Play

Play, the most important element of working with cardboard. There are thousands of ideas, images, books and more showing what can be done with cardboard, but playing with it, folding it, tearing it and joining it to see what it does is no doubt the best way to explore the wonderful world of cardboard for yourself.

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The More You Look

The more you look the more you find, this time another artist using cardboard and Makedo fasteners, Aaron McConchie.

I Get Around - Mobile Architecture

More Ideas

Artist Clemens Behr makes temporary cardboard installations in cities around the world.

Ideas

While looking for examples of artists, designers, architects and others using cardboard, I have collected images of their work and will post them on the blog. Not all of them are directly connected to cardboard, shelters or buildings but rather have caught my eye or sparked and idea.

Straight Edges

One of the things I have playing around with the cardboard pieces is that all the structures I made ended up having straight edges. So I am now going to try some different shaped structures, one one of the pieces I attached leaves to it, I had them laying around from another project. This breaks up the surface and raises the possibility of trying all sorts of different materials as a form of cladding for the buildings. 

Vertical Gardens are increasing in popularity and not only provide interesting facades to buildings, they can also grow you lunch. The other building image below is covered in 60,000 rods to provide an exciting way to cover a building.

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Joining Cardboard Part 100

Another in the series of how to join cardboard together, this time it is simply cutting slots in cardboard sheets and then using them like a construction kit. The example I am testing is based on Charles and Ray Eames card construction game, which is like a pack of playing cards, but each card has six slots in it. These can then be joined to make all sorts of constructions. I have made template and testing out different sizes to see which works best, but they are easy to make and great for experimenting and exploring different forms for houses and shelters.

Click here for an example of how to make the construction cards, it is fairly easy to follow and once you make yourself a template you can make lots of cards. There are also examples, if you search for cardboard construction cards, using different numbers of slots, different angles and shapes of card, which means you can son develop your own system to explore building structures.

Basic Foldable Cardboard House

A simple guide to turning a cardboard box into a cardboard playhouse at She Knows.

Once you have got the simple structure it is easy to start adapting it and adding your own ideas to turn it into a shelter, home or building that you want to see in Christchurch.