NuVu brings creative education to students around the world.

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Joselyn McDonald

Head of Teacher Experience

A Carnegie Mellon University grad, Joselyn's exp. is in design+human-comp interaction.

Kate James

Head of Product Experience

A HGSE alumnus, Kate has years of experience developing creative learning experiences.

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Last thing you made with cardboard!

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An Ode to Cardboard

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All I want for Christmas is... a really big cardboard box

HIGH-FIDELITY

LOW-FIDELITY

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We usually think of cardboard as a material for low-fi prototypes. It is cheap and easy to try ideas out with.

DYSON VACUUM

Low-Fi

High-Fi

James Dyson spent 5 years developing 5,127 prototypes for the G-Force vacuum. Many of those in the early stages were made out of cardboard.

When we use cardboard for low-fidelity prototypes, it is usually to experiment with and show forms and basic functionality.



In this way, the cardboard designs serve as a testing ground, with the intention of the designer to move into other materials in further iterations.

LOW-FIDELITY

Mindfulness Eating Kit

Low-Fidelity

High-Fidelity

Drawing Machine

Low-Fidelity

High-Fidelity

Wearable Performance Piece

Low-Fidelity

High-Fidelity

HIGH-FIDELITY

LOW-FIDELITY

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In some cases, though, cardboard can be a high-fi material, where more advanced building methods and mechanisms can be used

In higher-fidelity cardboard models, the pieces might be laser cut, and other materials might be introduced to work with the cardboard pieces (including motors/ electronics). There is careful design and construction in these models.

Prototype One

Prototype Two

Prototype Three

CARDBOARD ITERATION

COOL CARDBOARD PROTOTYPES

Illumination Studio

COOL CARDBOARD PROTOTYPES

Deep Se Bots Studio

COOL CARDBOARD PROTOTYPES

Responsive Architecture Studio

COOL CARDBOARD PROTOTYPES

Transitopia Studio

COOL CARDBOARD PROTOTYPES

Transitopia Studio

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CARDBOARD TECHNIQUES: SHAPING

Bending

Scoring

Curving

Faceting

Layering

Hinging

CARDBOARD TECHNIQUES: JOINERY

Brads

Flanges

Brace

Skewer

Bend

Hinge

Slots

Butt Joint

Don't Drop the Ball!

GEARS

SCISSOR

SLIDER

RAMP

PULLEY

TENTACLE

SPINNER

CLAW

ADVANCED CARDBOARD TECHNIQUES

Precedents in the world of art and design

Designer Frank Gehry's "Wiggle Chair, 1972"

FlexibleLove Chair by Chishen Chiu, Taiwan

Melbourne-based artist Greg Olijnyk sculpts mechanistic figurines and architecture completely out of cardboard.

Japanese artist Monami Ohno's cardboard designs

Also from Japan, Aidakko Shishou makes functional cardboard wearables and weaponry.

Artist Tom Burckhardt spent 8 months recreating his entire artist studio out of cardboard

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An Ode to Cardboard

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Make & Chat!

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Make

If you have materials and want to give one of these mechanisms a try, we'd love to see what you make!

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How have you used cardboard in your classroom?

Did we miss any cool cardboard techniques that you know about?

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Curious to learn more? Reach out to our team at nuvux@nuvustudio.org

Thank you!