Posts Tagged ‘paper’

Paper Softwall

The Paper Softwall is a lightweight freestanding wall that can be arranged into almost any shape or easily compressed into a compact sheaf and stored away. Softwall dampens sound and can both absorb and transmit light. The product is made from four hundred layers of honeycombed translucent white, fire-retardant...

July 26th, 2009 | paper | Read More

Squak Mountain Stone

Squak Mountain Stone is a paper and cement-based composite developed by Ameé Quiriconi as a solution for reusing waste paper. Its proprietary composition makes Squak Mountain Stone lighter than concrete and stone, and it eliminates the need for rebar or other reinforcing steel. The result is a product...

July 22nd, 2009 | feature, paper | Read More

Humidifier

When water droplets fall on lotus leaves, they bead up into balls. Dubbed the “lotus effect,” this phenomenon occurs because the infinitesimal hairs coating the surface of the leaves repel water. Super hydrophobic coating is the technology by which the lotus effect is scientifically engineered...

November 14th, 2008 | paper | Read More

Self-Structured Sliding Doors

Traditional Japanese shoji are sliding doors made of washi paper supported by wood crosspieces. The paper offers privacy and protection from wind but requires the lattice structure for support. For the Takeo Corporation’s Haptic exhibition, Japanese architect and materials researcher Hiroshi Ota set...

December 29th, 2007 | feature, paper | Read More

Printed Food

Printed Food is an edible material that provides a way to convey the nutritious elements of food to consumers in an extremely compact, visually appealing, and information-rich manner. Developed by Chef Homaro Cantu, Printed Food has a number of possible applications, including the delivery of nutritional...

November 9th, 2007 | feature, paper | Read More

Disposable Office

The value of paper is typically measured by the value of the information it carries; once the information is deemed useless, the paper is discarded. Robert Buss of PUSH> reuses paper in the service of a longer-lasting function: furniture. Disposable Office takes the most common material of workplace...

August 4th, 2007 | feature, paper | Read More

Softseating

Paper softseating is made entirely from kraft paper, utilizing a flexible honeycomb structure to fan open into stools, benches and loungers. Each of the sizes and types of softseating can compress like a big book for storage. The seating is available in natural, unbleached brown kraft paper and kraft...

February 16th, 2007 | feature, paper | Read More

shetkaSTONE

Recycling paper is often just about creating more paper, but a Minnesotan company by the name of ShetkaWorks has been taking recycled paper and converting it into a versatile new building material called shetkaSTONE. Completely made from all types of recycled paper (including waxed paper, glossy paper,...

February 9th, 2006 | paper | Read More