“What could be more magical and fascinating than transforming simple cardboard into a piece of art?” So suggests Noelle Rigaudie, an Aussie artist who fashions furniture, frames and murals from this very quotidian material. “Cardboard being resistant, yet light, flexible and easy to handle allows for great manipulation of its function.” Rigaudie grew up in France, and as such was influenced by the grandeur of French antiquities. There’s something irreverent about the idea of a sleigh chaise, an ornate gilded frame, or an empire table made out of lowly cardboard. I love it. And so might you. Have a gander.

