“I am always on the look-out for new shapes, there could be a bag in anything.”

— The Road Taken — subject: Tielman, M. — designer of exquisite bags — location: Amsterdam — first profession of choice: Rock Star — enrolled in Art School as Fashion student — unable to fit in — switch to Audiovisual Dept. — various film and multimedia projects — educated in shoemaking — fell under the spell of leather — bag design since 2019 —