PARAPU CHAIR: Paper Composite Seats

A super-colorful children’s chair made from DuraPulp, a fully compostable new paper product created in the PulpLab (a research laboratory based in Sweden). Swedish architecture studio Claesson Koivisto Rune presented the Parapu chair at Zona Tortona 2009. The KTH Royal Institute of Technology and the companies STFI-packforsk and Södra have been collaborating since 2003 to create DuraPulp, which combines paper pulp and PLA (a biodegradable plastic) to create an incredibly resistant paper. Only two millimeters thick, DuraPulp can bear weight, tension, and humidity, as well as temperature changes. This extremely clever invention benefits from the inherent qualities of paper: it’s cheap, it’s light, and it’s organic. The fundamental fragility and short-life of paper are offset by the addition of plastic, which in turn makes DuraPulp an incredibly durable building material for furniture. The secret is in the recipe: Mix paper pulp and polylactic acid together, then heat to precisely 167 degrees Celsius. The plastic encapsulates the paper fibers to create a material as strong as wood, steel or hard plastic! The most interesting aspect of this composite is that it challenges the usual boundaries of paper and reveals its unlimited potential as a green material, an unlikely yet successful innovation summed up by PulpLab’s slogan: The world will be a better place with a little more paper./via: inhabitots

Chairs order by the art center la Kunsthalle of Mulhouse

Chairs
20 seats ordered by the art center of Mulhouse  Recycled chairs adapted on a wooden cube. On demand

COMFY CARGO CHAIR by Stephan Schulz

The ‘Comfy Cargo Chair’ originated from the idea to create a piece of furniture which does not predetermine the surface for the user. The object is not finished, but rather requires creative collaboration by the owner.

The chair’s form is reminiscent of a three dimensional grid. It consist simply of hollow spaces whose open structure requires filling with personal things such as pillows, blankets, newspapers, books, cuddly pets etc. By packing the chair full of personal belongings, the user changes the ‘design’, and thus becomes the creator of an individual piece of furniture. Conceptually the open framework of the chair is meant to assist a creative acquisition, a ‘nesting’ process.

LIFE CALENDAR: HOW WAS YOUR DAY?

The 365 days are represented by an emoticon that you have to draw as the day has gone (very good, good, regular, bad, very bad).  Life Calendars designed by Brigada Creativa, on sale here.

QUOTE / UNQUOTE

"DESIGN
is not for philosophy, it's for life"
                                                          ISSEY MIYAKE

UNFOLD

Unfold introduces a new concept called the table’s autonomy. Autonomy means that you are not dependent on others, but decide your own affairs. The table’s autonomy means that you should use the table according to its own principles. In other words, subordinate yourselves to the shape of the table.
Unfold breaks with the notion of a table, which often consists of a regular surface with legs. Why not make a table on its own premises?
People change their home all the time. Why not change the furniture so they can be used in different situations and sizes? Why not use a piece of furniture in an unconventional way?
The idea behind Unfold is based on a series of investigations that have led to redesigning the traditional dining table:

• To reconsider the dining table in a manner similar to the society we live in today.
• Furniture should not be defined in advance, but interpreted and used as needed in a given situation.
• To design a sculptural object, which is also functional.
• Unfold has its own identity in all setups and is designed with focus on flexibility, variability, dynamics and contrast.

floor or table lamp in two parts
mdf hand-painted, white or light grey
polyester felt, 35watt linestra bulb
37cm x 35cm x 34cm

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