Cardboard is most widely used for packaging purposes. After it had served its function, cardboard keeps on adding to the landfills with 22% of unrecoverable elements. However, an eco-conscious fraction of artists, including Mark Langan and Chris Gilmour, utilizes the 78% of the recoverable stuff and makes it a part of their creativity. Artists employ some great skills to cut these cardboard pieces into layers to form some awesome cardboard creations from them. So, creativity marries sustainability through their unparalleled art.
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Here we have listed some of their unique artworks that bring out the message of reuse and recycling in a refined new way:
• Chris Gilmour shapes cardboard into autos:
An English artist based in Italy creates life-size replicas and sculptures with materials never used before. A replica Fiat 500 engine done in cardboard deserves some rave reviews for sure. More here.
chris gilmour recycled cardboard sculpture fiat 50
• 1:1 McLaren M8B replica:
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Chris Gilmour created an amazing full scale M8 from cardboard and hot glue for motorsport enthusiast Bob Rubin. The car is coated with high-gloss paint and has MacLaren stroller logo on the M8B’s wing endplates. More here.
chris gilmour recycled cardboard sculpture mclaren
chris gilmour recycled cardboard sculpture mclaren
• Cardboard autos, guitar:
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Chris Gilmour created scooters and motorcycles (guitar as well) with cardboard. Amazing work, more here and here.
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chris gilmour recycled cardboard sculpture car
chris gilmour recycled cardboard sculpture guitar
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• Iconic Harley Davidson replica by Kenny Scott:
Kenny Scott, a student at the University of Central Lancashire has recreated the iconic Harley Davidson from recycled cardboard for his final year project. More here.
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• Cardboard Café:
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At the London Design Festival 08, the Cardboard Cafe captured the essence of recycling and reuse in a beautiful and subtle fashion. Crafted by b3 designers, the structure served as a cafe in the morning time and as a bar in the late hours. More here.
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• Car in ruins and other works by Don Lucho:
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Seen on the Santiago de Chile streets, the car in ruins is one of the unparalleled artworks of cardboard artist Don Lucho. More here.
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• Cardboard Bike by Ryan Perkin:
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Created for the Customer Appreciation Day 08, the bicycle made from cardboard personified the theme of the event: Going Green On The Green. Ryan Perkin chained this life-size bike with cardboard chains. More here.
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• Mark Langan’ Art:
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The Cleveland-based artist recycles and reuses the corrugated boards and comes out with sculptural logos, statements and images. Considering the fact that it does not require any computer rendering, the definitive art is praiseworthy. More here.
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• David Stark’s cardboard furniture:
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David Stark hosted a fantastic silent auction last year at the opening of West Elm’s newest Manhattan shop. The artist created the one-of-a-kind furniture and objects from recycled west elm packing materials. David’s work was able to raise $8,000 from the sales. More here.
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• Booth-generator created from recycled pizza boxes:
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Trier University of Applied Science students built a stand at design fair imm Cologne by stacking up pizza boxes. Called Booth-generator, the high-tech design tool involved the use of low-tech and easy to recycle material “pizza box“. More here.
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