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What if cardboards could be used for anything? What if.

It’s not a dream. After all, Muji stores are prospering and their catalog includes cardboard speakers, cardboard shelves and other solid yet in paper products that don’t look like scrapbooks. And the When-homeless-take-over-the-world dreams about it.

“This site is a sarcastic glimpse into the future of product design, taken from the perspective of when homeless take over the world”, the site explains. “Soon, in a time not far from now, things will change and the people of the streets will take back the world from their evil wealthy oppressors.”

“It’s only a matter of time until biological warfare or misguided science students release an unstoppable plague on the world. There will be blood shed and the spread of death and destruction will be unstoppable. The only survivors of this horrible plague will be… the cardboard people.”

The site is full of realistic mockups of everyday’s products that can be made of cardboards. But the truth is, those ideas are just complete enough to hit the production. We previously showcased the paper cellphone that designers covered with hype and fun drawings, the iPod cardboard or the disposable kitty litter box could also be customized. Viva la revolucion!


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