Aston University's entry into this year's Shell Eco-Marathon may look low-tech, but that didn't stop the hydrogen-fueled cardboard and plywood flat-pack car from scooping the Eco-Design award.

and a table lamp – all made out of cardboard. IKEA was the first company in the world to realize the benefits of flat pack furniture in 1956. By creating furniture that consumers assemble ...

The studio then rolled the cardboard into several rectangular shaped "lumbers", and finally fixed them together with PVC rivets. The Lumber table comes as a flat-pack, and is put together by the ...