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Chairigami Refoldable Cardboard Furniture: Just Unfold and Use

Furniture doesn’t get any simpler than this. These pieces of refoldable cardboard furniture are produced by Chairigami, which was founded by Zach Rotholz using nothing but $5,000 of his bar mitzvah money as capital.

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Life-sized Cardboard Gremlin: Never Get it Wet

Why would anyone ever own a Mogwai? You are just asking for trouble. Have you not seen the movies? Those cute little furballs turn into Gremlins. They are like tribbles, but deadly. Don’t ever own a Mogwai people!

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Blocks Photo Series: The Adventures of a Life-sized Block Man

Have you met the Block Man? He’s a life-sized non-person who has two eyes, a nose, a mouth, a pair of arms and a pair of legs, just like you and me. The only thing is, he’s not alive, because while he has the same body parts as you and I, he’s made up of nothing but ink and cardboard.

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Guy Turns His Cubicle into a Castle, Learns the Princess is in Another One

You can still feel like King of your castle, even when you’re stuck at work. Just do what this guy did, who turned his office cubicle into a castle. All it took was a little cardboard, a Sharpie or two, and some creativity.

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Paper Shooter Cardboard Rifle Fires Spit Wads

I think we can all agree that growing up, getting in a spit wad fight with someone was fun right up to the point where you got hit with a spit wad. After that, it’s really gross and you really just don’t want to play anymore.

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Cardboard Computer and Plotter Really Work

I’ve heard of corrugated cardboard being used to house computers, but this project takes cardboard computing to a whole new level. Niklas Roy used rubber bands, rope and cardboard to create a functional, mechanical computer and plotter.

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10-Foot-Tall Cardboard Optimus Prime: Boxes in Disguise

What do you do with all of those boxes left over from your countless Amazon orders and other cardboard lying around your house? Don’t just throw them into the recycling bin. Do like this guy did, and build a giant badass robot.

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Cardboard Guns Pack a (Paper) Punch

If you like to look at guns more than you like to fire them, check out these amazingly detailed paper guns, made by cardboard artist Asif Farooq. Forget about the whole gun/anti-gun controversy for a moment and just admire these harmless weapons for all of their amazing detail.

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Cardboard Nintendo Game Boy Color Has One Color: Cardboard

Oh man. I have always wanted a hug a giant Game Boy Color made out of cardboard. And that geeky chick in the pic created one. MaboroshiTira made this giant non-handheld by taking a bunch of boxes, chopping them up and turning them a larger-than-life nostalgic gaming device.

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Rogier Wieland’s Amazing Cardboard Cutout Animations

It’s amazing what you can do with cardboard and a whole lot of imagination. Of course, you’d also need to have some skills and prior knowledge in animation in order to pull this of… but still, the whole thing is pretty impressive.

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Camera Made out of Cardboard, Duct Tape and LEGO Actually Works

Look at this amazing DIY camera. It looks pretty professional, but it is all homemade by Dominique Vankan who wanted to replicate the Autochrome Lumière color photography process developed by the Lumière Brothers back in 1907.

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Toilet Paper Tube X-Wing Fighter: Wipe After Every Battle

If your family eats a lot of fiber, you too can have a rebel fleet with a complete armada of X-Wing fighters made out of toilet paper tubes. This squadron’s company motto is “Wipe your butt, then wipe out the Empire.” “Do your duty for the fleet.” Okay, enough bathroom humor.

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Bicycle Created from Recycled Cardboard for $9

They told him it was impossible – three engineers that is. Engineers may be smart, but obviously these ones lacked vision. After his wife persuaded him to give it a try, designer Izhar Gafni got to work on a bicycle made out of cardboard, with a cost of less than $9 to manufacture.

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IKEA Digital Camera is Made of Cardboard, No Assembly Required

I’ve seen pinhole cardboard cameras before, but this is the first time that I’ve seen something like this made by a furniture giant. It was a promotional item, but it makes me think that IKEA might be working on a product like this.

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9 Month-Old Gets His Own Millennium Falcon

Kids these days get everything that they want. In this case, this 9 month-old got himself a Millennium Falcon before he even knew he wanted one. Liam’s amazing parents spent 3 months building him his very own cardboard Millennium Falcon.

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Berlin Boombox Adds a Green Twist to the Classic Player

Boomboxes might have gone out of style even before I was born, but that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate them or their place in pop culture. Sure, we might live in a world of iPods and mp3s nowadays, but there’s no reason why these retro music players can’t make a comeback – and a green one at that – in this day and age.

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Chairigami Refoldable Cardboard Furniture: Just Unfold and Use

Life-sized Cardboard Gremlin: Never Get it Wet

Blocks Photo Series: The Adventures of a Life-sized Block Man

Guy Turns His Cubicle into a Castle, Learns the Princess is in Another One

Paper Shooter Cardboard Rifle Fires Spit Wads

Cardboard Computer and Plotter Really Work

10-Foot-Tall Cardboard Optimus Prime: Boxes in Disguise

Cardboard Guns Pack a (Paper) Punch

Cardboard Nintendo Game Boy Color Has One Color: Cardboard

Rogier Wieland’s Amazing Cardboard Cutout Animations

Camera Made out of Cardboard, Duct Tape and LEGO Actually Works

Toilet Paper Tube X-Wing Fighter: Wipe After Every Battle

Bicycle Created from Recycled Cardboard for $9

IKEA Digital Camera is Made of Cardboard, No Assembly Required

9 Month-Old Gets His Own Millennium Falcon

Berlin Boombox Adds a Green Twist to the Classic Player

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