Environmental Post-It

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Core77: Shibuya-based Naruse-Inokama Architects, comprised of Jun Inokuma and Yuri Naruse, takes wood waste from houses and turns that into paper. The resultant paper is then formed into a stack of Post-It-like sticky notes that are in turn shaped like little houses. (They’re called IE-TAGs as “ie” is Japanese for “house.”) And as anyone who’s ever seen a thick book loaded up with Post-It bookmarks can attest, the corners of the Post-Its get dog-eared like nobody’s business. The resultant mess could hardly be called aesthetically pleasing.

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The house shape of NIA’s sticky notes, on the other hand, get rid of the corners altogether. I do wonder how they’ll hold up if the book is, say, thrown into a crowded bookbag, and I’m curious enough to try ’em if someone would kindly start selling these at a store near me.

A Better Post-It? And made from wood waste [Core77]

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