Building your own furniture is not only cheaper to make and lots of fun but you can make it suit your needs better. When I built my own desk, for the first time, I truly felt comfortable working on my computer.

I love 5he fact that you wer not emberassed or ashamed to put this up. You appreciate and understand that not everyone has money and even so u dont have to be wasteful. Yu our very intelligent and I appreciate your help. I'm a single mom and the struggle is so real for us unfortunately and you just helped me out tremendously. Thank u and God bless u and your family! Merry Chtistmas!

Tech tip: orient the fluting to run perpendicular to the force. Cardboard is much easier to bend with the fluting than against it. Many examples in this video are done the opposite way and would be an order of magnitude stronger if he turned some of the cardboard in the patterns 90°

This is fantastic! We need more brilliant thinkers like this that literally "think outside the box" as the suing goes. I believe if we have people to teach how to use the available resources in a different way such as this week accomplish so much more. Keep it up

Thanks for the book recommendation and this whole video! It was refreshing to hear you talk about money being tight, temporary options, and also your thinking on how to construct these things…My family just moved to an unfurnished home for the first time and all I have are these boxes. I’m really glad your video was the first I watched, it is such an inspiring starting point. I’m ready to start my journey into “nomadic furniture” ❤

I think this is a genius idea. Nothing wrong at all with re-purposing material into something useful that would have otherwise been thrown away and I like the design. Great job!! As of this comment, I'm currently exploring making recycled cardboard canvas from box panels and old magazines to make inexpensive wall art, and about the most expensive thing I've bought so far is the glue...... but glue is much cheaper than going out to buy a canvas, and the cardboard/paper I get pretty much for free since I already own it, and art options are limitless.

These ideas have an unsuspected market in older people who have to downsize. Kits for us would be a godsend for us in some circumstances. Some of us older people can't even do the cutting because of arthritis, loss of strength, etc. And we are on fixed income. It would be fabulous to have furniture we can easily move that still looks contemporary and elegant.

what a fantastic idea. solves a lot of problems for people who change residences a lot. eco-friendly, non-consumer and reusable. great solution for a nomadic lifestyle. love it.

Kirsten, if you're ever in Austria, there's a company in Schrems called GEA that you might be interested in. They make minimalist but excellent-quality wooden furniture, and also mattresses out of all-natural materials which you can "test-sleep" on in their bed-and-breakfast addition to their workshop. The guest rooms all contain cardboard wardrobes, which are surprisingly sturdy and stable (they use more layers of cardboard than in this video though). Unfortunately they don't sell them...

I love your nightstand Adrian , I was looking for an idea just like this. It looks simple and clean , no glue no "papier maché" , only clean cuts and then assembling , I like that. Thank you for this video Adrian , and please don't listen to the haters who is making hater-comments.

If you want to improve on your project/future projects, pay attention to flute direction on corrugated cardboard. On diagonal pieces, you used weak direction, thus it's easy to bend and crease when bumping into it. Other way would be much stabler, stronger and leave a prettier edge

This is awesome. I read the Papanek books (there are several) when I was a kid. I also built a center console for an old car out of cardboard and covered it in fiberglass and it outlasted the car. Cardboard is a great prototyping material and if you want a bit more permanence you can paint it. Or if you want to keep the "Pop art", varnish it. My laptop stand is now made from wood but I prototyped with a cardboard box and razor knife in about 5 minutes.

Why keep on commenting on the furniture that he bought he probably needed that & instead of throwing the box away he made it useful you don't have to buy a furniture all u need is a box simple as that & some thought.. It's a great idea

@vincentrobinette1507

5 жыл бұрын

When Henry Ford made his model Ts he ordered parts in crates, made to specifications, because he used the crates to make the floor boards of his cars. No waste.

I think if you made that night stand with two shear panels on the inside, like the wall stand, you might be able to sit on it. The only problem is, if you smash it, there goes a lot of work. That one made out of double wall cardboard looks like it might actually hold you. I've seen videos where furniture was MADE to sit on, using the same materials, and geometry. If it can hold a persons weight, it's legit.

Awesome. Not to forget you are saving the earth too. Recycling.

This is SO COOL!! I've totally been employing my shipping boxes as table space and I love it! It's straight up boxes; nothing as in depth as this. I've got a night stand and a floor level table that I draw on. I love this video.

as mulch. It goes in my paths & covered with old newspaper & grass clippings. As the plants get a little bigger I "mulch" around them too. I used to weed all by hand , but with 4 big gardens & being over 60 .. it hurts my hands to pull them all out. I do leave 'weeds' around the edge for the bugs. I usually go to the shampoo section of Walmart about 6am & get a couple buggies of small boxes. Now I'll have to look for the bigger boxes too. thank you for the ideas.

this is sooo good for dorms!! cuz here in my country , it's just a room with a table and a bed and a side lamp.. so nothing much! sooo useful!!

This is beauty! Simple and minimal!

Pretty cool. Much more sturdy than just a cardboard box.

