London-based Thai-born designer Natchar Sawatdichai creates beautiful, and fully functional, interior products and furniture out of our favorite medium: paper. Her series Paper Blinds includes a set of hand-cut patterned blinds that are fully adjustable, and replaceable, adding a special touch to any interior or room. In addition to the ecological value of the product, the blinds are beautiful in their own right. Simultaneously echoing a vintage feel, the Paper Blind series is a modern testament to the value of artisan products.
Turning under-qualified materials like paper into qualified with spectacular and imaginable design
Passionate about environmental issues, Sawatdichai works with replacing over-used and ‘over-qualified’ materials and products in interior and furniture design with paper. Over-qualified means; providing something the consumers didn’t ask for, yet require excessive energy to produce and dispose of.
Paper is often overlooked in interior product design, and not commonly used in home decoration because of its simplistic and minimal aesthetic, and doubts of its durability. “In some way, we might not have found the appropriate applications yet, which can enhance its value and change the belief about this material”, Sawatdichai writes.
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