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The first one almost hurts… :o)

I think you`d like what we`re working about in the university. We`re takin’ daily objects out of their context and givin`them alternative uses. ‘Till now, we`re basically theorizing but it looks as if it`s gonna be interesting.

HOLA GENIO!!!! SUUUUPER ORIGINAL…..BESOS! PATO.

Ils sont vraiment terrible ses sacs, j’adore

MXXX TE AMO!!!

My dad sent me thisin an email, and its awsome to know Mika loves it too! i use theme as my msn pics sometimes. Lol

http://stuff4restaurants.com/blog2/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/blood_bag.jpg

:D very funny… the first one is the best…xD

Hhahahahahahahahahahahah :D coolll!

he!

I love mika!!! 

it´s fabulose!

original!!

bye bye!!

kis
!

mel!

These are really classy..

i love the nail-biter bag..

Well Done Mika!! xx

Very cool indeed!  This might be just the beginning… think of the possibilities.

I’ve never seen such bags on the street. hehe,I am sure Japanese love it.

AHAHAH!!!THEY ARE SO COOL AND ORIGINAL…AS YOU, MIKA!WHERE DO YOU FIND ALL THOOSE FANTASTIC IDEAS???

ca tue les sac lol

J’adore ! c’est trop délire !

Awesome!

Oh thats funny :D

Ive been doing research about those kind of marketing techniques, Guerrilla Marketing. It’s super interesting and usually an eyecatcher :D

http://www.bootstrappingblog.com/15-more-guerrilla-marketing-examples

a few examples

oh wow - those are fantastic - how did you find them by “accident”?

much love

hev x

Merci MIKA!! Javais jamais vu ça, tu m’en apprends des choses!!!
Bisoux de Tahiti

c’est super J ADORE !!
merci de nous fairs partager les choses que tu vois tous les jours je trouve sa rigolo !

sweet man…

OMG!!!!me & my sistas (cuz we are actually 5 . . .) we LOVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEE BAGS and shoes!!!!i mean we are always searching 4 a way to express ourself and our 5 different style, and 1 of the best way is bags . . .anyways i dont think u gonna have the time to answer,welll u dont even have to . . .god if my sistas find out i write on ur blog they gonna tease me 4 the rest of my life, but i dont care!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VIVE LA LIBERTÉ ARTISTIQUE!!!!
:p

Haha! You made me laugh with these! Creativity knows no bounds, doesn’t it? I specially love the one advertising the nail varnish. It’s a pity things like these are not seen so often. But, on the other hand, if they were that common they would cease to be special. Anyway… thanks for sharing.

P.S.: I confess to have bought things only because of the packaging as well. Luckily, it doesn’t apply to my books. Yet. That would be sad indeed.

Those bags are very cool. I would probably never throw those away, and even collecting them would be fun.

LOL
xD

omg…. I just love the bags (especially the first one….)

I really dunno HOW you get all those funny, great & amazing stuff, but it’s awesome! - those bags are making boring shoppingbags, a lot more fun to wear/have! ( bad bad english haha)

BYEBYEGORGEOUSS, xxxx M!

Mika, if you like this stuff, i added some pics like these (bags and other) here
http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/vdohnovi/album/49455/
special for you.

Love ‘em thanks!!

Heyyy!
I like the one with the little girl

Yoyo xx

aishiteru wa Mr. Mika Penniman san.

Moomintroll_and_snuffkin@yahoo.co.uk

Domo Arigoto!

(I love you Mika.

Moomintroll_and_snuffkin@yahoo.co.uk

Thank you)

From the Freddiegirl and the female Mika.

Ah! J’adore!
Ca donne envie d’aller faire du shopping!
xxx

coucou Mika !

Whaaou ces sacs sont vraiment très beaux. C’est original, c’est une super bonne idée. J’adore ! ^^

(j’aime beaucoup ton site web, c’est vraiment génial que tu nous mets chaques jours des articles et que tu nous fasses partager un peu de toi).

bisous bisous ♥

Séverine =)

Wow! Very clever marketing. Some people have great ideas.
Thanks, I enjoyed it.
Later,

wow!!! they’re soooo cool! realy clever. i ♥ the little girl one!

xxx

orz```It’s funny~
I like it!

thanks ^^

OMG!!! I love the jumprope bag…thats so clever. Have u even seen Benefit cosmetics packaging? Even though it is ‘women’s stuff’ its so retro and cute. Just wanted to shout out….Love u, Minx!

