At Manual Labor, we’re all about transparency - communicating openly with both our teams and clients. And what better way to practice transparency than exploring and exposing the inner workings of our bags?

From essential items (laptop, pens, wallet — check) to surprising items, we’re taking a closer look at the always-carried-items from the Manual Labor team and beyond.

Bag in the Spotlight:

Kenny Doss, Art Director 

What’s in your bag? 

• 15in MacBook Pro

• Logitech MX Master 3 Wireless Mouse

• Backup wired mouse
• iPad
• Apple Pencil
• Ray-Ban eyeglasses

• Chargers and cables

• Mophie Juice Pack Powerstation
• Moleskine Notebook, 5” x 8.25”, Dotted

• Pencils, pens and highlighters
• Hand sanitizer
• Love bee stickers

What can’t you live without?

My Ray-Ban eyeglasses, seriously I’ll get a headache without them.


What’s the most surprising thing you carry?

A backup wired mouse. I can’t tell you how many times a wireless mouse has died or just stopped working!

What bag holds all of this great stuff?

RVCA backpack circa 2011. I bought this bag before I joined a Baltimore startup as my work bag. I wanted something classy enough, refined, and most importantly, not plastered with a huge logo.