PAPER ARCHITECTURE

PAPER LOG HOUSES- Bhuj, India, 2001
(temporary house after the earthquake)
Shigeru Ban is well known in architecture for his

 innovative work with paper&cardboard.
He values the low-cost ecological material because it can be recycled.
These buildings are reminiscent of traditional Japanese 

bamboo structures, but were made of cardboard tubes
with 4millimeter thick walls.


Marloes ten Bhömer's tyvek boots
Bhömer ignores the convetions of traditional shoemaking,

 thus challenging the familiar image of shoes/fashion accessories.
She loves working with unconventional materials.


Stefan Diez- Papier
A series of bags entirely made of synthetic paper (tyvek)
They are ultra lightweight, super strong and water-resistant

 but look like design mock-ups. 

After a long time of usage the bags are fully recyclable

 like ordinary shopping bags.

Details

I'm so afraid of losing something I love that I refuse to love anything.

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'It's a shame that we have to live, but it's a tragedy that we get to live only one life.'


Extremely loud and incredibly close
Jonathan Safran Foer

Experiment

Circles.

"Sandy [Alexander Calder] was never, in all his long life, unhappy.
He himself said that he had "a big advantage"

as he was inclined to be happy by nature.
Once a magazine reporter asked him if he ever experienced sadness,

and he answered, "No, I don´t have the time."

(via herzensart journal)

Time & growing older


To me, growing older has for a long time been associated

with a certain uneasiness.

I generally don't give a toss about space,

but I have a problem with time.
'Naive.Super' Erlend Loe

Well, me too.

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