These are so awesome! I would love to buy those bags! That would be so much fun to walk around town in, with everyone staring at your bag hehehe :D

i really love the last bag

I’m not sure i’d like hanging out with my hand in a mouth…
But I like the other ones, I’m pretty sure it could help a shop to send more…

j’adore cet
it’s so funny

THOSE ARE SO COOL!!

I love them :]
i really like the one that has the picture of a kid on it!

Hugs and Kisses, as always!!
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
Megan

The bags were funny!.....thought you might like the artwork on these lorries - great large-scale examples of packaging someone has found….even if they are a little odd!!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/flakacars/2110452102/

did you find the pics on a site called Tom phillips humour? if not theres loads of really cool and funny stuff on there. address is http://www.tom-phillips.info/humor.images.htm

ohh yes..that bags are so cool..
i saw a woman with one of them while i was walking around bs as and i was like WOWWW, I WANT MY BAG!!

Hi Mika! I’m so glad I can comment here.
I have the obsession with the bags and packaging too! I consider the bags (but the bags that are really,really great worked) something like the art object… The size of the bag doesn’t matter to me,I have loads of bags from the tiniest one to the largest one…actually,the number of my bag collection grows every day,so my dad often yells at me,saying he will throw all the bags if I don’t throw some of them myself! LOL
I guess I’ll need a special closet ,just for bags…

Oh BTW - those bags you posted are freakin awesome!

Love
Keti

I have a bit of a hobby of collecting nice bags…if i could just get my hands on one of these!!

Brilliant! :D

http://lh4.ggpht.com/hungryforads/Rzm-HJmuo8I/AAAAAAAAAMU/vh_pK6yjaFo/s800
/HeadBag.jpg

about the comment i just sent…
it look like it didn’t work…

sorry

xxxx

hello mika

check the shoes i found…

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.funny-potato.com
/images/cool-bags/cool-bags.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.funny-potato.com/cool-b
ags.html&h=570&w=450&sz=31&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=hek8BNcmT
kMhiM:&tbnh=134&tbnw=106&prev=/images?q=COOL+BAGS&gbv=2&hl=en&sa=G

xxxxx

Coooooooooollll… heehehehehe : )
http://escaravelhoandarilho.wordpress.com/

They are so wickedly cool :D
never seen any of em b4 though ...
maybe its just in America.
xXxXx
ooh, and Mika ... the nxt time you take a photo of yrself to show us, could you please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please wear that white top, you know the one with the buttons, errrm, well, the white one basically with some blue skinnys please ? you might be a bit hot but please ? you can take them off after ...
*puppy eyes* pwetty pleeease ?
I’ll explain why if you do it :D

Oh yes Vie…, it’s a good question !
“Is it a problem if we write our comments in french ? I hope not, but can you reassure us please ? Merci” So Mika ?

I am looking forward to seeing London ‘cause I love this city !! I leave within 5 hours. I hope to see all that you show us in this blog !
Kiss from France ! Have good two weeks !

Yes! Pour une fois tu postes quelque chose que je connais deja!
J’avais découvert ca il y 1 an je crois, j’avais trouvé ca super sympa, mais je n’en ai jamais vu en vrai ni en France ni en Angleterre. Ca se fait surement plus aux USA.

want the same watch

Queria que as sacolas no Brasil fossem assim, elas são engraçadas :D

I think no one will understand what I wrote above so…
These bags are a little strange but strange is cool(and very original I must say).
Well its time to get something new a try :D

HOLA MIKA!!!!
ARE YOU OK.?
WHERE ARE YOU ???!!!
I LOOKING FOR YOU!!!
TODAY I WAS PENSADO SOMETHING BONITO PARA DECIRTE!!!!
WHEN YOU APARESCAS I TELL IT A VOS…!!
(QUE TAL MI SPANINGLISH..??)HA!
UN BESOTE AND QUE ALL YOUR PROBLEMS (IF YOU HAVE THEM) SE SOLUCIONEN!
CARIÑOS Y TE LEEO LUEGO !!
YOU KNOW…FROM THE FAR VALLEY OF BLACK RIVER IN PATAGONIA ARGENTINA…

Those are so cool!
Thanks =]

So you signed in 23 minutes ago on YouTube.. does that mean we’ll get a new vlog then? lol

cool!!!

i like stuff lik this!!

i love this for example XD
http://i.treehugger.com/files/keyboard_bag.jpg

Thanks Mika!!!!

That so original bags!!!!
 
I like to collect bags of my trips, but my mum always says to me that I should throw them :(

HEYYYY PONY!!!

