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Monday, February 6, 2012

Videos

http://www.5min.com/Video/DIY-Cardboard-Furniture-41749501

http://www.wbaltv.com/video/29896215/detail.html

http://blip.tv/ntdtv-daily-news/20100806-wn-14_unique-furniture-designer-uses-cardboard-for-creations-3998506

How to make a good cardboard chair

ttp://www.sustainlane.com/reviews/how-to-make-the-worlds-best-cardboard-chair/QUQYAY4TTLD9JZA4JCPI9LU9KNIR This site was the most informational and interesting to me. This site had a lot of information and steps. It was very detailed and simple. It had a list of all the materials I would need. In addition, this site broke it down so it was easy to understand. I also liked the concept of the chair. It was very modern and sheek. Also, cardboard furniture has a lot to do with technology? Cardboard is more earth-friendly and affordable than its wooden counterparts, which usually requires felling trees, or furniture made of pressboard, which contains toxic glues. It's also lightweight and can be packed flat for easy shipping.

Challenge: Creating your own cardboard chair

http://earth911.com/news/2009/01/19/reuse-challenge-the-cardboard-chair/

This website is more informative than the one below. This site provide a lotof useful information. For example, The story, the challenge, ingredients, basic steps, tips, what worked, and what didnt work. Each month this site uploads a project that it challenges it users to do as well. It this particular case, the challenge is cardboard. This site was very descriptive and I can invision myself using it when it is time to do my prototype. The site said that what worked was the fact that they built a successful item out of cardboard. The material withstood the pressure. However, what did not work was cutting straight lines. One of the materials listed was a box cutter. This explains why the lines may not have been straight.

How to make a cardboard chair

http://www.ehow.com/how_2294732_make-cardboard-chair.html

The website has intructions and materials. It guides you throughout the project. It also provides you with the tools that will be needed to work on this cardboard chair project. Unfortunatle, it doesn't provide videos or pictures. This will can be a disadvantage when I try to build the actual item. The web site is well organized. It has a list of the materials that will be needed and how to construct the actual prototype. This site also has a lot of additional links that leads you to articles relates to one such as this.