Young House Love(s) Cardboard Safari

Check out the recent blog posting, with video commentary, about Cardboard Safari on the “Young House Love” site: Fab Freebie: Space Rhino

This Richmond, Virginia couple has had some real adventures in remodeling their home.   And, they really seemed to enjoy assembling their Rambling Robbie!

Dog Catches Car

 

Like the dog that caught the car, we’re asking “what now?” after Charlottesville’s Art in Place organization  selected Rambling Robbie for the 2010 public sculpture exhibit. 

Once complete in October, he’ll be just over 6 ft. high, 14 ft. long and weigh about 4000 lbs. We’ll be sure to post images of the build process and installation. 

Do let us know if you need a really, really big rhino.

Chris

New “Astro Rocket”

Celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing anniversary with your very own Astro Rocket.

Each Astro Rocket is laser-cut for precision fit and easily assembles using slot construction. They look great in earth brown or lunar white and can be decorated with paint, glitter, markers or other craft materials.

Rockets can be displayed table-top, wall mount or suspended . The perfect gift for home or office.

All rockets are packaged flat and include detailed instructions. One rocket per package.

Made from recycled cardboard, a non-toxic, environmentally friendly product.

Available in short, medium and long range. ($14, $28 and $56)

Thanks, 

Chris

Thanks Myth Busters

We’re big fans of Myth Busters so we recently shipped them our new full-body Rambling Robbie rhino puzzle and they sent us back this cool autographed card.  Rambling Robbie is the most complex model to date so it was just the right thing for the infamous Myth Busters. 

Each week special-effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman take on three myths and use modern-day science to show you what’s real and what’s fiction. If you’ve never seen the show it is worth checking out. 

Chris

Etsy, Thanks for the Love

We  wanted to create more exposure for our products this Spring and created an online Etsy Shop.  For those not familiar with Etsy, it is a great online community marketplace to buy and sell all things creative and handmade.  Founded in 2005 and showcasing over 100,000 sellers from around the world, their mission is to enable people to make a living making things and to connect makers and buyers.

Our Etsy site has been visited almost 10,000 times since we started it, and we’ve had a great time conversing with their community via online messaging.  We’ve hit the 2,000 mark for those who have gone out of their way and listed us as a “favorite.”  Thanks to you all!!

Etsy recently went out of their way and made us a featured seller.  We are honored!  You can read a short  biography on the Etsy featured seller page.

Thanks, Etsy staff and community, for all your support!  We think you are a favorite and we heart you!!

Chris & Luis

Skull Exhibit at Quirk Gallery

Quirk Gallery is hosting an exhibit of Noah Scalin’s skull art.  The exhibit displays many of the works featured in Noah’s book “Skulls” as well as a few new pieces, like the sheet-metal skull above.  The sheet-metal skull is nearly four feet high and is the same pattern as Noah’s cardboard skull design that we produce (albeit a bit smaller).  If you’re in the Richmond area be sure to stop by Quirk and check out the exhibit.

Chris

Really Big Rhino

 

Luis and I have submitted the Rambling Robbie design to the local Art in Place competition. If selected we’ll build a larger than life Rambling Robbie from plate steel and display it in Charlottesville for the next year.

Stay tuned, this could get intersting.

Chris

Outlook is Broken

Microsoft has just confirmed they plan on using the crippled Word rendering engine to display HTML emails in Outlook 2010.

This means for the next 5 years your email designs will need tables for layout, have no support for CSS like float and position and no background images. Not to mention the long list of bugs and quirks that break the simplest of layouts.

Outlook 2010 is still in beta and Microsoft wants to hear your feedback on this decision. It’s time to rally together and encourage Microsoft to embrace web standards before it’s too late.

Microsoft has long been an irresponsible net citizen. Why do they continue to cripple their users by failing to supporting web standards?  If client stats from our last email campaign are any indication, Outlook is loosing ground to all other email clients. 

For more information see Fixoutlook.org

Chris

We Recycle All Our Waste Materials

Our products are designed to minimize  waste material.  The small amount of scrap cardboard that is produced is all recycled. Our products can also be recycled when they’ve served their purpose and made into new cardboard products. 

Chris

Animal Rights

 

Think of the Alternative

From time to time we get emails or phone calls from confused individuals that accuse us of promoting the killing of animals. Nothing could be further from the truth.  Our trophy heads are a tongue-in-cheek take on hunting and taxidermy. We love animals and support their preservation through the International Rhino Foundation.

All our products are made of recycled cardboard, a sustainable, environmentally friendly product. No animals are harmed in their design or manufacture.

Please be kind.

Chris