We all know that good device bags are almost always made of variants one of two types of material: neoprene and Cordura. Neoprene is its own deal but Cordura, that synthetic fabric that's water-resistant, tear-resistant, stain-resistant, and so on, is more than past due for a move forward. I would love to see a fabric made of that kind of fiber in that kind of weave but with threads of several different similar colors, mixed up together, like a good tweed. Maybe dark brown, light brown, mustard yellow, and grey. Or, like a real Harris tweed, with a few bright contrasty threads of green or red thrown into the mix. I need my messenger bag to be tough. Very tough. I carry not just computers but also things like machine tools and samples of building materials in it, sometimes not so neatly broken off. And let me tell you, sharp-edged hunks of granite will shred most fabric in weeks. But I'm also tired of yet more black bags. C'mon, can we PLEASE move past choices limited to flat black, bright solid colors, and big slabs of, hmm, flat black or bright colors? Think how cool it would be to have a tweed-looking bag with brass fittings that was also lightweight, ripstop, waterproof, and so on. That's MY kind of steampunk. And let's keep in mind that once you guys had the stuff being made you could, I guarantee, sell it as yard goods to folks who would be glad to do other things with it. Can you just imagine a greatcoat made of this kind of material? Summerweight shoes? Just think of it: tweed Chucks that can survive being shoved between the gears of industrial machinery. Anyway, that's it. Please move on this. After twenty-five years of the same damn thing I'm so very ready for something better.