Bloxes: Modular Cardboard Furnishings for the Office
by Collin Dunn, Corvallis, OR, USA on 03.10.08
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
Flat versions of Bloxes: good for easy, efficient shipping
Apparently they go together so fast, it's hard to capture with a camera
Bloxes are stronger than they look
Here's how it goes down, from flat to finished in a few simple steps
What do you do with Bloxes? Cardboard fences make for good office neighbors...
Geez, TH, seems sorta wasteful. How long are these things gonna last?
fire inspectors will love these
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
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
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.
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.