jordy fu

mein was at London's Design Festival 2009 recently and was smitten by 'cloud walk' by designer Yu Jordy Fu. Her creation is a nine meter long horizontal white chandelier created from recycled paper for 100% design london.

Paper-cutting is a unique art form, which chinese women used as a graceful and intricate media to record their lives and adorn their homes. Yu Jordy Fu has used the ancient technique as means to break away from the two dimensional realm and create a dreamlike landscape. The chandelier can be purchased in sections and reinstalled.



Yu Jordy Fu is a London based designer who graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design with a first class degree in Spatial Design. She subsequently received a Master of Arts Degree in Architecture from the Royal College of Art London.





[images @ mein, text extracted from designboom and Jordy Fu]

For more information visit Jordy Fu's website.

Bloxes

Bloxes

Bloxes are building blocks made of interlocking pieces of corrugated cardboard, folded together. They are connected with each other on all six sides and can be used to construct benches, tables, tunnels, even walls. Their unique shape and structure make them exceptionally strong and lightweight.

How to build Bloxes

Bloxes measure 9½" square when assembled; a pack of 20 will create a 4-by-5 blox wall of approximately 36" by 45". Sold in quantities of 20, the unassembled bloxes fit in a 15" square box for easy shipping. We think they make great screen and partitions!

For more information, visit Bloxes.

via inhabitat.

Plushpod

For your kitty, the Cat Cacoon from Plushpod is the ideal playhouse.


Cat Cacoon from Plushpod
exterior 28"x21"x15"(LxWxH);
interior cavity 25"x18"13.5"(LxWxH);
hand-laminated corrugated cardboard



Designed by Warren Lieu, the pods are constructed of 83 layers of laser-cut double wall corrugated cardboard, sculpted into a unique pod shape with playful holes bored into it for pets to stick their paws into. An alternative to a scratching post, the cardboard is great for sharpening claws, durable enough to last a very long time. It is at the same time a lounger, a scratching pod, a playhouse, a secured hiding place, and a piece of sculpture in your home.

[images and text extracted from Plushpod]

For more information, visit Plushpod.

via the inspiring Poppytalk.

Nume

polyhedral house from nume
white corrugated board; 108x120x92cm

nume, the Italian designer for children, offers a polyhedral playhouse that is easy to assemble and dismantle. The build-it-yourself igloo is made of white cardboard so that little ones can decorate and customise.Perfect for experimenting with creativty and independence with.

[images and text from nume.]

For more information, visit nume.

via kidsmodern.