Make the most of your spoils from online shopping and make your recycling count. Recycle cardboard boxes, paper packing and paper bags. Keep the following ou...
Sketching, rendering and drafting are such huge parts of industrial design, and all three used to be done on paper. As ID students at Pratt we had to stock a lot of the stuff, and you'd see us riding the subway carrying those huge white plastic Pearl Paint bags filled
When considered over the lifetime of the packaging, paper and cardboard embody far more greenhouse gases than their plastic equivalents. From Carbon Commentary, part of the Guardian Environment Network
These cardboard box transformations are so cool you'll have as much fun making them as playing with them.
When you have a stack of cardboard boxes in the corner, recycling is an option, check out these repurposed cardboard boxes into something useful.
Most of us assume cardboard is good for packaging and little else, but designers are challenging this preconception by pushing the material to its engineering limits and using for bicycles and snowboards. Snow board company Signal has collaborated with a packaging company to produce paper shredder – a disposable and recyclable paper-based board that works better than it ought to.
Crafts for all reasons and seasons made from toilet rolls, kitchen rolls and wrapping paper tubes.
Who needs an iPad when you’ve got a cardboard box? 01. A Camper Playhouse Source With a few modifications you could make the camper from Breaking Bad. Just sayin’. Find the how-to here. 02. A Surprisingly Chic Handbag Source Find the tutorial here. 03. Your Cat’s Dream Home Source 04. A Washing Machine Source Love …
Chose cardboard boxes instead of plastic containers because they are designed for moving, they do not waste space, and they are easy to store.
Why buy a lawn chair when you can grow one from the dirt? That’s the question asked by design studio Nucleo with its TERRA! project, a series of grass furniture made from cardboard frames, soil and seed. The armchairs and sofas require little skill to build, provided you’re adept at folding cardboard and shovelling dirt, and look as aesthetically pleasing as any shop bought seat, along with being pleasantly biophiliac and environmentally responsible.