German designer Reinhard Dienes recently designed these environmentally friendly bookcases and sideboards for Fashion4Home. The resulting product is lightweight, sturdy and 100% recyclable. Can you figure out what material was used to make these stylish pieces?
Cardboard! Reinhard Dienes used 100% recyclable cardboard decorated with SGS certified color-film made of PVC to make the Sideboard Georgia and Bookcase Dickens for Fashion4Home.
Both the bookcase and sideboard are available in seven colors: red, blue, green, yellow, brown, white and black. The Bookshelf Dickens is currently on sale for $419 and the Sideboard Georgia is on sale for $389 and are available from Fashion4Home.
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Comments (18)
That's a lot of money for some cardboard that can't get wet or it's ruined.
Good idea, but it would be a mess to dust and clean up, not to mention all the bugs that would end up living in all the nooks over the years...
a cute DIY, but i'd never spend money on it.
I know what I'm doing w/all my moving boxes...
;-)
Probably a bad idea to put that candleholder there...just saying.
I really like the look of it, but fear that it would get too gross over time with dust and whatnot.
These would be impossible to keep clean. Even canned air wouldn't remove all the dust that would settle in those ridges & nooks & crannies. If they were cheaper then fine, you could dispose of them/recycle them when they start to look worn or dirty, but for $400? Value is (or should be) as much a part of sustainability as using environmentally-conscious materials. Being wasteful with money (e.g., spending so much on something that isn't durable or practical) is inconsistent with the ideas behind sustainable design.
I get completely grossed out just thinking about the dust that would accumulate. It would be good if the entire thing was faced with surface that could be dusted or wiped down. Also, I thought PVC was terrible to recycle, so why is the front faced with it?
Maybe if it was coated in something to prevent dust build up.
Obviously having pets wasn't thought of too much during the design process. My cat would think she was a princess that had gone to scratch-post heaven.
You could spend WAY more on furniture that can't get wet or it gets ruined.
On the pricing plus side, these have to be relatively cheap to ship (ironically, in cardboard!!)
And do you people freaking out about dust not have vacuums with brush attachments?
Patrick, you are totally right! "Us people" freaking out about dust clearly don't have decent vacuum cleaners. It would have nothing to do with the fact that the rough edge of cardboard holds dust like velcro.
I agree with inkomae. Better post this under decorating for pets. Just when the kitties thought they couldn't do any better then vintage wicker speakers. Cat scratcher heaven!
hmmm.....i think this is what happens when you skin IKEA furniture
That is the prettiest $400 dust bunny ever.
It's a nice idea, and I love the shape of them. Couldn't you dip them in some kind of rubberized paint instead of just facing them with PVC? Then they'd be sealed from dust and, theoretically, waterproof too.
knew it!
Funny that my comment about this being expensive furniture that can't get wet was deleted. It still shows up in my list of comments, admins. It's unnecessary censorship, in my opinion.