Wow that's awesome, I have started doing the same instead of spending momey and heavy fiurnitures I do my own furnitures with cardboard, they are cheaper and lighter... I don't have to carry heavy stuffs no more . Excellent job.👍👍👍👍

Your videos are so cool and creative! I love your ideals of frugality and environmental benevolence. Thank you so much for your channel.

I like the frugality of this cardboard table!

I love this!! I am hunting for ideas to make a liftable/moveable jigsaw puzzle table. Ideally i would like to be able to lift it and put it over a large chair, or freestanding. A dream come true would be to somehow make the table able to sort of fold up with the unfinished jigsaw in order to store it tidily away when not using. This would be a jigsaw table I can do throughout the day while I am working so that I can keep my brain happy and playful throughout the day for a few minutes each time. My office is not huge, which is why i want to make it lightweight and able to fold up.

This is brilliant, thank you! I have been looking for a thorough but concise video on cardboard furniture creation as a reference for my 3D Design class, and this is incredibly helpful.

@navdeepsingh2459

4 жыл бұрын

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How creative....absolutely AWESOME!!!!! YOU ROCK CANDELA !!!!!

That is so interesting. We've been looking at lap desks so that we can write while sitting on the couch. That would be fun to figure out by modifying his designs. Thank you!

Ingenious and very eco-friendly. Love it!

You can even download the instructions for free from his site dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6030945/pdf_books/DIY_process%20book.pdf www.adriancandela.com/Nit Thanks Adrian Candela!

I really like this ideal good way to save money and whats more important is to be able to say you made it yourself makes you feel like your not needing everthing thats sold and your not at mercy of money !!! Ideal I bet those night stands could be painted all different colors to match the room they are in. I need a computer desk lol going to the dumpster now i see lots of furniture in the future LOL !!

You are brilliant. I love re-purposing things. Until just now, I only considered cardboard for artistic rather than useful purposes. I made a castle for a little girl when she was one year old out of a refrigerator box and a hot water heater box, I was working construction and just couldn't stand to keep cutting them up for recycling so I snuck a few home. It turned out great. Right now she is turning 3 and I want to make her a table and chairs. I found one great one for the table that involves a LOT of duct tape but it totally looks great, easy & sturdy. Looking now for ideas for the chairs and happened upon your video. Please tell me there Is there a link to the patterns so I don't have to trial and error all those notches since you clearly have already done that brain work for me. :) ?-pattern/measurements link-? :) Plz? :)

Wow, that's amazing design and ingenuity.

This is really awesome, great design and very minimalistic I love it! Thanks for sharing.

Just great! Well done and thanks for sharing. The designs are really well thought out and mechanically efficient. I'm truly tickled... :D

Love! Love his site as well. Thanks! so simple and re-using. And if it gets crappy, you can just toss it. Easy to move.

great structure with those triangles.

I love cardboard furniture, but 1. it's hard to find for sale 2. when you do find it, it is VERY EXPENSIVE [for cardboard] 3. it's not going to last long enuf to be worth the expense 4. it is next to impossible to find templates so you can make it cheaply yourself I think a book of templates would sell very well Also, i wonder why foam core does not seem to be used much. I think it may have some advantages over cardboard- 1. it's sturdier, i think 2. it cuts more easily and without the rough edges that you usually get with cardboard

@ethanapplefeld870

7 жыл бұрын

Na Al cardboard is less costly as well as much stronging

This is great. Champagne furniture on a beer budget. I like the clean lines, and simple design. I just need to find some good looking cardboard. Thanks Kirsten!

Low cost, simple and beatifull. Big idea and project.

@NiklasForsman1

8 жыл бұрын

+Mark Austin This is cardboard.

@maryamulhaq168

6 жыл бұрын

Aprendeartesania big idea big project means low cast??

Cool idea to design the area. You can easily make furniture to fit and replace as you get the money.

Drop some expanding foam into the triangular voids to stiffen and strengthen those tables.

I did this 4 years ago out of a DC shoe box, I needed an end table for my glasses and remote, I hot glued it together, it lasted quite a while and looked cool. I originally had an Idea to make a skateboard "kicker" ramp with a refrigerator box,the idea was to cut the profile of the ramp multiple times to achieve the width sandwiched together, and liquid nail those layers, and Masonite on the surface(1/8") glued. it would be super lite and cheap, but not something you could leave in the elements.

I just did the same thing with some cardboard I got from the grocery store. Beats buying a nightstand.

This is just great - thanks for sharing!

Makes Ikea look pretty good.

Is there a link to a PDF download of the instructional guide? Or an image download? Just moved and as an artist/environmentalist this idea is beyond inspirational.

thank you for sharing this idea and showing the technique too...

If my wife asked me for a nightstand and I made her a cardboard table, methinks the couch would be my new home for a while. Props to his girlfriend if she is cool with this. To me it seems best marketed as bachelor-pad furniture.

