If I'm going to be honest, I kind of expected more from this contest: There aren't many truly impressive drawings submitted as of now, and the current leader in votes is a virulent anti-Obama nutball creation that looks more like the bumper of an Alabama pick-up truck than an iPhone case. A drawing of Obama as Heath Ledger's Joker? What does that even mean? You can't be an anarchist and a socialist at the same time, they're completely conflicting ideologies. Take a political theory class, Cardboard iPhone Case Drawing Man!

Anyway, I think there are enough badass illustrators among the Giz readership that we could really bust out some impressive entries. I'd love to see what you guys can do—this contest is ripe for a Giz onslaught. Go forth, readers! [Case-Mate via CNET]

They may be a barely known band (anyone actually heard of them before?) and not really seem to care about grammar, but Meeting of Important People made a music video that's practically a tribute to DIY papercraft. It's quite a leap from just using a cardboard iPhone case. [YouTube via Meeting of Important People]

10 cases for $8 is not good enough for hobomodo, but cheap enough even if it's not water proof. [Case-Mate via Oh Gizmo! via Dvice]

Instead of using traditional materials, the powers-that-be commissioned local designers Alrik Koudenburg and Joost van Bleiswijk to build them an office made entirely out of cardboard. As you can see, the results are pretty spectacular. To make things even more interesting, visitors are encouraged to decorate the cardboard with anything they choose. So, presumably, Nothing's walls will soon be riddled with penises and "for a good time call" phone numbers. [Nothing via CR Blog via Fast Company]

He pulled away three layers of soiled cotton from the 70s before he pulled out a cardboard box—the Recompute cardboard PC, which Brendan Macaluso insists isn't a box because he's a designer "and designers don't make boxes."

He didn't have anything to plug it into, but he assures it and the other model in existence totally work. Inside is a micro-ATX motherboard packed with a Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM and a 2.5-inch notebook hard drive.

The point of the cardboard case—which he says it just an extreme example of his definition of implementing sustainability in design—is to make it easier to dismantle, for "controlled disposal." It's made up of 12 different patterns laid out in a CAD program, with all of the layer sandwiched together with plain white glue—the layers give it strength and a degree of durability.

So the hard-to-recycle plsatic case is dealt with, but, uh, what about the guts? He said there's a company in Florida that properly disposes of circuit boards, grinding them into dust and magnetically separating out the usable elements, but the point of Recompute is that it's a framework for building ideas. It's easy to mass produce, and he's open to working with people to do that.

It's obviously not the prettiest PC in the room, but it's better than an ugly planet.

The casual office employee stalks his coworker with the intensity of a lion hunting a wildebeest on the African savanna. Never rushed, always contemplated, the average office prank is executed with all the precision found in a well-pressed shirt.

In part one of our examination of the office prank, we study the first of many techniques office workers use to triumph over co-adversaries. To those with soft stomachs, the gruesome techniques used to humiliate one's peers with cardboard might be better left unseen.

For thousands of years, the office prankster has had to make due with his limited available resources. One such plentiful resource is cardboard. Don't see any around? Look closer. Cardboard can be found in anything from packaging materials from shipments to old cereal boxes from the office kitchen. Just be careful of the fabled "cardboard paper cut." Legend has it the that the victim could lose an entire finger.
Notice the attention to detail here, the Windows error messages and the "My Crappy Award for Something."

Notice that there's a good chance someone else has already pulled the exact same cardboard cubicle prank you once considered so original. Bonus points, however, for the cardboard headset.

Here it's about not just the excellent craftsmanship but the ever-underestimated synchronized gloating.

This engineering firm did some work on the Extreme Home Makeover. We hoped it worked out better for the less privileged.

A vicious cardboard blow, notice the incorporation of a plastic bucket...a maneuver of some aptitude.

Now, humble student, you have seen the various attacks in the cardboard master's arsenal. There are only two known defenses to this attack. Recycling and a pocket lighter. And one may get you fired.

Special thanks to Dustin Schirer, Brando, Ed Chaput, Chris Alleman and Randy Mumma.

Gilmour has imposed a strict logic on his works he makes objects using only cardboard and glue. There is no supporting structure, no wooden or metal frame. His interpretations of everyday objects are created in adherence to the use of a pure and single material, but instead of the marble or bronze of classical statues, he has chosen one of the most humble and commonly found of our industrial times.

It's true: the detail and fidelity are amazing. Too bad cardboard is not rain proof, like marbel and bronze. On the positive side, knowing that Bond is a noted Dry Martini addict who crashes every single vehicle he gets his hands on, giving him a cardboard car to fight against a cardboard SPECTRE is not a bad thing at all.

[Chris Gilmour via Jalopnik]

The concept is interesting, but I would imagine that it might take a significant amount of time to construct anything on a large scale, not to mention the fact that an entire office made from this stuff would look extremely bizarre. At the very least, one would hope that Bloxes would offer a most cost effective solution that purchasing traditional furniture—but at $60 for a pack of 20 I'm not so sure. [Bloxes via TechCrunch via CNET via Lifehacker]

The three rotor blades spin at about 450 rpm to create lift and slow its descent. It has already been used by U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan. [DropMaster]

The pieces, that are extremely light and fold flat, are made out of recycled-cardboard and come in six different colors. However, 24 pieces cost a whopping $56. So if you were to create a wall similar to the one in the picture (which contains somewhere in the vicinity of 112 pieces) it would end up costing around $280. Although after checking out the prices for wardrobe screens at Cost Plus this doesn't seem quite as bad and they're portable. [Product Page via TreeHugger]

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