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Woojai Lee's recycled newspaper furniture Paper BricksDesigner <a href="http://www.woojai.com/index.html">Woojai Lee </a>gives old <a href="http://inhabitat.com/newspaperwood-incredible-furnishings-and-products-made-from-recycled-newspaper/">newspapers</a> new life as furniture and building bricks. Lee's Paper Bricks line is made from stacks of discarded periodicals recycled into benches, coffee tables and bricks with a soft-hued marble-like skin. The bricks can be stacked into any desired shape, and, according to the designer, are 'as sturdy as real bricks'.1
Woojai Lee's recycled newspaper furniture Paper BricksPaper is among the most produced and discarded materials in the world.2
Woojai Lee's recycled newspaper furniture Paper BricksEindhoven-based Korean designer Woojai Lee recycles scrap newspaper for his 'Paper Bricks' project.3
Woojai Lee's recycled newspaper furniture Paper BricksThe project includes small tables and benches as well as bricks.4
Woojai Lee's recycled newspaper furniture Paper BricksThe material is made by first turning newspaper into pulp, then mixing it with wood glue and molding it into shape.5
Woojai Lee's recycled newspaper furniture Paper BricksThe furniture boasts a unique marbled look that the warmth and soft tactility of paper.6
Woojai Lee's recycled newspaper furniture Paper Bricks'Paper Bricks' is currently on show at the Design Academy of Eindhoven's Graduation Show in the Netherlands.7
