There is something quite cool about recycled art and even furniture. Instead of giving you a feeling that you are buying something recycled, they actually give you great pride as they tell you that you have done your little part in making the planet a better place. Cardboard Furniture is something that is not just fashionable, but will allow you to save a plant or two by avoiding the wooden furniture. It is sleek, stylish and comes in every fancy type that your conventional furniture comes in. In fact, the options are only greater here.
Innovative cardboard furniture designs from the likes of star architect Frank Gehry and fellow designers offer thousands of designs for you to choose from. Online furniture store Cardboard Design doesn’t use screws or toxic glues, and attracts 4,000 visitors a month to its Manhattan store, so it says. The US is about a decade behind Europe when it comes to cardboard furniture. ‘Green’ labels are more prevalent in Europe, so cardboard furniture is inherently more popular here.
Not only is cardboard already made of recycled bits, but it’s also recyclable itself — and there are more possibilities for altering the material than you’d imagine. Cardboard Design CEO Vahid Pourkay has a patent pending on what he calls “liquid cardboard,” which can mutate into as many as 50 different shapes including vases, bowls and pen holders. So the possibility here is endless with designs both unique and special. One can almost create anything they choose to and that also offers you creative freedom to think out of the box.
