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AppleOptionEsc		2008-03-06 01:43:51 AM

I guess its better being green when your ass is red.

and by red, i mean fire hazard.

Lumber Jack Off		2008-03-06 01:44:34 AM

reminds me of Ikea furniture.

Efferus X		2008-03-06 01:44:43 AM

If I knew it was that easy I'd start cutting out my own furniture...

It's too bad I'm so lazy. Seems cool though...

graphitesmoothie		2008-03-06 01:44:52 AM

I can feel the comfort.

txbound39		2008-03-06 01:44:54 AM

seriously, don't spill your beer on the couch. man.

overlord		2008-03-06 01:45:38 AM

Well that was lame. At least I know making these gave a girl sweaty pits.

Anthropophaguy		2008-03-06 01:45:39 AM

http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/79-modern-furniture/

RatOmeter		2008-03-06 01:48:05 AM

Some of that stuff looks like it was designed by a doctor...

Dr. Seuss.

Flaggrass		2008-03-06 01:51:03 AM

Looks brown to me.

RamblingKey		2008-03-06 01:52:01 AM

Not anything new, I took a course in design 13 years ago that had catalogs and catalogs full of this garbage.

It truly sucked then, and with the drastic increase in the price of cardboard since then, isn't even an economical choice for short term disposal furniture.

Thank god for the monobloc plastic chair (new window)

Chaminade		2008-03-06 01:54:58 AM

Your homeless man under the bridge wants cool cardboard furniture.

Jeff God of Biscuits		2008-03-06 01:55:34 AM

Rob Paravonian wanted for questioning...

/please don't let that be obscure

moothemagiccow		2008-03-06 02:00:21 AM

only reason the link got greenlit

kidsizedcoffin		2008-03-06 02:01:51 AM

moothemagiccow: only reason the link got greenlit

They aren't giving me wood, only cardboard.

northguineahills		2008-03-06 02:08:24 AM

they have some of these pieces at the MOMA store. a little pricey, yes, but cool. it wouldn't take too much to do it yourself and fireproof it.....

kidsizedcoffin: moothemagiccow: only reason the link got greenlit

They aren't giving me wood, only cardboard.

hehe, a +1 so far.... :)

GoGoGo		2008-03-06 02:10:05 AM

Lumber Jack Off: reminds me of Ikea furniture.

smash an ikea table.
its cardboard inside.

/really
//not all of them i assume...but some that i've seen.

Danger Avoid Death		2008-03-06 02:26:01 AM

My coffee table is made of pizza boxes, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

/Wait, what's under there?
//Oh, there actually is a coffee table under the pizza boxes.
///nevermind.

Quality		2008-03-06 03:37:04 AM

Works as lawn furniture until it rains...

lohphat		2008-03-06 03:42:37 AM

Try to clean the cat piss/poop/puke off that.

unicron702		2008-03-06 04:40:52 AM

Made me think of the mouse pad couch:

www.gearfuse.com

I can't imagine how bad it stinks. Those rubber blue mouse pads always smelled a little off. 500 of them has to be bad.

slantsix		2008-03-06 05:11:22 AM

Wow. A 40-year-old design showing up on Fark? heh.

firepit		2008-03-06 05:21:11 AM

Coolest I've seen all day?
Nope

neongoats		2008-03-06 05:42:25 AM

Yeah, I'm sure that shiat is real durable. Don't sit down too hard, don't toss the remote on the chair, don't put more than 3lbs of books on the book shelf.

Bet it burns like farking fatwood too.

DontBeStupid		2008-03-06 06:11:26 AM

Form over function and comfort.

No Such Agency		2008-03-06 06:26:32 AM

firepit:
Coolest I've seen all day?
Nope

Yeah, I assumed the link would be that thing. Now that is inspired design.

squirmster		2008-03-06 06:29:28 AM

moothemagiccow: only reason the link got greenlit

Wheres studman69 when there's a sweaty armpit available?

yotta		2008-03-06 07:23:59 AM

It's also lightweight and can be packed flat for easy shipping.

I'm sorry, but barely any of the pieces in the pictures looked capable of being packed flat.

BitwiseShift		2008-03-06 07:35:35 AM

Or is it the same furniture from the 70's?

//I wondered what happened to that stuff, why it never caught on here.

ExanimateAzrael		2008-03-06 07:52:38 AM

neat.

probably is hella uncomfortable after a while.

Betacamman		2008-03-06 08:25:16 AM

I can't find the site that had the guy who furnished his apartment with furniture made from FedEx boxes.

Wait. Yes I can

carbonxe		2008-03-06 08:41:18 AM

moothemagiccow: only reason the link got greenlit

biatch needs some Speed Stick.

LoneVVolf		2008-03-06 09:19:32 AM

Real furniture requires the cutting of trees eh? What do they think cardboard is made of? And the quote about wood laminates requiring toxic glues... are we to believe that these hundreds of layers of cardboard are fused together with hippie love and stardust?

framitz		2008-03-06 10:33:00 AM

Some really ugly crap for sure. I don't think cardboard is all that environmentally friendly either. You ever been near a mill that makes cardboard?

nativefloridian		2008-03-06 10:33:19 AM

"Here, kitty, kitty, kitty"

nytmare		2008-03-06 11:03:54 AM

"French designer Eric Guiomar began sculpting furniture from discarded corrugated cardboard boxes 15 years ago and became enchanted with the material."

Regular people are interested.
Artists are enchanted.

BlippityBleep		2008-03-06 11:11:05 AM

Why the hell would I want an end table to look like a piece of peppermint ribbon candy at Christmas time? Why the hell would I want furniture made out of cardboard? How the hell do people get paid to produce this stupid stuff? Why the hell am I still typing this pos...

AquariumFish		2008-03-06 11:11:21 AM

I live in a humid region, and I can't help but think of soggy couches. Eww.

LifelongSlacker		2008-03-06 12:05:09 PM

But when I eat my pizza off of it, will flecks of the chair come off on my fork?

FeFiFoFark		2008-03-06 12:11:59 PM

old. fail.

corinnemic		2008-03-06 02:01:12 PM

This just in: "Paper can be shaped to look like things."

goethe_helen_hunt		2008-03-06 02:04:48 PM

My cats would love cardboard furniture. I think the designers are in the thrall of their Feline Overlords.

Hornpoppa		2008-03-06 03:37:31 PM

Some of this reminds me of the hideous furnishings Wynona Rider's mother made in Beetlejuice

timinaz		2008-03-06 07:39:27 PM

Riddle me this batman, isn't cardboard made from paper? Which is made from wood?

/My cat would think she died and went to scratching post heaven...
//My dogs would think I got them new chew toys...

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