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Pia’s Picks: jelly shoe-style home accessories
by Pia Seidel
Pia’s Picks: cardboard boxes for all your organising needs
10-3-2025
Translation: Patrik Stainbrook
Cardboard often gets lost among all the chic plastics and precious metals that surround us. But precisely this simplicity makes it an unmistakable beauty.
Cardboard – we all know it as packaging material for eggs, pizza or parcels. Most of the time, it’s simply thrown out after a short period of use. But cardboard can do so much more. It can offer creative storage solutions and give your home an individual touch. The following design pieces show how this everyday material can be used in a clever and quirky way.
Hako and Stacie cardboard boxes
For example, there are the Hako boxes from Oyoy. According to the manufacturer, they were inspired by Japanese culture, combining minimalist and elegant design. They help to keep your room tidy, while the desaturated colours create a calming atmosphere.
Stacie stackable boxes from Broste Copenhagen also impress with their clear lines and subtle, chic accents. They’re made from a particularly thick and sturdy cardboard-MDF combo that’s strong enough to both store knick-knacks and serve as a side table.
Clever design for everyday use
These two examples and the following favourites from our shop show that you can make cool and practical things out of simple materials using clever design. They prove how stylishly you can stage objects such as these at home.
In my Pia’s Picks series, I regularly showcase my favourite finds – things I might not need, but definitely want.
Header image: HAY
Pia Seidel
Senior Editor
Pia.Seidel@digitecgalaxus.chLike a cheerleader, I love celebrating good design and bringing you closer to everything furniture- and interior design- related. I regularly curate simple yet sophisticated interior ideas, report on trends and interview creative minds about their work.
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