Nearly 300 pounds of paper was cast in large holes in the ground before being flipped over to create the Agg Hab prototype home on a Texas ranch, which the designers claim is one of the "world's largest, self-supporting, papier-mache structures." More about I/thee builds prototype papier-mache home on Texas cattle farm
Romanian designers say they are about to storm the world stage – and they're not going to let the lack of home-grown brands, manufacturers or heritage stop them. More about Romanian designers champion "clumsy, simple but honest" furniture
A group of Royal College of Art graduates has used the pulp from mulched newspapers to form helmets for London's cycle hire scheme (+ movie). More about Paper Pulp Helmet by Tom Gottelier, Bobby Petersen and Ed Thomas
DMY Berlin 2010: Dutch designer Pepe Heykoop presented bubbles of tape wrapped around metal frames at all our stories about DMY Berlin 2010 last week. More about Sputnik by Pepe Heykoop
Dutch designer Enina Waelstham of Mormels Design has created a collection of lamps made by covering objects in recycled paper. More about Found Form by Enina Waelstham for Mormels design
We should have run this over Christmas, on account of its punny name. Hoe Hoe Hoe! was an installation at Container Ground during Tokyo Designers Week in November. Students of Tama Art University in Tokyo filled their shipping container with a papier-mache structure lined with shredded newspaper. More about Hoe Hoe Hoe at Container Ground, Tokyo
New Designers 07: here is our first post from the New Designers Part 2 graduate showcase, which opened last night at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. Paper Mache Arm Chair (sic) is designed by Majid Asif of University College for the Creative Arts. The chair is made of 120 layers of newspaper built up over an inflatable mould. More about Papier-mache Armchair by Majid Asif