IE-TAGs – post-its from wasted wood

reviewed by Emilija Juodyte

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Small houses from big houses. Naruse-Inokama Architects reuse wood waste from home constructions to generate paper.

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1360 kg of wood waste is generated during home constructions. Fortunately, there are plenty options for wood waste disposal. Naruse-Inokama Architects reuse wood waste from home constructions to generate paper. And out of that paper, they designed a product, IE-TAGs. Referred to as “Little houses made from big houses,” IE-TAGs (house-tags) are house-shaped sticky notes, like  Post-it notes. So it looks symbolic that wood waste from houses construction are used to make them in small houses which you can use to write your thoughts. It catches attention and shows good example of reusing.

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1360 kg of wood waste is generated during home constructions. Fortunately, there are plenty options for wood waste disposal. Naruse-Inokama Architects reuse wood waste from home constructions to generate paper. And out of that paper, they designed a product, IE-TAGs. Referred to as “Little houses made from big houses,” IE-TAGs (house-tags) are house-shaped sticky notes, like  Post-it notes. So it looks symbolic that wood waste from houses construction are used to make them in small houses which you can use to write your thoughts. It catches attention and shows good example of reusing.
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Emilija Juodyte

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