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Bloxes: Modular Cardboard Furnishings for the Office

by Collin Dunn, Corvallis, OR, USA on 03.10.08
Design & Architecture

Bloxes: flat-pack cardboard boxes

Combining a handful of TreeHugger's favorite things, Bloxes are modular boxes built from flat-packed corrugated cardboard cutouts that can be used for everything from office furniture to modular walls. Inspired by LEGOs and utilizing some of the lessons you learned in high school geometry, Bloxes earn points for their smart, flat-packing design, modular construction and movability and surprising strength -- you can sit or even stand on the finished product.

Helping to prove cardboard's viability as a material, and
somewhat reminiscent of MIO's modular Nomad System, we ought to add it to this collection of cardboard furnishings as a new and interesting way to create structure and form from nearly flat materials. Might not be the most comfortable stuff to sit on (and it certainly isn't suitable for outdoor use), but we like that Bloxes are sturdy enough to actually stand on. ::Bloxes via ::Gizmodo

Bloxes: flat-pack cardboard boxes before they're built
Flat versions of Bloxes: good for easy, efficient shipping

Bloxes: flat-pack cardboard boxes, being folded
Apparently they go together so fast, it's hard to capture with a camera

Bloxes: flat-pack cardboard boxes, stronger than they look
Bloxes are stronger than they look

Bloxes: flat-pack cardboard, from start to finish
Here's how it goes down, from flat to finished in a few simple steps

Bloxes: flat-pack cardboard as a modular wall
What do you do with Bloxes? Cardboard fences make for good office neighbors...

Comments (8)

Geez, TH, seems sorta wasteful. How long are these things gonna last?

jump to top John says:

fire inspectors will love these

jump to top dokein [TypeKey Profile Page] says:

I'm pretty sure those aren't up to fire codes, cool neat idea, however, creating a wall out of cardboard, well, it really just doesnt seem like a great use of resources

jump to top Anonymous says:

Wow, look at all of that surface area.

Just because it is cardboard doesn't make it green. To quote Treehugger, "Toxic sludge is the paper industry's dirty little secret."

Wow, look at all of that surface area.

Just because it is cardboard doesn't make it green. To quote Treehugger, "Toxic sludge is the paper industry's dirty little secret."

the matterial doesn't match the thought put into this, change the material and its a winner. The concept is fantastic.
check out www.skydesign.com/greenplay

jump to top Anonymous says:

Does seem kind of like a waste. Maybe load a template and make it out of recycled copy paper. I know I generate bundles of laser copies a day (which i recycle)... but definitely could also put the paper through a second life.

jump to top Ren W. says:

I'm developing a similar product idea but mine uses plastic grocery bags. http://michaelbrashier.blogspot.com/

My original intent was to make it for kids, kind of like a Lego thing. However this article and an product i saw on a UK which was a bean bag type chair that uses plastic bags as stuffing, inspired me to turn my product into a novelty green product for adults rather then children.

i also didn't like the safety issue with kids since my "BagHacker" requires a little heat and pressure to form the bags into hard blocks.

jump to top michaelb1 says:

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