Industrial Cardboard

Cardboard industrial chic

Maybe you are still skeptical. Or you also started to have some furniture or home accessory made of corrugated cardboard.

In the end, the experimentation with this material, which began a few years ago, it was gradually established, and many have approached and brought to the fore in the world of the cartoon industry.

A lightweight material, functional and versatile, which allows to produce complements equally light and functional, while very stable and durable enough.
What is not negligible, generally inexpensive, environmentally friendly and compatible.

Cardboard environmentally sound

Environmentally sound, such as furniture Kubedesign , the brand Marche brothers Mengoni, already owners of a company of packaging and packaging, developed from the ideas and enthusiasm of the eclectic designer Ancona Roberto Giacomucci .

An all-Italian company, which is based on the production of furniture and design products, recyclable and environmentally friendly, all in corrugated cardboard. Libraries, armchairs, chairs, stools, containers ... there is a bit 'of everything.
The products are created and customized with color, which is mixed with the classic color of cardboard, creating interesting plays of color. Among the processes that the carton undergoes addition to the rise of resistance, there is also the waterproofing.

Among the novelties of Kubedesign, there are also the partitions, as Fiorello, or a wall made with interlocking elements in corrugated cardboard, available with different color finishes and also with waterproof membrane and sold in modules of 1 sq. m.
And yet Crisanto, a very original coffee table with magazine rack space, made with a three-dimensional structure of cardboard, covered with various finishes, even with idrorepellent ie, if desired, also drawer.

Along the lines of Kubedesign, we also find Leftovers . A brand of Puglia, which originates from the ideas and creativity of Alessandra Bray, an accountant Lecce artist by accident, but scope for experimentation with materials. Two materials used for his creations: cardboard and leather.
Flexible and recyclable, are the basis of a series of complements, very careful attention to detail that they look like works of art.
Here then waves and soft curves, precision machined, which are enhanced by the play of light and shadows, very impressive, as is the case with the lamp Sciglio, worked with strips of cardboard or light table with the Vortex, which showcases all the beauty the cardboard.

It is called Paperpedic Bed, instead, the bed of cardboard, highly ecological, produced in Australia by Karton Group , a company specialized in products of industrial cardboard.

Although at first glance it may seem weak, in fact, its strength lies in the method of assembly: the different panels that replace the backbone, are alternately arranged and cross, in order to allow also a loading capacity of around one tonne .
To accompany Paerpedic B, a series of tables and drawers of underbed, which not only facilitate the storage of objects and clothing, silently reinforce the structure. Starting from $ 190.

Games of cardboard

Among the most original products international, using cardboard as the base material, there is also a chess board.
It's called Paperloo and is an eco-portable chessboard, created by designer Andrea Vecera for Skitsch .

Beautiful to look at even when not installed, Paperloo remember, not so distant, a classic pizza box.
It 'made entirely of corrugated cardboard, and allows you to have game plan and container pieces, all in a single object, according to the best rules for the packaging and productivity savings.

The pieces, shaped and cut with laser, are easily detachable interlocking and combining them magically become 3D. So you can pick the lunch breaks or trips, without the worry of transport.

Creativity and cardboard

And that the recycled cardboard is the raw material of the future, knows Maximum Corns , one of the teachers of the Laboratory of furniture design at the Politecnico di Milano (Como Campus).
For years, organizes workshops dedicated to this functional material, enticing students, divided into groups, create prototypes, using cartons from paper recycling chain and precision provided by the group Pro-gest, leader in Italy in the sector of the collection of paper and cardboard.

Besides the aesthetic aspect, the cartoon also offers other interesting implications.
The furnishings are also well spread and take increasingly popular, especially for the world that concerns the children : they will be more and more products complements and cardboard games both for ease of disposal, once over the need for, and the high customization with color, shape and design.
In full respect of nature.