses.
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As a WIRED product reviewer, I am surrounded by at least a dozen backpacks at any given time. Most of them are astonishingly beautiful (to someone who likes bags, anyway), made from upcycled materials in eye-catching colors, or with Japanese-inspired architectural lines, or studded with gleaming buckles that parajumpers use on their harnesses.

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