DIY-AT: Cardboard Construction

In this assignment you will learn cardboard construction techniques. First you will watch videos from the Adaptive Design association to learn these fundamentals and then apply them in building something. Submit your documentation and reflection to NYU Classes.

Tutorials / Resources

Deliverables (submit via NYU Classes as a word document)

Examples from Fall 2020 

Photos of Student Builds (posted with student permission)

Left picture: colored alligator model painted with green paint, red mouth, white teeth, and an eye lying on the tissues on the wooden table with the blue, yellow, black, white, green paint and plastic palette around. Right picture: Me, female person with short blond hair wearing black top & purple scarf, holding a green cardboard alligator with a bit opened door in the background.Not that Scary Alligator: made from cardboard. Inspiration / Tutorial  cardboard laptop stand with laptop perched on it. Laptop Stand This is a toy house made of cardboard, with furniture including a bed, clothing closet, sofa, coffee table, desk, and desk chair. The closet doors can open and close and there are shelves inside. Cardboard Toy House (with functional closet doors). Inspiration / Tutorial
A 4x2x1 cube connected with tape, allowing only one direction of movement per permutation and goes on infinitely. The cubes are made of square cardboards stacked and glued with each other.Cardboard fidget toy: A 4x2x1 cube that can be moved infinitely. Inspiration / Tutorial This four in one space saver comes with an inbuilt easel, a pen stand, a drawer and a night lamp. Four in One Space Saver (easel, night lamp, pen stand, drawer). Inspiration / Tutorial Kirigami cardboard sphere that collapses on itself if pressure is applied from the side. Resembles a rounded hollowed out rubies cubeSection Sphere: cardboard sphere that collapses when pressure is applied. Inspiration / Tutorial 
A left hand coming out of a black sleeve from the left side of the image holding a device made out of a white cardboard on top of a brown cardboard that tightly holds a white can in its opening.Square Can / Cup Holder.