Bartek Elsner, an artist who uses cardboard to build things far more awesome than your childhood fridge box fort, created this monstrous paper boombox for a Mini Cooper dealer in Zurich, Switzerland. What’s even more awesome is that the creation works, and is powered by the car battery from a Mini that’s actually parked behind the stereo. More »
If you’ve been enough of a Kid Koala fan to have heard his original Scratchcratchratchatch mixtape, you’ll remember a sample that mentioned building a “finger-powered record player.” Kid Koala, also known as Eric San, certainly remembers — buy the Limited Edition of his recently launched 12 Bit Blues album and you’ll get your own functional, build-it-yourself cardboard gramophone along with a playable disc. The only further requirements are a sewing pin and some hand power. It’s cheaper than tracking down the real thing, and a nod both to San’s turntablist style as well as the back-to-basics nature of the music. We call it clever and potentially inspiring; just remember that you’ll want some proper equipment before you DJ any house parties.
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Whether you’re looking to minimize the amount of crap you own, reduce your footprint on the environment, or just don’t have enough money to buy nice things—you can find cardboard equivalents of almost everything you can think of. And besides being cheap, they’re easy and guilt-free to dispose of. More »
The bicycle is one of the most efficient, environmentally-friendly modes of transportation, even centuries after its creation. Still though, there’s no lack of innovation happening when it comes to bike. The latest example of this is the Alfa: a 20-pound bike made primarily of cardboard which is capable of holding nearly 500 pounds. Oh, and it only costs $10 to make. More »
If your family eats a lot of fiber, you too can have a rebel fleet with a complete armada of X-Wing fighters made out of toilet paper tubes. This squadron’s company motto is “Wipe your butt, then wipe out the Empire.” “Do your duty for the fleet.” Okay, enough bathroom humor.
This is a cool project to turn your discarded toilet paper tubes into something useful and geeky. I didn’t come across any instructions, but if you just look at the images at homemademagic you can see how easy it is to create your own X-Wing. In addition to the T.P. rolls, you’ll probably need some paper towel tubes, cardboard and tape as well.
The X-Wing pilot shirt is of course required if you are going to be flying these things in both hands and making X-Wing noises. Even though many of us will look like Jek Porkins doing it. Okay guys, start using up more T.P. and make yourself a rebel fighter now!
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They told him it was impossible – three engineers that is. Engineers may be smart, but obviously these ones lacked vision. After his wife persuaded him to give it a try, designer Giora Kariv got to work on a bicycle made out of cardboard, with a cost of less than $9 to manufacture.
Kariv was inspired by a man who made a canoe out of cardboard, and since he himself had a passion for bicycles and recycling, he wanted to create a functioning cardboard bike. Mission accomplished. Surprisingly, it can even withstand water, humidity, and it’s pretty strong. Kariv had to work through several generations of the design to get it just right. It had to be strong enough to hold a person of up to 300 pounds after all.
Folding the cardboard is what makes it so strong. Kariv compares folding the cardboard to origami. With a total materials cost under $10, Kariv sees much potential here. Assuming the labor costs aren’t prohibitive, stores could sell them to consumers for around $60 depending on what they wanted to add to the bike over and above the original design. The cost is great, especially if it should be stolen, you won’t be out as much money.
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