DIY cardboard furniture with free IKEA-style instructions
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ต.ค. 2012
- Industrial designer Adrián Candela was overwhelmed by the packing waste stacked in his living room after a recent move and being in need of a nightstand and not wanting to spend any more money, he turned the old boxes into new furniture.
His Nit (Catalan for "night") nightstand is now 8 months old (it was a Christmas gift for his girlfriend) and it is still standing (it's even had water spilled on it). Inspired by how easy the process was to upcycle his corrugated fiberboard, Candela created a simple step-by-step assembly guide that he has made available for free online so that others too could turn their furniture waste into side tables.
All that is necessary are three 2.5 mm sheets of cardboard, a utility knife, a pencil, a triangle (optional), and a cutting board. You can download the plans for free from his website. Candela intentionally created them like those of IKEA because he wanted them to be easy to follow. Though he warns that until you’re comfortable with the design it may take a couple of hours to get the cuts right. Though once the cardboard is cut it takes just 2 to 3 minutes to assemble... and disassemble... and reassemble.
Candela’s creation was inspired by Austrian designer Victor Papanek and his book Nomadic Furniture. "Not everything has to be store-bought, you can make your own stuff,” argues Candela, “and what's nice about it, is you can custom-make your own stuff to fit your specific needs.”
Candela also thinks that cardboard shouldn’t only be viewed as cheap, but can be celebrated, within limits. “As long as you don't go overboard and have everything cardboard. I think a few pieces they've got a certain appeal to them… maybe one piece per room.”
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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
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.
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.
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.
Ingenious and very eco-friendly. Love it!
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
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...
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.
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.
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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.
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 really awesome, great design and very minimalistic I love it! Thanks for sharing.
How creative....absolutely AWESOME!!!!! YOU ROCK CANDELA !!!!!
This is awesome dude. So innovative and creative. Big props to you! I'm impressed.
Your videos are so cool and creative! I love your ideals of frugality and environmental benevolence. Thank you so much for your channel.
This is beauty! Simple and minimal!
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
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.
This is just great - thanks for sharing!
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.👍👍👍👍
Wow, that's amazing design and ingenuity.
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.
Wow! This is so amazing!!
I like the frugality of this cardboard table!
I love Nomadic Furniture. I was thinking about it before you mentioned it. Thank you!
I love it, great presentation and great ideas, thanks for sharing!
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.
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.
You are brilliant, thanks for the concept.
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!
I made a laptop stand and I love it! That night stand looks cool.
Muy original, útil y barato !!!! Gracias por compartir tu diseño es inspirador...
Low cost, simple and beatifull. Big idea and project.
+Mark Austin This is cardboard.
Aprendeartesania big idea big project means low cast??
Brilliant!!!!
I love this!
super idea... have to done more furniture like this
awsome and genius, painting and the idea.. thx for upload
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!
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!
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!
Absolutely fantastic ! Really fun !
This is great! Thank you very much for posting an inspiring video of design.
Such smart ideals!
loving this video
I like it. Very clever!
thank you for sharing this idea and showing the technique too...
So neat the idea!
you're a hero. thank you. bless you
Pretty cool. Much more sturdy than just a cardboard box.
Thank you so much for this video!! I have to attend to an event at a park where there're no chairs so this will come very handy!! And I'll make a nighstand too since I don't have one
i like the console table. nice!
Awesome. Not to forget you are saving the earth too. Recycling.
Awesome dude. By far the best video ive seen all night really love it n plx share more ideas
VERY nice - thanks so much for sharing this.
I like your ideas! Keep up the good Work!
Awesome!
Wow! You're so brilliant
this is what i call great design
This is awesome. Thanks for sharing. I tried one with different size. It can handle even heavy items..
great structure with those triangles.
COOL! I would spray paint it to match my room.. AWESOME
love the innovation
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.
Thank you for your reply and for your videos. Keep it up!
Very useful! I like it
it’s really awesome and clear to understand thx so much
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
thank you for sharing, just about to move worries how to furnish the place not anymore can t wait now
Gracias por compartir ya la hice quedo muy bien!!
Cool idea to design the area. You can easily make furniture to fit and replace as you get the money.
Wooooow just wooooooow!!
There's a link on his website (in the text above).
Good one! thank you for sharing!
great designing!
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.
I llike it very much!
I love this
very nice!
Very, very cool.
Great work.
Awesome!! Your a keeper 👍🏼 your girlfriend is a lucky woman
i really like your ideas...keep it up...btw nice shoes....
Great. Thanks for sharing. Liked and subscribed. Cheers from Mauritius, Indian Ocean.
Very cool i need a new coffee table so i will be looking in to this.
I just did the same thing with some cardboard I got from the grocery store. Beats buying a nightstand.
Great idea
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.
such a clever idea. I usually put any cardboard I get into my garden ... think I'll save some
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? :)
brilliant!
love this...ty
awesum.....soooo creative
too cute and briliant
Awesome idea and great vid... really easy to follow and understand. 2ThumbsUp
just Wooww! amazing job! congrats men!