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Dutch Design (36): Faux-Cardboard or Clochard Duvet Covers – Luxury for the Homeless

January 6, 2009 · 1 comment

in Dutch Design, Hotel Design

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We have seen myriads of faux trends for accessories and home furnishing, faux-wood, faux-leather or faux-fur, you name it.

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Luxury Faux-Cardboard Duvet Covers
Dutch copywriter Peggy van Neer, has not only created a great bed linen design, but also a way of marketing it Eco consciously. She opened the site Snurkbeddengoed (“which means as much as “Cool Snoring Bed Linen”). A significant part (40%) of the sales proceeds of the “Le Clochard” duvet cover go to a Dutch foundation for the young homeless. It uses the proceeds to fund housing projects which create jobs and education opportunities for the young Dutch homeless.

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Hotels that would use this bed linen could claim to be (a bit) more environmentally conscious.

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The cardboard lookalikes are made of 100% soft combed cotton and available in three sizes from Dutch By Design.

Via 2Modern Design Talk – Modern Furniture & Design Blog: Faux-cardboard Duvet Cover.

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1 National Transport January 6, 2009 at 2:29 am

That’s a novel idea- I actually had to look at the picture a couple of times to believe that it wasn’t really cardboard–it looks so real! In any case, I think it’s a great cause :)

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