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A better Post-It? And made from wood waste

By Rain Noe - December 30, 2010

in Object Culture

This is a great design project because a) it incorporates recycling, b) it's a useful product, and c) the design addresses and corrects the flaws of earlier generations of the same product.

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.

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. (Muji, get on these!)

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Tess

13 years ago

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I am getting 10 when you start selling them, Muji! (whoever you are, I'll find it in Tina's Amazon webshop am sure).
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scooterdown

13 years ago

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A great thing made better. I'd buy it!
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22heures22

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Muji should sell this, you right!
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