...that I mean the material from which I make my products. Much of it – air mattresses, old duffel bags, parachute parts, tension belts, truck tarpaulins, sails, etc. has already experienced a lot in its life, so “a story”. By reusing these materials, I continue to write their story – and when you buy and wear such a product, you also let the fabrics live on.

Me, that is Philipp Märtens. I learned the very archaic basics of sewing from a fine artist at the age of 16 and after a wild time of brightly colored pants, I dedicated myself professionally to other areas.

Now it happened that I could fall back on exactly those experiences in those areas – as a soldier – and I started to produce functional and specialized clothing and equipment – of course again from recycled material, e.g. used uniforms.

...working in emergency services, this is now behind me and in December 2017 the next opportunity arose to reactivate the sewing machine. A friendly gallery asked me for two shoulder bags from air mattresses and so a new exciting field of activity was found.

I now freely jump from olive canvas, camouflage fabric, woven jaquard fabrics to colorful air mattresse and back again. In doing so, I can fully embrace both my love of recycling and my experience with camouflage patterns, parachutes and the like.

I stand by my bags and they are intentionally designed to be repairable with minimal effort. Consequently, I offer a lifetime of free repair – if a bag ever breaks.