I saw this chair in a blog called Eco Spirit, written by Portugal-born Maria and Wilma. I liked the chair so much that I had to talk about it here. Purupu, as this children’s chair is named, is made from a new material called DuraPulp.

DuraPulp is a mixture of paper pulp and biodegradable plastic created by a company called Södra PulpLab, which results in a waterproof paper as resistant as wood, steel or hard plastic. The new material boasts the best features offered by paper: it’s cheap, light and organic.

The chair made from this material was introduced during the 2009 Milan Design Week and was designed by Claesson Koivisto Rune, a company founded by three Swedish designers and architects—Marten Claesson, Eero Koivisto and Ola Rune.