Option 1: Bag & Packaging Design & Technical Pack

You have a product that needs packaging, and you need to bring it to life, or you want to make a bag to sell at retail, and don’t know where to start.

This option is for you. You can have a conversation with our bag designer, who will take time to understand what you want to achieve and will make it come alive for you though sketches to begin with. Then once you’ve chosen your preferred route, we will supply a formal technical drawing which will include everything you need to have the bag manufactured.

What happens next?

  1. Initial video call with our bag designer to discuss your brief. Complete this bag fact-finder before the call which will help you frame what you need help with.
  2. Design presentation created and sent to you with initial sketches based on the brief.
  3. Final design CADs are sent for approval.
  4. Your bag technical pack is created and you can send up to 3 sets of consolidated amendments to finalise it.
  5. The Design process usually takes around 2 weeks from start to finish.
  6. Fee includes 3 rounds of amendments to the design presentation, and 2 rounds of amends to the technical pack. Additional changes after this are chargeable.

£700 +VAT (£840 total)

blue rucksack rectangular shape with orange zip and black closure details

Option 2: Original Technical Pack Development

You’ve seen or know what you want to make and need it tweaking to suit your requirements.

You know what you want to make and need it changing to suit your spec. Perhaps you’ve had the bag made before and it needs amendments, or you’ve seen a bag like it and want it changing to suit your brand. This option is for you. Our bag designer can help you realise the changes you want to make with a technical drawing that you can go onto use for pricing purposes and manufacturing. You’ll show her the bag you’ve seen and want to replicate and change or you’ll have a conversation with her to explain the bag you want to manufacture.

What happens next?

  1. Initial video call with our bag designer to discuss your brief. Complete this bag fact-finder before the call which will help you frame what you need help with.
  2. Specification is created with dimensions and annotation for manufacturing.
  3. Your bag technical pack is created and you can send up to 3 sets of consolidated amendments to finalise it.

£400 +VAT (£480 total)

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What you’ll get from your bespoke bag technical pack

Following consultation with our bag designer, they will work up your technical pack which will include dimensions, finishing detail such as pockets, labels in specific seams, fabric weight and style as well as firming up your Pantone references for print or dying of the fabric.

Take a look at extracts of technical packs we’ve created for other clients.

custom made bag in natural canvas

How do I make my custom bag?

It usually helps to have a budget in mind. Not so we spend it for you, but so we can make sensible suggestions based on your budget. It will allow us to give you advice on the fabric weight to suit your budget and other elements that personalise your bag. We will ask you several questions which will allow us to get an idea of what your custom bag is for and how it will be used. We can then go away with that information to formalise a quote. We might come back to you with more questions once we’ve made the bag up in paper. We do this to get an accurate measure of fabric, stitching requirements etc for your bespoke bag.

To quote your customised bag, we need a clear specification from you so we know what to quote.

Bag Design Service

The team behind our custom bag design service can help you visualise your ideas as a sketch or provide a complete technical layout for your bespoke promotional bag. You might come to us with a finished brief and know exactly what you want or you might just know you want a branded bag that looks great. We’ve got plenty of experience in developing bags from scratch and enjoy adding new ideas, so tell us what your bag design needs to include and we’ll make it happen.

UK custom bag manufacturing facilities – our commitment to be the best

We have a commitment in all of our bag manufacturing factories for the highest standard of quality workmanship as well as staff working conditions, environmental and social practices. We have a number of facilities and choose the appropriate one for the job in hand.

The bag brief : what do you want your bespoke bag to look like?

Our design team will ask you questions about functionality, branding requirements and brand identity guidelines to stay within. Once we know what you’re thinking about, we will provide you with your bag design visuals which will include options to choose from that will define your bag and set it apart from others. What often helps is the creation of a mood board for you design aspirations. This can be a compilation of images from the web of bag details and features you like. This can include materials, straps and buckles and other detailing you require. This can often help us with the look and feel you are trying to achieve with your custom bag design.

U + I bag collection