If you have accumulated a lot of old newspapers andmagazines, do not rush to throw them away as unnecessary waste paper. Perhaps you can find a more rational and useful use for them. What? We will tell you in our article We are accustomed to such a cycle of things in nature, when paper is created from wood. But designer Mieke Meijer, who is a supporter of recycling, decided to do the opposite: to start getting primary material from paper - wood. She came up with her project Newspaper Wood, or "newspaper wood" while still a student at the Eindhoven Design Academy, but like all young and hot heads, she put her idea on the back burner.
But in 2007, four years afterissue, Mieke Meier met a team of designers who were the same adventurers trying to make the world a better and simpler place. Having found common ground, together they launched the production of newspaper wood. Moreover, the process of its creation is quite simple: the paper is glued together and immediately after setting is rolled to press the layers as tightly as possible against each other.
As a result, they obtained a material resemblingwood in its properties. And although this invention cannot completely replace wood, it is quite possible to make cabinets, tables, chairs, decorations and even lamps from such a base! Do not forget that all this is done thanks to recycling and saves the resources of our planet, thereby preserving nature as we all value and love it.
yatzer.com, vij5.nl
Paper will endure all: how does furniture look like recycled paper
