Cardboard connector inspired by disaster
Earthquake in Nepal gave PaperConnect founder idea to create building system using cardboard bars.
AN earthquake in 2015 changed Adrian Chua's life.
Recalling the horrific incident that happened that April in Kathmandu, the founder and creative director of Paper Carpenter told The Business Times in a recent interview: "Life is so fragile. We are just like mosquitoes - a smack and that's it, you're gone."
He was in the Nepalese capital with a friend and they wanted to "do something crazy", so they decided to climb the Himalayas.
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