The work of Dutch designer Wendy Plomp has been featured in Dutch magazines but recently I also saw her cardboard carpets ‘message in a box’ in ELLE Decoration UK. Cardboard is probably the cheapest industrial packaging material available on the market. Any image that is printed onto this typically throwaway material can turn into a streetwise design object; something that can have a glorious second life if left to the street where it can be spontaneously employed in new applications.
The carpets, available in various patterns, where recently used to decorate an Arabic themed dinner hosted by a restaurant in Rotterdam, The Netherlands (images above). You can visit Wendy’s website if you are interested in her work.
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4 responses
elvis robertson Feb 18, 2008 at 9:39 pm
So fantastic. Why doesn’t the whole world make more out of cardboard?
Nina Feb 18, 2008 at 11:22 pm
This is really a great idea! And it’s so pretty, even though it’s such an ordinary material.
melissa@yummygoods Feb 20, 2008 at 2:05 am
oh dear. i don’t know why my comment ended up on the other post. if you can move it, i would appreciate it!
frances Feb 20, 2008 at 7:37 am
i absolutely love this idea! so so beautiful.
thank-you!
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