Some creative ideas for the use of cardboard tubes:
1. Office decoration
The tubes create the perfect impression of cave design, making the visitor feel office communication with the surrounding world. This is a stylish and environmentally friendly.
2. Pavilion
A group of students of Architecture Department of the University of New South Wales (University of New South Wales) designed a temporary pavilion from recycled cardboard tubes in front of the customs building in Sydney. Hall was one of several temporary structures set up groups of architecture students from Australian universities in a competition for student design CH4 (CH4 Student Design Competition) during the Sydney Architecture Festival. A group of New South Wales has received from the company that produces rugs, 2000 cardboard tubes. The main objective of the competition was to re-use materials and teaching festival goers ecological rationality.
3. Footbridge
The temporary bridge made of 281 cardboard tubes was built over the river in the south of France. The bridge weighing 7.5 tons can withstand 20 people. It is located about a mile from the Pont du Gard (Pont du Gard), an ancient Roman aqueduct, and was designed by Shigeru Ban (Shigeru Ban) - Japanese architect known for his grandiose construction paper.
4. Holder for pens
This is a great way to sort pens and other writing instruments, as well as the ability to re-use the cardboard tube.
5. Chairs and table
Hundreds of used tubes have been used to create beautiful pieces of furniture. Although they are not that comfortable, at least, they can be an appropriate topic for conversation with the guests.
6. School of cardboard tubes Shigeru Ban
The most horrific images of the consequences of the Sichuan (Wenchuan) earthquake were those which show the thousands of destroyed schools, under which children were buried. The famous Japanese architect Shigeru Ban and the team of Chinese and Japanese students have created an elegant and appropriate project - they built a temporary but robust school of plywood and cardboard tubes.
7. Sofa
This piece of furniture from cardboard tubes provide its wearer comfort and stability.
8. Lamp
This peculiar shade perfectly hide fluorescent lights and will scatter light in an interesting way.
9. Wall
From cardboard tubes can even build a cheap and stylish wall.
10. Bar
Cardboard bar was the star of the exhibition «DesignEx», and the place where any visitor can sit and enjoy a cool drink. Bar was built in less than a day. Untried concept design (structure was created out of the ordinary cardboard tubes) demonstrated that environmentally friendly materials and beautiful appearance can coexist. The structure itself, bar, light fixtures, signage and furniture were made from a combination of cardboard, wood stoves and cardboard that was to bring visitors to the idea that their project can use unusual materials.
11 . Shelves
Simple, durable and efficient - the regiment of several cardboard tubes.
12. Creation
French artist Anastasia Elia (Anastassia Elias) creates a miniature scene using paper inside cardboard tubes from toilet paper. Anastasia uses paper of the same color as the cardboard to create filigree images of people, and to give his works the illusion that the scene is actually taking place between the walls, which plays the role of the tube itself. These works of art are sold at $ 100 each, and come to life when one of the ends of the tube to bring to light. Detail and depth, every "big picture" is truly impressive