Cardboard
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US company Ernest Packaging Solutions recently created a cardboard skateboard deck. The deck was put through its paces by pro-skating legend Tony Hawk.
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Our Paper Life's new Room in a Box idea is aimed at minimizing the time and cost required to furnish a room. Each kit contains pieces that slot together without the need for tools or glue to create furniture for an entire bedroom. What's more, it only takes 30 minutes to put together.
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With Kids Imagination Furniture, The Cardboard Guys are hoping to foster children's creativity, allowing them to build and decorate their own desk and chair set. Made to be strong, easy to build, and recyclable, Kids Imagination Furniture offers a viable alternative to more traditional sets.
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Lapdeck combines the comfort of sitting on the sofa with the good posture and productivity levels associated with sitting at a desk. As a bonus, it's collapsible down to the size of an envelope, and made from recyclable cardboard.
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People that love table tennis and foosball but lack the space of a large basement or dedicated game room at home now have a new option. Germany's Kickpack offers cardboard versions of both timeless table games, packing everything you need into handy cardboard suitcases.
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Blocks is a cardboard flatpack kit that assembles into modular cat playhouses, thus letting you lovingly craft a unique piece of feline architecture that your cat will still probably ignore.
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Everyone loves the idea of flat-pack furniture arriving and not having to dig around for hex keys and tubes of glue to put it together. Designer Ruthy Shafrir is taking this tool-free approach but also focusing on geometric strength, with a snap-together shelving unit inspired by a bee hive.
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Spending long hours sat at a desk is a health risk and has led to the growing popularity of standing desks. Refold has created a cardboard design that factors in workforce mobility and environmental awareness.
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Two architecture and design students studying at Vienna's University of Technology have designed a cargo carrier made from cardboard. The Packtasche could offer cyclists a cheap and convenient way to carry their groceries.
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What if, instead of being carted off to landfill, paper coffee cups could be recycled up to seven times, much like regular cardboard? According a UK-based inventor a small difference in how these cups are produced could significantly reduce the waste generated by today's coffee-crazed society.
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Virtual reality is all the rage these days. Well, apart from the fact that you can't yet buy any of the most talked-about VR hardware. But if a so-crazy-it-might-work Google project has its way, we might all soon be walking around with homemade VR headsets made on the cheap. Meet Google Cardboard.
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In the eyes of Illinois-based product designer Brian Lilly, childhood fort constructions could benefit from a little more structural stability so he developed Buildies, a kit of cardboard blocks and connectors designed to teach kids about engineering, all while letting their imaginations run wild.
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