JAJAJA SE TE COLAPSO OTRA VEZ EL BLOG??? JAJA OTRA VEZ BLOG A LAS 10 DE LA NOCHE!!!!

CRY CRY

MUACKSSS

XX GABI XX

Très sympas ces sacs! Il fallait juste y penser!
J’aime beaucoup celui avec le sauteur à la corde!

Wow, a very cool bag! In Italy I have not saw a similar bag yet!

Baci,
Giada

Where oh where do my little comments go?
Oh where or where can they be?

I only said I wondered if anyone read this far down. And that I thought it was time to feed the animals again.

Looking after us is like looking after some little pet goldfish Mika. We gobble the blogs down, swim round with little bits of commentary hanging on behind us (on MFC and here), and come back always starving for more.

Sorry I forgot you hate fish. Not a good analogy. LOL

hey cleo dont worry about what people say on the mfc, okay?they are very intolerant, please dont stop posting because of the stupid things they say, your the man,à la Céline,lol, dont forget (H)it !

besos amigos

I love the second one O So lovely…

OH MY!

BOY WE NEEEEEED A NEW BLOG/VLOG

WE CAN’T KEEP COMMENT PLASTIC BAGS 4DAYS! LOL !

(ahem maybe something about the studio recording? ehhm just suggesting a little)
LaFra (italy))

YO MIKA,
There’s “Ellen” up there ^ ^ ^ a bit . . .
with her 8 grandchildren! 
Don’t underestimate your
GRANNY BRIGADE:
You’ll not find more dedicated fans
than we are!

hehehe
im actuli in love with those bags
they are actuli wicked!
ohh dear i wish i had known about the blog quicker its wicked hang on ive used that word alredi say cool!
ohh yeah i totally ahve met you twice once you even spoke to me lol it was at your concert in brixton, the last one you did, you was talking to me and i just stared at you and smiled, i felt like a right noooooob i was like Laura say sumits! that concert was 3 days before my Birthday and what i way to celebrate loved every minute, thank you very much !! x
anywayss yeah great bags i do like them aloottttt !
Hugs and Kisses
Laura
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hey !  0.0 tous ces comments !!! =D tu les lis tous ?

I Love the second bag its so so cute !!

THNX for all !!!

Clémence xxx ( Cx xP ) =)

These bags are really funny !!!
Thank you MIKA!!!!
Cath

i like the last one..
xxx

I love those bags especially the second one: it’s so cute and touching.
Well, if I Axiedentally find some embarrassing woman’s stuff with a nice packaging I’ll keep it for you!
Axx

Hahahaaa
Wat a funny bags!!

Thank you Mika!

xxx

I think like these bags are much ingeniouses It’s incredible like the art can to makes simple objects in things very originally
It’s a funny idea
kisses, Lorena

I concur Aly.  Its great.  Love the bags Mika and love you.

xoxo

Good to know i’m not the only one who buys things just for the bags…........and then doesn’t know what to do with them.

These ones are pretty great!

xxx

HEY MIKA!!HAVE A NICE HAPPY DAY!!GO CRAZY!!

Yo!Mr.Mika, you past the sore stomach??? Now I am sore belly!!!But I have always the strenght to write to you!!!!!!!!!!!!ALWAYS AND IN ANY EVENT, WE LOVE YOU!!! KISSES, MARI AND SONS.

Mika, thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks for everything you share with us!!! I’m very very happy!!!

Love

Aly

Those are funny, and neat… Hoping to hear more from you!

ces sacs sont géniaux!! c’est une super idée. 
au fait les filles(et les garçons) arrêtez de vous mettre tous en avant par rapport à Mika pour paraître comme “le meilleur fan” parce qu’on est tous fan de Mika au même niveau! ça sert à rien de lui faire sans arrêt des compliments, on essaye tous de se faire repérer par lui de toute manière…  sinon bisous à tout le monde (et je sens que je vais me faire insulter..)

J’avais fait un commentaire qui a dû probablement s’égarer…Bref,j’ai fait une petite recherche sur les sacs :
http://www.crookedbrains.net/2008/06/advertisements_14.html
Visiblement le sac de YKM avec la corde à sauter avait déjà inspiré: Il y a quelques photos de sacs vraiment sympas (je ne dirai pas que j’ai une préférence pour l’étranglment du petit vieux ou le tirage de cheveux…ça serait horrible lol!!!)

