Cardboard Designs at NYIGF

Cardboardesign is a favorite brand of mine-I've long admired the company for their eco-friendly home products made form recycled and recyclable cardboard. Naturally, I was thrilled to stop by their booth to check out their latest designs.

On exhibit at NYIGF were several new products: A wall/room divider called Circle Wall; the latest piece in the Liquid Cardboard series (there was some confusion as to whether the new shape was No. 7 or No. 8); The Flexy, a minimalist cardboard toy inspired by the Slinky; and hippie-chic cardboard Peace Signs. Cardboardesign also had two great products for kids: The TV Theater, a tv-shaped stage for kids to play at acting within, and The Shark, a Jaws-worthy replica of a finned fish. Check out thumbnails of these up-coming products at right.

Back in January, at the last New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF), Cardboardesign exhibited a new product we were super excited about called the WishBoard.
The WishBoard is a framed piece of honeycomb cardboard and a bunch of colored slips of paper-the idea is for people to write wishes onto the papers and slip them into the slots in the cardboard. At the last show, Cardboardesign had a wall-sized version of the WishBoard in their booth as a display element. Well, the large-scale version of the product was so wildly popular that Cardboardesign brought it to market. (Personally, I think the WishWall would be a really lovely alternative to a guest book at a wedding--not that there are any wedding bells in my immediate future!)

Read on for additional cardboard news from the New York International Gift Fair...

In other cardboard news, MIO unveiled its new Organixe line, which is a collection of flat-packed, cardboard storage pieces. The home office accessories are made from environmentally-friendly cardboard with orange or green accents. The line consists of magazine holders, storage boxes, paper trays and pencil holders, ranging from $4 to $14. The products haven't hit stores yet, but we bet they'll be a huge hit when they do. Above is a sneak peek at what the line will look like. We love MIO for keeping prices low and staying true to their motto: Green Design For Everyone. Cheers to that!

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