Wow. NewspaperWood. That's wood made from recycled newspapers. Gotta tell ya, when I first saw this, the first thing that came into my head were the Smencils that my seven and nine year old daughters covet (for those who don't know, Smencils are "gourmet scented" pencils made from recycled newspaper that come in scents such as Root Beer, Orange, etc., and are hugely popular among the tween crowd.)
Smencils via pencils.com
But getting back to the newspaper wood;
The brainchild of Mieke Meijer from the Design Academy Eindhoven, Meijer envisioned recreating wood from used newspapers - a sort of reverse recycling - and it worked!
By using a process of aggregation (gluing, rolling and pressing stacks of newspaper together) Meijer came up with the initial idea, and later working with mentors and designers Arjan van Raadshooven and Anieke Branderhorst from the design label Vij5, together they fine-tuned the process of making NewspaperWood.
The finished product is not meant to be a replacement for actual wood, but is a unique new way to use newspaper. NewspaperWood can be shaped into many forms and can be made into furniture and other products. Take a look.
What do you think?