topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources crumpler news newspapers books scholar jstor free images november 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message crumpler type private founded 1995 1 founder david roper stuart crumpler and will miller 2 headquarters melbourne berlin products messenger bags photography bags laptop bags and luggage website crumpler australia crumpler europe crumpler usa crumpler canada crumpler is a bag company with two separately held companies who design and supply different products to their respective markets the australian headquarters is in melbourne australia and the european office is in berlin . it began as a messenger bag company but has since expanded its range notably into laptop bags camera bags and luggage travel goods . contents 1 history 2 marketing 3 pop up store 4 references 5 external links history edit crumpler was founded in melbourne in 1995 by dave roper and will miller ex bike couriers & founders of minuteman messengers and sculptor furniture maker bike courier stuart crumpler . stuart designed the logo in 1991 which he branded onto his furniture designs . 3 from the beginning the bags were designed for bike messengers in particular those working for roper and miller s bike courier company minuteman . the range grew to include more options in colours and sizes . due to this commercial and more professional demand the australians looked for business partners . with siegfried elgert and j rg bodenschatz they found them . today crumpler is equally shared by all of them but practically divided into two independent working parts . one providing the european african south and central american and mexican market the other one delivering bags to the us canada asia and australia . marketing edit crumpler always reinforced its stance as an innovative business pioneering what is now referred to as viral marketing initially spray painting its memorable logo on bicycle paths in the city and lately promoting beer for bags week during which the only currency accepted in company shops is beer . pop up store edit in october 2015 the brand has opened a pop up store in the 1st arrondissement of paris at the petite cremerie de paris next to the cremerie de paris in the historic hotel de villeroy . 4 5 references edit 2001 127 2 messenger bag seedy three dupont cordura plus nylon plastic designed and made by crumpler melbourne victoria australia 1995 . d hub . retrieved 2010 05 24 . seid jessica 2006 06 06 . trade your beer get cool stuff . cnnmoney.com . cnn . retrieved 2010 05 24 . http www.phm.gov.au collection database irn 9789 & search bicycle & images & c crumpler pop up store at the petite cremerie de paris crumpler pop up store paris by fashion mag external links edit official websites europe australia retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title crumpler & oldid 734604416 categories manufacturing companies of australiahidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from november 2013all articles with topics of unclear notability navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aissvenska edit links this page was last modified on 15 august 2016 at 13 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view