Posts Tagged ‘cardboard connectors’

  • Tue, Jan 24 2012

    Cardboard boxes aren’t just trash. To children they’re clubhouses, fortresses, and hiding places. Reclaim these boxes and foster your youngins’ creativity with Linkets. These colorful connectors allow kids ages 6 and up to attach cardboard pieces in imaginative ways. Since Linkets rotate from 0 to 90 degrees, the possibilities are endless.

    When his son Matt built a cardboard spaceship in the living room, Michael Muscarella realized that kids love to build. He imagined a solution that would pique Matt’s creativity and eliminate the need for hot glue, staples, or other wasteful materials. With the help of the Quirky Design Staff and over 445 influencers, Michael and Matt’s idea became Linkets. You can check out the finished product in the Upcoming section now!

    Features:
    -Two-part hinged connectors rotate 0-90 degrees – build nearly anything!
    -Connectors accommodate cardboard up to 5mm thick

    Materials:
    -Polypropylene plastic

    Dimensions:
    -2″ H x 3.8″ W x 0.65″ D

    Price, qty and features subject to change during production process.

  • Mon, Dec 12 2011

    Every Wed at noon ET, QDS blows a few product ideas wide open to kick off the design process. You can take part in that. Here’s how:

    1. Topics will be posted on Mon before the Wed brainstorm sesh. In your wildest dreams, what would be the perfect way to make that product? What should it do, and what problems should it prevent? It’s a brainstorm, so anything goes.

    2. Visit the Quirky Brainstorm Channel at noon ET on Wed. Log in on Ustream and throw ideas at us in the live chat.

    3. Can’t join the live brainstorm? Be sure to add your comments here before Wed at noon, and we’ll have them in mind.

    Got all that? Great. This week’s topics are:

    -3-in-1 Bike Lock

    -Cardboard Connectors