27th July 2010
Pulp fact
(We) don’t think paper will disappear in our lifetime. We do need to get smarter in the way we use it, we need to look to technology for new alternatives (paper is already being made from stone and carbon nanotubes). We should leave the trees to do their job of helping to keep the planet alive. Paper is clearly still very important.
As far back as 1975 it was thought that the introduction of email would reduce the amount of paper usage in offices but a recent study from Fujitsu Siemens Computers, found that the the average UK worker prints off 22 pages every working day, accounting to an equivalent paper mountain over 8,000 miles annually.
When we find our interaction with paper influencing technology, from the web ‘page’ to through to the iPhone we are reminded about the simple power and possibility that a piece of paper represents.
The Pulp Paper book is featured on the Design Museum website as one of their “best books”: www.designmuseumshop.com/whats-new/pulp-paper
Kentlyons blog: www.blog.kentlyons.com/
Posted by: Sophie