Cardboard

Posted by Queuebot in Arts & Crafts on October 15, 2009 at 9:13 am


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This amazing animation is a wonderful combination of real public space & cardboard animation filmed stop-motion, by Dutch animator Sjors Vervoort with audio by Steven Aerts.

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Worst Dog Costume Ever

Posted by Jill Harness in Animal, Arts & Crafts, Funny on August 29, 2009 at 5:37 pm

If you think those professionally created dog costumes are mean to force pets to wear, then you really ought to see the options people turn to when they don’t just buy the pre-made costumes. I guess this is why Star Trek fans shouldn’t get drunk.

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The Cardboard Tube Fighting League

Posted by John Farrier in Pictures, Sports on August 17, 2009 at 8:04 am

As a kid, I couldn’t hack at my friends with a real sword, so we used cardboard tubes to fence. Who knew that it was an actual sport? The Cardboard Tube Fighting League has competitions all over the world where people come together to play and show off their homemade cardboard armor.

Official Website of the San Francisco Branch

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The Cardboard Office

Posted by Queuebot in Architecture on March 13, 2009 at 4:07 pm


Designers Joost van Bleiswijk and Alrik Koudenburg created this interesting office for Nothing, a Dutch advertising agency: everything is made from cardboards!

The Nothing team took the idea behind the company name (taking nothing and turning it into something) as the starting point for the physical design of the office; which included creating walls, signage, beams, tables, shelving and even a set of stairs out of cardboard.

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(image credit: Joachim Baan)

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Cat Plane

Posted by Queuebot in Animal, Toy & Video Games on March 12, 2009 at 3:43 am

Everyone knows cats love cardboard boxes, so here’s a classy prop airplane made of cardboard by SUCK UK for your cat to play in.  He or she can pretend to be fighting the Red Baron …

Link – via bblinks

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Rubber & Cardboard Cuckoo Clock

Posted by Jill Harness in Arts & Crafts, Everything Else on March 7, 2009 at 4:52 pm

These cuckoo clocks by artist Nathan Skiles are created with cardboard and rubber. They may be a good option for people with walls too weak to hold up heavy wooden & metal cuckoo clocks.

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Recompute: Cardboard Computer Case

Posted by Queuebot in Gadget, Science & Tech on February 5, 2009 at 3:16 am

Recompute is an unusual case for your computer. It’s green and sustainable … and made out of corrugated cardboards!

Recompute and other neat "green" technologies are competing in the Greener Gadgets Design Competition, hosted by Core77 (you can vote for your favorite green gadgets):

Rather than making a large tower constructed from numerous materials (ABS plastic, aluminum, steel, etc.), hundreds of manufacturing processes, and dozens of individual components, the Recompute case is made of corrugated cardboard (recyclable and renewable). There are four low-impact manufacturing processes to assemble Recompute: Die cutting, gluing (with non-toxic white glue), printing and electronic assembly. Recompute uses only three major electronic components: A motherboard with processor & memory, power supply, and a hard drive.

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New Schools Built From Cardboard Tubes

Posted by Miss Cellania in Architecture, Travel & Places on January 7, 2009 at 12:56 pm


Last year’s earthquake in Sichuan province, China killed 69,000 people and flattened thousands of buildings, including schools. A team led by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is constructing new temporary but strong school buildings using plywood and cardboard tubes.

Recycled paper tubes aren’t just useful for holding architectural blueprints. They can be molded into load-bearing columns, bent into trusses and rapidly assembled, and can be made waterproof and fire resistant. Because paper tubes are available in various thickness and diameters, they can be added to a structure to support more weight as necessary. Ban has said he hopes to build structures a few stories high.

The work is being done by Japanese and Chinese students working together. See pictures of the process, and a completed school at Treehugger. Link -Thanks, Chris Tackett!

 
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