Bon sinon ça n’a quasiment rien à voir sauf que le lien est sur le même site http://www.crookedbrains.net/ (le site est vraiment génial ça mérite qu’on s’y attarde) et que j’ai trouvé ça vraiment incroyable : c’est sur les panneaux publicitaires http://www.crookedbrains.net/2007/10/outdoor-advertising-signboards.html

et puis il y a ausssi celui là
http://www.crookedbrains.net/search/label/Advertisements

Enjoy!!

hi mika..so these bags are wonderful. Your ideas are greate: well don’t worry for the thigs that the other people, maybe they are just jealous. So thanks for what you do for us fan. we love you so much and we are always with you, specially me…Bye
ALESSANDRA

in my school a class made bags like that in arts! of course with their own ideas!! but they weren`t as good as the ones you found!!

christina

Ils sont vraiment géniaux ces sacs!!
je n’avais jamais vu ce genre de sacs avant,et franchement j’adore!
surtout le denier avec le jeu de la petite ficelle du sac!(je trouve pas le mot pour decrire exactement lol)
Merci!

I like the first and last bag. They´re looking very funny.

brilliant !

Ces sacs sont magnifiques
C’est une idée toute simple mais vraiment sympa.
J’avais vue, un jour, une personne avec un sac dans le même style.

Peut tu être plus préccis sur les produits féminins qui tu as acheté rien qu’a leur emballage ?? :D
Toujours surprenant…

PS : désolé ne me repeter mais est ce que le fait qu’on écrive nos commentaires en francais ne pose pas problème ?
Ce serait sympa si tu pouvais juste nous rassurer.

PS 2 : Is it a problem if we write our comments in french ? I hope not, but can you reassure us please ? Merci

The bags are really cool! Especially the 2nd one!

I received this one when I bought a book;

http://www.broodjeaap.nl/shopping1.jpg

There are also a lot of other nice bags when I read the comments!

take care
xxx celien

Mika! Veni a la Argentina!..
Please.
I Love You..
Big kissess!
=)
Gisele!

I love these bags!!!! Even I love packaging ....  I collect bags and boxes and usually I’m attracted by packages that the contents. At Christmas is the maximum! How many packages!
Love
Eli.

Hi!! Mika!! I just want to tell you I love your blogs! they are very interesting!!

Mika can you tell Yasmine that Im her fan!! I love her artwork! all the stuff she made for LICM is beatiful!!
Mika can you ask Yasmine what school of arts she recommends me ‘cause I want to study art!! Im just starting but should go to study to other country art ‘cause in my country there’s no many options.
And last favor could you please post Yasmine school suggestions in a blog.
Please!!

Honduran Mika Fan #1
Peace, love and art!

xXSamanthaXx

You can do a lot of things with bags, and I love the bags you found on the internet Mika.

You made me think of Joshua Allen Harris. He is an awesome street artist in my opinion. He ties plastic bags together to create animals. He puts them on subways vents in NY. As trains pass by underneath, the plastic bags inflate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH6xCT2aTSo

Loves Nicky

Désolé si je poste mon commentaire deux fois mais il y a eu un petit soucis technique
Donc je disais que j’aimais beaucoup ces sacs ils sont sympas.
J’aime celui avec la petite fille et ceux avec la corde à sauter

Bonne continuation!

bisou

Hi Mika.  I’m a grandma of 8 grandchildren, and I love your music.  I’ve watched you on various talk shows over the last year and watching you sing and dance makes me feel happy and youthful.  It is a real pleasure to watch a young man use his talent in such a way that makes people so happy.  I love to see my young grandchildren watch you sing—it makes them laugh and sing and dance along.  Thank you, Miko!

ouiiii,j’ai enfin trouve des infos sur ce principe de “cool bag” ou bag fun,car en france,le design ne semble pas epris de ce genre de travail.En fait,on serait plutot meme en train d’enlever totalement les sacs des grands magasins,alors c’est plutot mal vu tu vois…mais si meme sac re-utilisable,alors oui,ça passe mieux!
bref,j’ai trouve une source sympa,avec d’autres modeles:
http://nevena1.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html#599035974407622783
6#5990359744076227836

celui-ci est pas mal:
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/4361/att3mw6.jpg
mais que doit-on acheter pour recevoir ce si joli sac?
ce sont les galeries lafayettes(ou harrod’s pour toi)turques….tu as le choix des produits au moins!

Et celui-ci pour finir:
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/4222/att5cw3.jpg

et shit(ça fait plus poli pour moi qu’en français),je viens de revoir ton blog,tu connais deja YKM….
je file dans mon trou de souris et reviens des que tu posts quelque-chose de nouveau!!
a bientot!

I’ve seen them already, but they’re really awesome! =D

xxxxx