WHAT WE DO
POWCH is an accessories label run by a small team in Zurich: Patrick, Fabio, and Viviane.
We are dedicated to providing you with fine, affordable pouches and bags for your essential everyday objects. Our products are carefully handmade in Zurich.
We use various offcut and used materials: PVC film from damaged bouncy castles, scaffolding wrap from construction sites or scrap leather from upholsterers and saddleries. This means that each color and model is only available in a limited edition.
WHERE WE DO IT
Our studio is located in a light-filled space in the industrial area of Zurich Altstetten. We believe in handling as many production steps as possible ourselves and on-site. When needed, we’re happy to collaborate with skilled external people.
We’ve recently teamed up with the amazing initiative Detours Zurich, which offers walking tours providing insights into local, sustainable businesses. As part of their newly launched Circular City tour, our studio is one of the stops, where participants will gain hands-on experience in a workshop and create their own accessory.
If you're interested in visiting us, just sign up for a Circular City tour. We’d love to see you here!
(Photos by Daniel Kunz)
Check out this video of the Circular City tour with stops at Maison Shift/Fashion Revolution, a Rework store, Offcut Zürich and our Studio.
WHOM WE DO IT WITH
Apart from our own collection of everyday accessories, we offer custom-made products based on our existing range of goods.
On top of that, we’re keen to develop and manufacture entirely new products by way of a commission or a collaboration.
Get in touch, and let your idea become reality!
Read about a few of our past collabs below.
Wingo x Powch «Recycled Phone Bag»
In Summer 2020, we designed and manufactured a phone bag together with the Swiss Internet and mobile service provider Wingo.
A used billboard tarp provided the raw material for the project, and we gladly accepted the challenge to work with a different recycled/reused material than leather.
The goal was to create a functional phone bag with a distinct design, which we elaborated through a large number of prototypes.
The final design comprised the body of the bag, a separate pocket for cards, a lid with a clasp, and an adjustable carrying strap.
A limited edition of just over 100 bags was subsequently produced, each item being unique due to the recycled material.
(Photos by Livio Federspiel)
Leder Locher «Stay Positive Bag»
We were approached by the long-established Swiss leather goods company Leder Locher in early 2021. After a year of covid-19, and a second lockdown in Switzerland at the time, the company wanted to develop a mask-shaped bag, thus creating a distance to this omnipresent, sinister matter in a humorous fashion.
We took care of all the steps along the way, from prototyping and material procurement to manufacturing.
On the inside of the bag, there is an extra pocket and a snap hook. The straps allow carrying it over the shoulder or as a handbag.
The outside displays a silk-screened Leder Locher branding in the style of typical imprints alongside the mask’s edges, plus the slogan:
STAY POSITIVE
TEST NEGATIVE
FIGHT COVID-19!
Customised Tobacco Pouch for
Swiss cigarette brand «Sullana»
We’ve teamed up with the revived Swiss cigarette brand Sullana, which used to be one of the most popular in the country around the middle of the last century. Sullana only uses Tobacco grown in Switzerland, and their products are free of additives.
For their rolling Tobacco, we designed and manufactured a pouch that can be closed with buttons. A removable strap allows the user to hang it around the neck. The slit of the paper pocket follows the same principle as our own tobacco pouches. It serves as a dispenser through which you can comfortably pick the papers one by one.
Additionally, the outside of the Sullana tobacco pouch is embellished with the brand’s iconic logo.
We made this product in a small range of colours and, as always, in a limited edition. It can be bought in Sullana’s online shop here.
