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Nothing Cardboard Office by Joost Van BleiswijkDutch advertising agency <a title="No Glue No Screw Recycled Cardboard Office Space For Nothing" href="http://www.nothingamsterdam.com/#/en" target="_blank">Nothing</a> sought to set up an express office space on a tight budget, so they turned to retro-futuristic Dutch designer <a title="No Glue No Screw Recycled Cardboard Office Space For Nothing" href="http://www.projectjoost.com/" target="_blank">Joost van Bleiswijk</a> and design director <a title="No Glue No Screw Recycled Cardboard Office Space For Nothing" href="http://www.alrik.nl/#/work/" target="_blank">Alrik Koudenburg</a>, who created a striking cardboard office out of <em>next to nothing</em>. Built entirely from super-versatile cardboard, the Amsterdam office is a large volume office space inside a white box apartment. Made using van Bleiswijk’s "no glue, no screw" technique, the concept illustrates the agency’s philosophy to perfection: “Nothing is about the power of ideas, how a single idea can transform nothing into something. Using a cheap throw-away material to build a unique and memorable work space, seemed a good way to materialize this thought.”1
Nothing Cardboard Office by Joost Van BleiswijkThe designers created an entire office space by carefully cutting and folding sheets of 15 mm honeycomb <a title="No Glue No Screw Recycled Cardboard Office Space For Nothing" href="http://inhabitat.com/index.php?s=cardboard" target="_blank">cardboard</a>.2
Nothing Cardboard Office by Joost Van BleiswijkThe area includes desks, tables, bookshelves, columns, stairs, and even rooms made out of the material.3
Nothing Cardboard Office by Joost Van BleiswijkEach piece is structurally stable, and if for any reason a tabletop gets damaged, a new one is cheap and can be easily cut to size, replacing the old one.4
Nothing Cardboard Office by Joost Van Bleiswijk<a title="No Glue No Screw Recycled Cardboard Office Space For Nothing" href="http://inhabitat.com/index.php?s=eindhoven+design+academy" target="_blank">Eindhoven Design Academy</a> graduate Coen Danckmer Voordouw was involved in the design and the execution of the project -- we've featured his work before in the form of his <a title="No Glue No Screw Recycled Cardboard Office Space For Nothing" href="http://inhabitat.com/make-your-own-cardboard-world-with-the-amazing-cools-kit/" target="_blank">COOLS kit</a>.5
Nothing Cardboard Office by Joost Van BleiswijkThe office’s signature style is timeless and classic, and it was modeled after van Bleiswijk’s "no glue, no screw" design ethos, where the form follows function and only the most basic elements remain.6
Nothing Cardboard Office by Joost Van BleiswijkVan Bleiswijk’s design work draws inspiration from historic industrial design objects that have been forgotten, like the writing desk, the standing clock, the hourglass, and even the chessboard.7
Nothing Cardboard Office by Joost Van BleiswijkThe end result is a sustainable, versatile and timeless body of work that will never go out of fashion.8
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