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CartonLAB Creates High-Design Structures out of Humble Cardboard
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CartonLAB’s playful design approach adds to the appeal of using the lightweight, strong, and flexible material. They designed a display for Microsoft that could change shape at every collage stop on a promotional tour. The structure was made by stacking up boxes like building blocks, and a simple colored tile set enhanced the dimensionality of the display.
Exploring the complex design potential of cardboard, cartonLAB also produced a parametric display for Ability Diseño Gráfico. The intricate folded structure can be easily collapsed and flat-packed to fit in a van.
At its simplest, cardboard can serve as a clean billboard where information can be displayed in complex ways. The medium enhances the information being expressed rather than serving as a distraction. Thedurabilityand packability of cardboard has been proven through daily use, so it’s refreshing to see the material find its place in high design. It provides a viable alternative to the display industry, which often relies upon toxic, non-renewable and non-recyclable materials.
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CartonLAB brings architecture to the masses by exploring the immense potential of using common cardboard as a building material. The design group from Moho Arquitectos transforms corrugated paper into furniture, freestanding walls, and pixelated pavilions. In doing so they provide advertising venues with a much healthier and more renewable solution to the typical vinyl and PVC-covered pressboard displays that end up in the trash at the end of their short lifespan.
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CartonLAB’s playful design approach adds to the appeal of using the lightweight, strong, and flexible material.
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They designed a display for Microsoft that could change shape at every collage stop on a promotional tour.
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The structure was made by stacking up boxes like building blocks.
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A simple colored tile set enhanced the dimensionality of the display.
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Examples of cubic display designs.
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Construction of the cubic display.
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Exploring the complex design potential of cardboard, cartonLAB also produced a parametric display for Ability Diseño Gráfico. The intricate folded structure can be easily collapsed and flat-packed to fit in a van.
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At its simplest, cardboard can serve as a clean billboard where information can be diplayed in complex ways. The medium enhances the information being expressed rather than serving as a distraction.
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The durability and packabilty of cardboard has been proven through daily use, so it’s refreshing to see the material find its place in high design. It provides a viable alternative to the display industry, which often relies upon toxic, non-renewable and non-recyclable materials.
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