Review the links attached and write a blog post about your thoughts on the ideas and products. Include possible other applications for the concept of cardboard products.
While cardboard furniture raises a set questions:
- people are messy and I highly doubt that no one will spill anything or in the winter, come in wet shoes or something that might actually sabotage the furniture over time. The same thing happens at home, especially with kids. I really don’t think that cardboard is easy to clean. However, it might be interesting as, for example, kids could actually draw on furniture (boosts creativity) and create a playful environment. But if no kids and no creative people there that also would want to paint their cardboard furniture, I am not sure how it would work out, even though it would be probably very easy to replace. Not sure, mixed feeling about that one, but it is truly fascinating how stiff and flexible this material can be.
- Plus, texture is not the same (i would prefer using less scratchy material to put my hands on while working). Also, everyone gets dust in their wardrobe, right? How long will the wardrobe last if it is cleaned at least once a week?
The toys from Nintendo and the bike, however, are very interesting. As far as i understand, the durability in the bike is achieved by applying some kind of water-proof paint (could actually solve some issues with the furniture). But the thing that I found most interesting is mechanics of those things, especially the Nintendo’s piano: 
I believe it is fairly interesting that you can actually interact with that thing, just as it is made out of a more conventionally durable material. With the bike is the same thing.
Also, I liked how in the video Izhar Gafni said that no one would actually want to steal the bike (as it doesn’t cost much + even if stole, could be bought again for not very much). I wonder how cardboard reacts to different humidity levels (should it always be kept at the garage? or home? for it to face less humidity. Or should the paint be reapplied from time to time (maybe for the public use these bikes are not as good as the metal ones as they might need much more care).
The same thing with Nintendo cardboard toys: kids spill things, and in case the toy is made of plastic, it could be cleaned (even if it has some mechanics to it, usually it is inside and unreachable for the water). And even if we apply the waterproof paint or something, wouldn’t that be toxic? And as kids like to lick things, might actually be a problem.
But a lot of useful techniques on how to bend cardboard in the bike video! Also a lot of inspiration from furniture and very cool things about everything is that it is much more eco-friendly, recyclable and cheap!
Carry out some research on other unconventional materials used in surprising ways. Include comments and pictures of examples in your blog.
I found this website that lists homes that were built with unconventional materials. Some seem familiar: the glass and aluminum one is very trendy now, plus I saw a video advertisement of the NY hotel that is basically a bunch of shipping containers that people rent out for one night to sleep with an ocean view (turns out it is pretty cheap).
https://www.upnest.com/1/post/homes-built-with-alternative-materials/
Also this website that lists possible materials (not very much relevant to what we are going to be doing, however I found it quite interesting):
https://www.ta-daan.com/7-alternative-materials/
So, the materials we can use are pretty much anything. Don’t really know what else to say here.