michelle kaufmann designs

There are a few things you can do with used cardboard boxes.  Of course you can always recycle them, but if you have the storage space then one option is to save them for when you need to ship something.  If you’re eight years old then another option is to make a fort out of them.   If you’re the creative geniuses behind Seattle-based Graypants then the obvious option is to turn them into unique modern furniture.  A perfect example of their ingenuity is the scrap light.  The design of these lamps instills a new spirit into salvaged pieces of corrugated cardboard.  Their lively play on light and shadow invigorates the once lifeless materials.  If you’re wondering how a cardboard box could become something so lovely then just see below for Graypants’ own graphical description of their process.  What it lacks in detail it makes up for in eco-awesomeness.