An Ode Written about Cardboard

Cardboard is beautiful
especially when exposed
Revealing the ridges
hidden beneath

Like Teak or Oak
its moving color and texture
are alluring

I like my cardboard in large pieces
The larger, the less limited 
the potential

Cardboard is experimental
Cardboard is gold
Cardboard can be cut
And Cardboard can fold

I found a piece of cardboard today
and breathed my fingertips across it's surface
inhaling the hair-like filaments it grows
listening to the harmony it sang

Cardboard is beautiful
especially when exposed
Cardboard can be cut
and Cardboard can fold

***

T. Curtis 12/22/2008

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Pile of trash or tower of possibilities?

Edmond Cardboard Boat Regatta floats fun

This is the third year for the regatta, which is held at Arcadia Lake. There were 32 boats racing this year, compared with 40 that took to the water last year. “Quite a few sank,” Self said. “It was just a lot of fun. It is the most fun event we have.”

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'World's first' cardboard vacuum cleaner

A vacuum cleaner made mostly of cardboard, which the manufacturers claim to be a 'world first,' will be on display at consumer electronics and technology show IFA in Berlin.

The vacuum cleaner - called the Vax ev -was designed by student Jake Tyler of Loughborough University in the UK

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An Apartment Made Entirely of Cardboard

This is an art installation rather than a functional home... view more

Leo Kempf Cardboard Furniture

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It's Cardboard and it's Cool!

From Freshome.com: "The Internationally acclaimed award-winning furniture designer Reinhard Dienes, is debuting an exclusive line of cardboard furniture with Fashion4Home. The furniture pieces are lightweight, sturdy and 100% recyclable as well as playful."


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Recycled Cardboard Christmas Tree 2008

Christmas Tree Complete
Originally uploaded by CyclotronX

Making a Christmas tree from cardboard, ornaments from yogart cups and lids.

See more images in my Flickr set for cardboard Christmas Tree

Cardboard laptop rack for exercise bike

Cardboard laptop rack for exercise bike
Originally uploaded by CyclotronX

Materials box from Pizza Hut pasta, glue, packing tape. Basically I stuck the box on the bike to use to make template, but the box fit so well I just cut it with scissors and many of the folds just worked out.

Can I compost Cardboard?

Yes

"Cardboard adds lots of great carbon to a compost heap. It rots down quicker if it's wet and torn into small pieces (the tearing is also easier if it's damp). If you've got a lot of it, try to alternate layers with other matter."

from compostthis.co.uk

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Cardboard Sound Box (A place for listening)

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"Re-Furnished" Recycled Cardboard Chairs from University of Idaho Student Designers

Story at TreeHugger.com (several pictures)

REUBINMILLER FYS (Finish Your Self) junior Cardboard chair

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Pair of FRANK GEHRY Easy Edges side chairs of laminated corrugated cardboard.

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Hack a Cardboard Box into a DIY Solar Oven

From Lifehacker: "Eco-friendly weblog The Daily Green details how to turn a cardboard box into a DIY solar oven for a little weekend fun in the sun. All you'll need is the box, some construction paper, tin foil, plastic, and a few other items you're likely to have around the house, and when you're done you'll have a full-fledged cardboard cooker."

[via Daily Green]

Lifehacker has a Flickr photopool from those who have attempted this project.

Environmentally-Friendly End Table

I had this box sitting around for weeks and I started using it as an end table. So one day I decided why not just transform it into an actual end table!