Foldschool!

A few weeks ago Superforester Niki posted something about the lovely Cardboarddesigns. But that stuff is pretty expensive. Here's an alternative for you. The foldschool.

Established by the Swiss architect Nicola Enrico Stäubli, foldschool is aimed at the DIY'er. On the website he offers three designs which can be created by everyone. There's a stool, a chair and a rocker (in this case not being someone singing rock songs but a rocking chair).

Ok so how does the thing work? You download a PDF with the design in it, print it, get some cardboard sheets, stick the design template on and you cut, fold and glue.

And you have your very own piece of cardboard furniture! The best part is that you can use cardboard from packaging and thus recycle a box into a chair.
It's a bit unfortunate that the designs are created for child use. But according to Stäubli all the designs are strong enough to carry adult weight (see the above picture).

-jdh