The future of paper, or possibly wood, or both

File this one under More Krazy Koncept Products: Newspapers, which are made from wood, are themselves used to make “wood” in this project from a Dutch design house, Vij5. Or, to give it its accurate name, “NewspaperWood.” (PDF)

When a NewspaperWood log is cut, the layers of paper appear like lines of a wood grain or the rings of a tree and therefore resembles the aesthetic of real wood. The material can be cut, milled and sanded and generally treated like any other type of wood.

Presumably this means the stuff could be pulped and processed into paper, or “paper,” or “NewspaperWoodPaper,” which would be a big ecological breakthrough. I think. I’m actually pretty confused right now. (Via Inhabitat.)