About Cardboard

After discovering that single sheets of cardboard gained exponential strength when layered, Frank Gehry - the Pulitzer Prize winning architect based in Los Angeles, California - began to manipulate the simple material into graceful, curvilinear chairs and tables. With hardboard facing applied to the flat surfaces, the furniture is immensely durable, the Easy Edges series (created 1969-73) includes the famous wiggle chair.。

At the turn of the millennium, cardboard again became a trend. Noted for its recyclability, cardboard fits snuggly into the modern zeitgeist. A whole new industry is appearing from within its wake.

Climate change presents designers with a massive responsibility – and opportunity. As creative thinkers and doers, designers are uniquely placed to review, rethink and remake the products, services and systems that shape our future.