Seattle designer Eli Reich has managed to do it again. Reich founded Alchemy Goods with a single, brilliant motto ("turning useless into useful") single, brilliant product -- a messenger bag created entirely out of recycled bicycle tubes and seatbelt straps.

These days, Reich has one-upped himself with the Ad Bag, a carry-all constructed from advertising material that once graced the sides of buildings all over Seattle. Made from fabric built to withstand all the elements, this bag is tough ... in every sense of the word. $30 and it's yours.