Using renewable sources and by-products from other industries makes sense and stands to reshape the paper industry as we know it. It is also a much more interesting story to bring to life through design. Looking to the past to influence the future has great promise for solving many of the mono-cultures we find ourselves in, but alternative feedstocks are not always capable of the scale we need. That does not mean we should not strive to use them, however, increasing demand so supply soon follows.