To Have & To Hold is a collection of paper bag ephemera compiled over several decades, ranging from the early 1900s to the present day.
These once ubiquitous items provide us with a useful and entertaining window on our relatively recent consumer past. From the local corner shop to the high street department store, they offer a reflection of a more innocent design era – the era of the logotype rather than the brand, the Filofax as opposed to the mobile, the fax machine instead of Facebook.