July 28, 2009 at 7:00 am by Luanne Bradley
On the Paper Trail
“It’s time to change everything we know about paper,” is the mission statement of Sodra Pulp Labs.
And that’s what the Swedish architecture firms that partner with the labs are doing as they wrap their minds around 50 years of research on pulp-based materials.
“Could it be durable? Waterproof? Light and insulating? Hard as Kevlar? We don’t know the answers, but you’re welcome to join us as we find them out,” says the lab.
Well, one thing is for sure: it can be kid-proof, such as the Parapu kids’s chair by the architecture firm Claesson …
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