Bola Sociology Design

Design+Innovation: Parupu

June 6th, 2009

Besides being beautiful, the kids chair Parupu (a japanese word that means cellulose pulp)  is revolutionary. Created by a trio of swedish designers Claesson Koivisto Rune, it draws attention specially because of its composition, a mixture called DoraPulp, product of research made by the Södra Pulp Labs.

DoraPulp is a material that is recyclable, made with paper and reinforced with a biodegradable plastic, created by mixing sugar cane and corn starch.

The most amazing thing about this process is that it manages to keep some qualities associated with paper, like lightness, and some characteristics that are usually found in plastics, like being resistant and water proof.

Parupu still is the first industrial use of the DoraPulp, but it certainly will not be the last, as atests Mårten Claesson, from the Claesson Koivisto Rune, when he says that the chair practically created itself when confronted with the possibilites of the material.