New backpack is coming out this fall from Tumi co-designed by Anish Kapoor to benefit Doctors without Borders, coinciding with the launch of Kapoor’s intriguing Sky Mirror installation (a 35-foot-diameter concave mirror made of polished stainless steel reflecting the skyline) at Rockefeller Center from September 19 through October 27th (also sponsored by Tumi and organized by Public Art Fund).

Featuring a solar panel on top and temperature controlled neoprene compartments, the backpack can charge your phone or PDA while keeping your lunch or bionic tissue samples cool. Constructed from red-on-gray FXT ballistic nylon with silver metallic lining and a removable padded laptop sleve, you probably won’t be able to destroy it. (I’m still fond of their first generation computer backpack from the early Web days that confidently holds and comfortably distributes more weight than any other bag I’ve ever tried.)

100% of the $695 retail price for this individually numbered limited-edition of 500 backpacks (with Anish Kapoor’s imprimatur) will go to the worthy cause of Doctors without Borders.

Seeing this immediately brought to mind the great solar bags available now from Voltaic Systems. Also, lots of intriguing features recently added to another useful type of Backpack, a useful, beautiful and easy-to-use web service from 37 signals that allows you to organize all your to-dos, notes, ideas and calendar online.

via Fashion Week Daily