Last week it was all about pop
ups. Popup books being the starting point but in general the blog
was about pop up shops. Well this week it’s about cardboard and like
last week my interest started at a young age.
Most, if not all children like playing
with boxes. The packaging is often more fun to a child than the
contents, depending on the size of the box of course! Well I was no
different really and loved nothing more than cutting up cardboard boxes to turn
my current ground breaking big idea into a tangible object. I made
everything, shops (of course), buildings, aeroplanes and probably my favourite
an ultra modern super fast train carriage inspired by Thunderbirds. Unlike
today, back then discarded cardboard boxes were a bit more of a rarity and not
that easy to come by so I was very protective of my stash! In fact
it became the family joke that for Christmas all I wanted from Santa was some
old boxes, a role of adhesive tape and a pair of sturdy scissors. I
managed to ruin every pair of scissors I came into contact with and still do!
This was obviously the early beginnings
of my creative career, not that I was aware of it at the time, or anyone else
for that matter! Needless to say I still like
cardboard. It’s versatile, inexpensive and with a bit of creative
thought it’s amazing what you can do with it.
Cardboard in itself is a relatively
easy material to work with and it’s cheap so it’s an ideal material to use for
creating products and props to liven up a space. Its perfect for retailers
to build innovative structures for visual merchandising, props, shop fittings
and pop up events.
So just in case you’re looking for
ideas for an event, space, shop here are a few photos to inspire and if you
want to know what else I've made from cardboard you’ll have to
ask. Happy cutting, sticking and painting!
Lots of cardboard tubes. Retail project by Grimshaw Architects for John Lewis
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