Danner x eqpd

TWO MAKERS. ONE GOOD BAG.

Danner has been making boots in the Pacific Northwest since 1932. We make bags by hand in Twisp, Washington. When they came to us to make a custom LastBag, there was a lot we already agreed on.
eqpd x Danner

Built on Shared Values

Danner came to us looking for something more considered than typical branded merchandise. As two Pacific Northwest manufacturers with a shared appreciation for useful, durable goods, there was plenty of common ground to build from.

Together, we developed custom LastBags and GearBuckets featuring historic Portland maps and Danner branding. Designed collaboratively and made by our team in Twisp, the finished bags were built to be used long after the promotion was over.
DESIGN + DEVELOPMENT

The Details Matter

Once we had the direction, we got specific. Proportion, placement, color, construction, print scale—each detail was refined with Danner until the whole thing felt right.

Historic Portland maps became the foundation for the artwork, connecting the bags to Danner’s roots while giving each piece a graphic identity of its own. We translated those ideas into production-ready designs, working through the details before anything reached the shop floor.
THE RESULT

Made to Stick Around

The finished bags brought the pieces together: Danner’s identity, Portland history, and the utility of eqpd gear. The result felt less like promotional merchandise and more like something Danner might have made themselves.
“Our custom bags became one of the most-used branded items we’ve produced. The collaborative design process and durable construction made them a favorite with both employees and customers.”
— Custom Customer
BUILT IN TWISP, WA

always made here

Every Danner bag was cut, assembled, finished, and packed by our team in our Twisp, Washington workshop.

It’s a hands-on process, and the same people involved in figuring out how a project should work are never far from the people building it. That connection between design and making is a big part of how we work—and how a drawing on a screen becomes a bag built for years of use.
This is the process that we used to create a custom LastBag for Danner in Portland, OR.
A glimpse into our workshop space, where our employee Claire rivets the bottom fold on a LastBag.