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London-Based Sleeping Bags Turns Old Bed Linens Into Beautiful Tote Bags

08/09/2011
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  • Assortment of Vicki Murdoch-designed Sleeping Bags
    In London-based social-entrepreneur Andy Marks' world there are plenty of ways to recycle, reduce and reuse even the most unlikely materials. Focusing in on old bed linens from the most luxurious of hotels to the coziest of homes, Marks’ company, Sleeping Bags, has a different vision for these retired bed sheets over dumpster doom: artistic tote bags....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/london-based-sleeping-bags-turns-old-bed-linens-into-beautiful-tote-bags/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Andy Marks, founder and CEO of Sleeping Bags, working with a template to cut out one of the bags
    In London-based social-entrepreneur Andy Marks' world there are plenty of ways to recycle, reduce and reuse even the most unlikely materials. Focusing in on old bed linens from the most luxurious of hotels to the coziest of homes, Marks’ company, Sleeping Bags, has a different vision for these retired bed sheets over dumpster doom: artistic tote bags....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/london-based-sleeping-bags-turns-old-bed-linens-into-beautiful-tote-bags/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Jason Bruges' Sleeping Bags design in action.
    In London-based social-entrepreneur Andy Marks' world there are plenty of ways to recycle, reduce and reuse even the most unlikely materials. Focusing in on old bed linens from the most luxurious of hotels to the coziest of homes, Marks’ company, Sleeping Bags, has a different vision for these retired bed sheets over dumpster doom: artistic tote bags....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/london-based-sleeping-bags-turns-old-bed-linens-into-beautiful-tote-bags/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Read the label: recycled bed linens
    In London-based social-entrepreneur Andy Marks' world there are plenty of ways to recycle, reduce and reuse even the most unlikely materials. Focusing in on old bed linens from the most luxurious of hotels to the coziest of homes, Marks’ company, Sleeping Bags, has a different vision for these retired bed sheets over dumpster doom: artistic tote bags....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/london-based-sleeping-bags-turns-old-bed-linens-into-beautiful-tote-bags/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • All the designs from different artists.
    In London-based social-entrepreneur Andy Marks' world there are plenty of ways to recycle, reduce and reuse even the most unlikely materials. Focusing in on old bed linens from the most luxurious of hotels to the coziest of homes, Marks’ company, Sleeping Bags, has a different vision for these retired bed sheets over dumpster doom: artistic tote bags....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/london-based-sleeping-bags-turns-old-bed-linens-into-beautiful-tote-bags/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • from left to right: Andy Marks, designer Vicki Murdoch, and head of marketing Julian Broadhead
    In London-based social-entrepreneur Andy Marks' world there are plenty of ways to recycle, reduce and reuse even the most unlikely materials. Focusing in on old bed linens from the most luxurious of hotels to the coziest of homes, Marks’ company, Sleeping Bags, has a different vision for these retired bed sheets over dumpster doom: artistic tote bags....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/london-based-sleeping-bags-turns-old-bed-linens-into-beautiful-tote-bags/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • The Vicki Murdoch design, up close
    In London-based social-entrepreneur Andy Marks' world there are plenty of ways to recycle, reduce and reuse even the most unlikely materials. Focusing in on old bed linens from the most luxurious of hotels to the coziest of homes, Marks’ company, Sleeping Bags, has a different vision for these retired bed sheets over dumpster doom: artistic tote bags....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/london-based-sleeping-bags-turns-old-bed-linens-into-beautiful-tote-bags/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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Assortment of Vicki Murdoch-designed Sleeping Bags

In London-based social-entrepreneur Andy Marks' world there are plenty of ways to recycle, reduce and reuse even the most unlikely materials. Focusing in on old bed linens from the most luxurious of hotels to the coziest of homes, Marks’ company, Sleeping Bags, has a different vision for these retired bed sheets over dumpster doom: artistic tote bags....

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