Brilliant solution to the growing waste problem - not sure i'd want to get jiggy on a cardboard bed though ; O

such a clever idea. I usually put any cardboard I get into my garden ... think I'll save some

GOOD IDEA< and use of recycled corrugated paperboard! You should change the corrugation direction to vertical whenever possible to increase your compression strength.

I think that IKEA could print the line to cut on every cardborboard. He could have a lot of money for this design....I like it!

You can use cardboard like a 3D printer by building up layers. A coat of JB Weld or other hardening substance can make it ridged. Gears come to mind.

this is what i call great design

I love Nomadic Furniture. I was thinking about it before you mentioned it. Thank you!

This is awesome! I love the design work. I'm in the need for a unit for my bedroom and I'll definitely be considering adapting this design. I have so much cardboard at the moment!

At 8:00 youll see a tissue box which can be turned easily into a picture frame. Unfold every flap and then fold flaps in and youll need to insert 1 side into another's pocket. DONE picture frame!!!!

Such smart ideals!

Its a cheap way of making temporary furniture like for a student apartment and if you plan on moving alot but you cant hide the fact that it still looks cheap, its good to reuse the cardboard I mean save the planet 👍 and Im all for that thats why I now making a carpet out of plasticbags(like the ones you get from the supermarket or other shops( just make sure they are clean) but Im also a realist those furniture will break much more easier then wooden or metal ones but it can suffice for the time being if you are short on cash and/or have plenty of leftover cardboard and want to lay your cash on something more fun then furniture.

This is brilliant up cycling.

I made a laptop stand and I love it! That night stand looks cool.

I love it! it is so thoughtful!! lucky girlfriend lol , i'm so gonna do it! but i'll cover it with some cute paper, cuz i'll put it in my room! absolutly adorable

Wow u r very smart I would like to make one for my room

You can cover cardboard with contact paper so if it gets something spilled on it you can easily wipe it up.

super idea... have to done more furniture like this

I would have loved those when I was younger and moving a lot. Now I have kids and pets that would demolish those pieces in about 10 minutes, you try to get a child to not lean or sit on a table like that at any point, lol. But before kids that would have been very convenient.

I like it. Very clever!

This is a great idea! It would be fun to paint it crazy colors too! Just a warning to anyone picking up furniture that was thrown away - DO NOT pick up abandoned furniture. Bed bugs are an increasing problem everywhere, and might be the reason why the piece was thrown out. Even if there are no visible bugs on it, there could be unhatched tiny eggs on the furniture. Just don't risk it.

@neveralonewithnaturerainbo187

6 жыл бұрын

sybrix I know what your saying.. at the same time in many cases unfortunately all people can afford is second hand furniture.. New furniture even in the "cheaper" shops.. are still from £100 and upwards.. people simply don't have the cash.. even second hand furniture is mostly not cheap any more.. it's not easy

This is great! Thank you very much for posting an inspiring video of design.

Gracias por compartir ya la hice quedo muy bien!!

This is awesome dude. So innovative and creative. Big props to you! I'm impressed.

@ Victoria, it would depend on how heavy the lamp was - my suspicion is that as long as the lamp isn't much heavier than 1-2 books (which most ikea lamps are as light as) it should be fine.

i like the console table. nice!

There's a link on his website (in the text above).

Brilliant "simple" example of what can be done with a little imagination. Love it

Muy original, útil y barato !!!! Gracias por compartir tu diseño es inspirador...

This is awesome. Thanks for sharing. I tried one with different size. It can handle even heavy items..

loving this video

I like this very much I like the idea of fold up furniture. This is a very simple design and could be made to look really awesome. you could use any type material am thinking birch that is stained but if you do this out of a hard material will be a lot more work but if it can fold up into a small area it would be worth it. if you drive from place to place it could easily fit in a car and not take up much space. great idea

So neat the idea!

Everyone are all over traditional furniture making. But if you look at it sober, you can see that the tradition of furniture relies on oversized pieces that cover unoptimal layout, construction wise. To get subjectively more pleasing aesthetics. The cardboard furniture is the exact oposite. I like it! To be honest, as an engineer, some of the traditional furniture solutions make me cringe ;)

You are brilliant, thanks for the concept.

Great work.

Loved this video. Love the idea behind it. You make with whatever you find.

thank you for sharing, just about to move worries how to furnish the place not anymore can t wait now

Very cool i need a new coffee table so i will be looking in to this.

very nice!

VERY nice - thanks so much for sharing this.

It's fun and gives people an idea on structural strength when it comes to design but beyond a few temporary storage things it's not really practical. I agree that the amount of cardboard and packing you get with all your furniture seems ridiculous and wasteful but if you send it for recycling, then not so bad.

you are doing what our box sample cutter do.

this is great. I am going off to graduate school soon and this seems like it would be a great idea.

Great idea

I love this!

Very, very cool.

too cute and briliant

OH WOW. SO DIFERENT LIKE IT THANKS

Awesome dude. By far the best video ive seen all night really love it n plx share more ideas

Very useful! I like it

it’s really awesome and clear to understand thx so much

I love it, great presentation and great ideas, thanks for sharing!