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Reusable Packaging Bags

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Fold, fold and fold, and you would have another box of Doritos… Designed by Petar Pavlov for Doritos, this packaging box is reusable, allowing the users to keep their chips closed after opening. Wanna have a try? Check the video below for more information. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Waste Folder

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Waste Folder is a recyclable bin that you can take everywhere, as it usually keeps in a compact size as that of a notebook. But simply unfold it and then you can get a six-compartment garbage suited for any situations. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Geografia Series

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“Geografia”, by Japanese studio Drill Design, is a series of paper educational tools that aim to help kids learn better about geography topography and earth in an impressive but also interesting way. They are all made with special processing techniques and printing technology methods but feature different functions. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Paper Sculptures

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Many designers nowadays prefer to create something with paper, such as Cheong-ah Hwang and his Paper Sculpture Series. The usually soft paper seems to have regained new energy after the designer’s work and each of the sculptures tells us a fancy story with vivid and impressive images. So how do you like them? [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Paper Tattoos

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Unlike common tattoos, these ones from designer Jacob Dahlstrup are created by disordering the paper structure with a tattoo machine. They look really amazing, not only featuring a three-dimensional line but also presenting delicate images. I love them! [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Ten Awesome Paper Sculptures

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What’s the coolest way of redesigning ordinary paper pieces? Well if you could cut them into delicate 3D sculptures and make them attract every viewer, then you’re definitely successful. At least as successful as Elsa Mora. Using a knife and some special wooden tools, the genius designer has created several amazing paper sculptures, which in Elsa’s opinion “couldn’t be more perfect”. Do you agree with that? [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Crunch Bags

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Everybody views the same thing from different angles and product designer Ilvy Jacobs has used unique materials such as crumpled paper and tyvek to create several bags that she believed the most perfect. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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The World’s First Biodegradable Paper Watch

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Apparently Geneva-based Altanus has resulted in a world-wide revolution of timepieces after they announced to own the world’s first biodegradable paper watch “Patch”. Available in 10 neon colors, the Patch features a simple LED ticker and it is degradable in nature, therefore leaving little prints to the environment when the timepiece is no longer needed. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Fantastic 3D Paper Art

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Though paper art is quite familiar to everybody, who would ever imagine that the soft material can create something that seems and feels animated? Accomplished by Jeff Nishinaka, each 3D sculpture here is transformed from regular paper but features a fantastic look, and you will see a dragon, a bridge, the Great Wall and so on. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Awesome Art From Toilet Paper Rolls

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Beauty could be found everywhere and everybody could create new beauty if they have an inventive and abundant imagination and also a pair of clever hands. Apparently Anastassia Elias fulfils all the three above-mentioned reqirements and the artist has showed us a series of fantastic scenes inside empty toilet paper rolls here. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Awesome Paper Sculptures

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Who would figure out that these amazing white sculptures are made of paper rather than plaster, if they hadn’t seen them before? Though sounds incredible, they’re really paper sculptures created by Allen and Patty Eckman and each of them comes into being through at least three working procedures. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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We’re Not Paper Shelves.

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There is an element of surprise in the “Levita” shelf, an interesting piece of decor and furniture created by Alessandro Loschiavo. But do not let the images or the designer fool your eyes, because these A4 paper sheets are actually a series of hammered sheet metal planes. So the shelf is really durable though people may take it as a fragile one. It indeed looks like an art piece, but the shelf is also practical for frequent use. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Papercut Bodyparts

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Thanks to Floortje Bouwkamp and Nine Fluitsma, you can “feel your skin what a thing it is and how close it sits to your bones barely holding inside”. Truly amazing… [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Toilet Paper Core Used As A Memo

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Who would ever consider recycling the toilet paper core except for Kim Ji-eun? I mean, the designer is quite unusual, but still ingenious. The Day Re Toilet Roll comes with a creative core that can unfold into a memo pad when you pull the sticker on it. But do we really need such a design? You are the one to decide. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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Paper Pencils

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Made from 100% recycled paper, these pencils, with environment protection as the main concept, aims to enlighten the kids to live harmoniously with the nature. [Read the rest of this entry...]

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