Excess Baggage by Paper Bag Archive

Excess Baggage is the debut exhibition from the vaults of the Paper Bag Archive (which boasts the world’s largest collection of paper bags), and is a nostalgic trip back down the British high street of the last 100 years

This exhibition, which will be displaying a mere 200 bags from the full  2500+ collection, has been curated to specifically shine a spotlight on the evolution of the visual language of big retail brands (Habitat & Selfridges), shops local to Liverpool (George Henry Lee, Owen Owen, Lewis’s, Hendersons, Blacklers, Probe) and museums and galleries (Tate, Barbican, National Gallery, Walker Art Gallery).

This fascinating archive is a slice of social history and will be of interest not just to designers and packaging geeks but to everyone who fondly remembers spending their pocket money in physical stores.

The show is hosted by Dorothy (in the Baltic Triangle) and continues the studio’s commitment to hosting exhibition ‘FIRSTS’, supporting debut shows by designers, artists, writers and collectors.

Opening times and more information at www.wearedorothy.com