Designer Xiang Guan's "FOLD" project received a Student Runner Up Packaging Award in this year's Core77 Design Awards.
FOLD is a compact packaging designed for IKEA's "HILVER" table. It uses double corrugated cardboard as its primary material, which allows the packaging to be easily folded into a stool.
Around 30.5 million tonnes of household waste is generated in the United Kingdom every year. With this in mind, FOLD is a packaging designed for IKEA's "HILVER" table that encourages up-cycling. Upcycling is the process of converting "waste" materials into new products of higher value. As a result, it can provide positive effects on natural resources and the environment.
The primary material, a double corrugated cardboard, allows the packaging to be easily folded into a stool. The packaging itself is bound together with a rubber band instead of glue. This is not only convenient to assemble but also upcycles the packaging, which would otherwise be thrown out.
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