PEGA - Paper Polypropylene Alloy

Taipei and Shanghai based consultant agency PEGA design & engineering's new structural and recyclabe material concept is on display at Milan Design Week 2011. Paper PP Alloy is a new material for consumer electronic manufactures to choose from; this new material is made of the combination of recyclable paper and PP (Polypropylene). After research, development and experiments, PEGA D&E successfully created the paper based material. Because of the paper characteristic of this product, Paper PP Alloy is biodegradable, recyclable and reusable. See more;

Paper PP Alloy is not only environmentally friendly but also strong, sturdy, and flexible. Compared to plastic, the materials needed to make Paper PP Alloy are easy to retrieve. These advantages have already drawn the attention of consumer electronics manufactures. An even more exciting feature is Paper PP Alloy can be molded using injection molding method; it can be easily adapted without changing the manufacturing process. 

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Drawingmachine BY Eske Rex

Drawingmachine is a construction involving two pendulums, each suspended from a tower construction and connected through "drawing arms" and moveable joints. A ballpoint pen resting on a drawing surface covered with paper is mounted at the point where the pendulums come together. The pendulums are set in motion by hand, and their movements are represented on the paper. The movements of the pendulums affect the entire room, and the experience engages the beholder's body. While the rhythmic repetitions cause the beholder to pause, the drawing emerges on the paper. See more;

The technique of using weights and pendulums was invented in the Renaissance and applied in the so-called Harmonograph.

Eske Rex is interested in the machine as a sculpture in space, a constantly changing mobile. In addition, the universe in the drawings is interesting by virtue of their spatial, textural, temporal qualities - a never-ending experiment where it is impossible to produce two identical drawings.

Drawingmachine will be on view at Salone Milan 2011 at the Danish design & craft exhibition MINDCRAFT11.

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