F

Flavorwire

cardboard

Design

A Selection of Amazing Objects Made Entirely from Cardboard

By Tom Hawking on

Being as we’re fans of both innovative design and repurposed materials, we read with interest this week about the success of a Kickstarter aimed at funding the construction of a chair that’s made of recycled cardboard boxes. The chair is called the Re-Ply Chair (shit, we like puns, too), and will begin shipping in February of next year. It’s just one example of a trend toward making all sorts of fascinating objects out of cardboard, a medium that’s both cheap and resilient (so long as you don’t get it wet, we guess.) So here’s a selection of some of the most remarkable things we’ve seen made from cardboard, starting with the surprisingly practical and moving through to the flat-out amazing — an all-cardboard restaurant, anyone? Read on… … Read More

Art

Impressive, Life-Size Cardboard Sculptures of Everyday Objects

By Alison Nastasi on

Cardboard wizard and Italy-based artist Chris Gilmour creates life-size replicas of various objects, religious icons, vehicles, and musical instruments using nothing but the cheap, brown material. “I choose objects for their visual appeal and cultural resonance, but I also usually choose objects which imply an action or interaction of some sort,” he recently told Beautiful/Decay. “The interaction of the viewer with the works seems to function as a kind of short circuit between an implied action and the impossibility of performing it: you want to open the car door, or turn the wheel on the bike, but of course you can’t. I think this immediacy is important to enter the work, to grab the viewer.” Definitely a touch frustrating, but most certainly compelling. We’ve shared several of Gilmour’s impressively constructed cardboard artworks past the break. … Read More

Design

Outside the Box: Cardboard Design Now

By Caroline Stanley on

As fans of Andy Warhol’s work know, sometimes a cardboard box is just a cardboard box, and sometimes it is something more. Outside the Box: Cardboard Design Now gives readers a comprehensive survey of how the often overlooked material is currently being used in a variety of creative ways in contemporary design — from minimalist packaging to furniture to large-scale interior architecture. After the jump, preview a gallery of images from the book, courtesy of our friends at Black Dog Publishing, and if you’re intrigued by what you see, email them directly with the subject line “Flavorwire Offer” for a 40% discount off of your purchase. … Read More

Design

Design Porn: Cardboard Stuff

By Todd Van Luling on

Cardboard is notoriously good for holding your household items, but what if you could effectively use it for more than storage. Many “cardboard artists” have attempted to make a better name for the brown paper material, creating awesome objects ranging from statues to bookshelves to bicycles. If you’ve ever built a cardboard fort and wished it had some great accessories, or if you just moved into a new house and have a ton of boxes lying around and no design plans yet, click through and you’ll find some great… Read More