WHAT WE ARE MAKING

WHY WE ARE MAKING IT

You will master various cardboard manipulation techniques and create several prototypes

To understand and create different cardboard techniques useful in lo-fi prototyping.

ACTIVITY MATERIALS

CARDBOARD

• Readily available
• Easy to manipulate
• Strong

Corrugation

CARDBOARD



Structural in one direction and bendable in the other

Bendable one direction

CUTTING TECHNIQUES

Cutting

Straight

Cutting

Curves

SHAPING TECHNIQUES

Shaping:

Bending

Shaping:

Faceting

Shaping:

Score + Bend

Straight

Shaping:

Score + Bend

Curve

Shaping:

Score + Bend

Shaping:

Layering

CONNECTING

Joining:

Hinge

Joining:

Hinge

Joining:

Butt Joint

Joining:

Braces

Joining:

Slotting

Joining:

Slotting

Joining:

Tabs

Joining:

Tabs

Joining:

Tabs/

Notching

Joining:

Tabs/

Notching

Joining:

Brads

Joining:

Skewer

Joining:

Skewer

Joining:

Strap

Joining:

Flange

MOVING

GEARS

SCISSOR

SLIDER

RAMP

PULLEY

TENTACLE

SPINNER

CLAW