A Japanese company specializing in cardboard boxes, Aasu Danboru (“Earth Cardboard”), has designed a cardboard bed that can be purchased online for $50.
Cardboard beds have been used for some time in Japan at evacuation centers during disaster relief due to ease of mass production, transportation and disposal. However, Earth Cardboard has made the bed available to everyone through online retailer Rakuten.
In accordance with Japan’s Disaster Relief Law, the bed is designed with cardboard moving boxes and measures 72 by 29 by 12 inches. The bed also passed a one week durability test with no issues by a male about 5 foot 9 weighing 176 pounds.
One of the reasons that contributes to the affordable price of the cardboard bed is that the company reuses moving boxes to build the base of the bed. When the bed is pulled apart, the base can be reused as moving boxes to easily transport materials to evacuation centers.
In a press releasethe company claimed their product is “the industry’s cheapest cardboard bed”.
Cardboard beds were previously a topic of interest when they were assigned to athletes during the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and were incorrectly reported as “anti-sex” beds. The beds were later reused for COVID-19 patients at a temporary medical facility in Osaka.
The beds are currently available from the Japanese online retailer Rakuten for 5,490 yen ($50) with free shipping.
Featured image via Rakuten
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