All over Milan pulp was in the air. Last month marked the 48th Salone Internazionale del Mobile where numerous green appropriate paper products were launched among 2,723 exhibitors. Eco-minded designers from Antwerp to Amsterdam recycled, re-purposed, and re-used materials from plastic to paper. The Dutch-based Premsela Design Forum led a discussion on repairing what’s broken while Swedish architects Claesson Koivisto Rune exhibited their Parupu children’s chair made from Dura-pulp, a composite material manufactured from paper pulp and cornstarch. According to Marten Claesson of CKR, “It [durapulp] has the qualities of plastic. You can mold it but it’s not oil based.” The chair was developed in con-junction with Södra, a Swedish pulp manufacturer, along with engineer Joakim Nygren. In the center of Milan at Skitsch, a new design retailer and manufacturer, Frenchman Philippe Nigro debuted Build Up, his flat-pack chair and table made from corrugated cardboard. Clearly the paper pulp trend has migrated to other shores.
When Jaime and Isaac Salm launched Mio, their Philadelphia-based design firm in 2001, they proclaimed that “green was just a color.” But now their 6-person office has made a full on commitment to manufacturing sustain-able furnishings out of recycled paper and materials.
When Jaime and Isaac Salm launched Mio, their Philadelphia-based design firm in 2001, they proclaimed that “green was just a color.” But now their 6-person office has made a full on commitment to manufacturing sustain-able furnishings out of recycled paper and materials.
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