By Nik Bentel Studio
The Tati Fête Bag: Speaker + Mixer
Two electronic handbags: one with a built-in bluetooth speaker, one with a multichannel mixer. Which one will you choose?
The Tati Fête Bag
The Speaker + Mixer Bag Playlist
What if your bag could be your sound system?
We imagined the Speaker Bag as a personal boombox, and the Mixer Bag as a control panel for spontaneous sound-sharing. Together, they make up a mobile DJ kit for two.
Mix It Together
Play Out Loud
Crafted by Hand
Each bag was made by hand in our studio. They are made from precision-machined colored acrylic, assembled with exposed hardware, and embedded with functioning audio components. The transparent shells allow you to see the internal wiring and construction — a nod to circuit bending and experimental synth design.
Behind The Project
Making The Speaker + Mixer Bags
The two bags began with a simple idea: what if your bag could also be your sound system? Inspired by portable music culture, and the NYC DJ scene, the bags were conceived as transportable instruments—equal parts sculpture and speaker.
Made By Hand
Each bag was made by hand in our studio. They are made from precision-machined colored acrylic, assembled with exposed hardware, and embedded with functioning audio components. The transparent shells allow you to see the internal wiring and construction — a nod to circuit bending and experimental synth design. Shout out to our technical director on this project, Swan Carpenter, for their custom hardware and circuit design.
Made For Artists
For the shoot, we worked with Swordes, who wore the bags like armor — futuristic, minimal, and ready for sound. The campaign is styled to feel like a portable music lab that’s gone rogue: equal parts rave and research.
Introducing The Tati Fête Collection
Inspired by our favorite film director and visual comedian, Jacques Tati, our studio's original Tati silhouette exploration continues. Inspired by Tati's feature-length directorial debut film, Jour de Fête (1949). The Tati Fête Collection takes the Tati silhouette into a new facet of the fashion world: that of wearable electronics. The Speaker + Mixer Bag are two of the first of these explorations.