Design Respeck! (Part 4: Camping Edition)

I've never been a huge advocate for camping for many reasons, but these things make me change my tune COMPLETELY. Well, maybe just for a couple nights...at a campground with a shower and wi-fi. Anyway, check out these totally rad camping essentials revisited:

Eiko Ishizawa Bear Sleeping bag

"So far this is the best sleeping bag ever, made by Eiko Ishizawa a multitalented artist based n’ Amsterdam. Inspired on history of a bear who stalks tourists around the alps for a long time, moving from mountain to mountain was a pain on the ass for the hunters. The story talks about camouflage, the power of the beast and the fear of humans to the power of nature." - Fatlace

Aside from a pretty remarkable back story, this "sleeping bear" is just ridiculously cool. Going back to the first "Design Respeck!" criteria of what good design is, this bag definitely blows innovation out of the water. You can check out the first post again here. I wonder if there is a fat bear version slated for release so that it can be shared.

Via Fatlace

School of Visual Arts: Toilet Paper

This comes from the ad agency KNARF for the School of Visual Arts. It was an effort to encourage thought in all sorts of places by giving them a place to write down their ideas. Pretty awesome concept. I wonder if it's 2-ply? They have a bunch of different applications for this "think" campaign, so check out the rest of them here.

Via Toxel