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Main image: ”Sportlehrer” (PE teacher) Top: Markus Kreykenbohm Above: Bernd Dorr

Zirkeltraining™ Bernd Dörr Recycling Goods Blowing the starting whistle for vintage design School day memories, especially of musty changing rooms and merciless PE teachers, often trigger mixed feelings. With the design label Zirkeltraining™ Bernd Dörr Recycling Goods, self-pronounced “father of gymnastics” Bernd Dörr taps into this emotional goldmine, and designs bags that may well change people's opinions of vaulting horses and bars forever. TEXT: JULIKA HÜTHER | PHOTOS: ZIRKELTRAINING™ BERND DÖRR RECYCLING GOODS

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When Bernd Dörr, formerly a telecommunications mechanic and self-employed haulier, stumbled upon a load of discarded old sports mats and equipment on a rainy day in 2007, an idea formed itself. “I have never been the sporty type, but instead enterprising,”says Bernd.“I invest a