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Big River Man

2010-06-13T07:36:00.000-07:00

Martin Strel is not an athlete. He is a fifty-plus, big bellied Slovenian man who drives whilst drunk and eats horse burgers. He's also and endurance swimmer, conquering the worlds largest rivers the Mississippi, the Danube and the Yangtze to draw attention to environmental issues. Journeying with his English speaking son Borut and director John Maringouin, he sets out to swim the Amazon, facing obstacles including carnivorous fish, rapids and toxic water pollution. Big River Man is a character study filled with humour, an edge-of-your-seat thrilling adventure and an awareness raising environment documentary that delivers on all fronts.

The Cardboard Apartment

2010-06-09T02:01:00.000-07:00

Yes... this is an apartment made from pizza boxes, cardboard, paper, and paint - built by Luise Valdes (a.k.a. Don Lucho) - not sure about that cardboard toilet ;-)

It's a bit better than this fella's place

Via Illusion 360

Crazy Paper Thing

2010-06-08T05:59:00.000-07:00

Welcome to my house!

2010-06-07T05:36:00.000-07:00

It’s not much, but it’s mine. Would you like to come in?

Via Snuzzy

Shit Camo

2010-06-01T06:47:00.000-07:00

The wacky guys from The Brown Corporation, who brought you the fabulous Shit Box, have surpassed themselves with another shit product - a camouflage pattern box made entirely from poo...

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The Great Mighty Poo

2010-04-08T07:25:00.000-07:00

One of the bosses in the game "Conker's Bad Fur Day." The Great Mighty Poo is an opera singing pile of poop.

Lyrics by Robert Beanland and Ed Horowitz (Unofficial aka of "Weird" Al Yankovic).

A Mongolian View

2009-08-20T08:13:00.000-07:00

Our Shit Boxes have travelled to Mongolia as part of the Mongol Rally 2009. Bob Twells and Lee Tuffnell drove from Goodwood, UK to Ulanbataar, Mongolia in a Skoda and came 96th out of 550. We would like to congratulate them on their achievement and for using our trusty Shit Boxes to relieve them along the way.

Gotta love that view!

Golden Showers

2009-08-07T06:30:00.000-07:00

New advertising campaign in Brazil encouraging it's citizens to conserve water by peeing in the shower. Brazilian environmental group SOS Mata Atlantica says the campaign, running on several television stations, uses humour to persuade people to reduce flushes. The group says if a household avoids one flush a day, it can save up to 4,380 litres (1,157 gallons) of water annually.

Cardboard Guitar

2009-07-15T10:41:00.000-07:00

Awesome cardboard guitar by designer Jarrod Barretto - his claim to fame "I was once drawn in marker by famed cardboard artisan Michel Gondry."

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Way of the Cardboard Warrior

2009-07-15T08:58:00.000-07:00

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CitiKitty - Cat Toilet Training Kit

2009-07-14T15:42:00.000-07:00

How to toilet train your cat with a 'specially-designed training seat', CitiKitty:

Check these (apparently) toilet trained cats:

Now if they'd only learn how to flush...

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Cat Flushing A Toilet Music Video

2009-07-14T13:42:00.000-07:00

Cat-chy song (pun intended!)...

♫ It's a cat (meow) flushing a toilet, it's a cat flushing a toilet ♫

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Recompute

2009-07-13T07:03:00.000-07:00

Sustainable cardboard PC

Brenden Macaluso's entry in the Greener Gadgets Design Competition from earlier in the year; the cardboard-housed Recompute

Recompute case is made of corrugated cardboard which is recyclable and renewable. There are four low-impact manufacturing processes in it's assembly: Die cutting, gluing (with non-toxic white glue), printing and electronic assembly. Recompute uses only three major electronic components: A motherboard with processor & memory, power supply, and a hard drive - it's cardboard housing means it can be disassembled without tools, so the electronics and case can be easily recycled individually.

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Tech Cardboard

2009-07-12T16:33:00.000-07:00

Gorgeous cardboard gadgets from designer Kyle Bean - Disposable Technology: A response to our consumer relationship with technology and obsolescence:

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A Brown Story

2009-07-11T04:22:00.000-07:00

Everyone Poops Trailer

2009-07-10T16:08:00.000-07:00

Spike Jonze wastes no time adapting another 10 page childrens book into a film... Everyone Poops

No Poops! No Oops!

2009-07-10T05:53:00.000-07:00

OMG! Not sure what to make of this one (mind-you we make a cardboard crapper... so look who's talking). The PooTrap comes in 3 colours (black, red or blue) and 8 different sizes for worry free poo collection in apparently 3 simple steps - basically it's a doggy nappy...

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Who Invented the Toilet?

2009-07-09T15:53:00.000-07:00

Myth: Thomas Crapper invented the toilet - although Thomas Crapper was a master plumber he had little or nothing to do with inventing the water closet (nor is the word crap derived from his name).

The earliest toilets so far found are those at Skara Brae in the Orkneys, which was occupied at about 3000 BC. In ancient India and parts of the Middle East public toilets that used water to wash away the waste have been known for over 4,000 years.

While toilets date back to ancient times, the modern toilet can be more accurately traced back to Sir John Harrington, godson of Queen Elizabeth I, and his invention called the Ajax (i.e. "a jakes"; jakes being an old slang word for toilet) - an indoor water closet. In 1596, Harington wrote a book called A New Discourse upon a Stale Subject: The Metamorphosis of Ajax (catchy title) about his invention, but at the time his water closet was universally ridiculed by his peers for being a rather useless invention. By all accounts Sir John and Queen Elizabeth were the only owners of a WC in their day.

The idea of a flushable toilet never completely disappeared, and in 1738 a valve-type flush toilet was invented by J. F. Brondel. Between 1738 and 1852 a number of designs were invented and patents registered, including the silent siphon discharge system and the s-trap (preventing the escaping smell of sewers) - a design that is basically the same as modern toilets with few modifications.

A London plumber by the name of Thomas Crapper bought the rights to manufacture a toilet design in the late 1800s and stamped the words ‘T Crapper & Co’ on the bowl of his toilets...

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Korean Unisex Toilet?

2009-07-09T01:58:00.000-07:00

Wha...?

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Cardboard life-sized LEGO minifig

2009-07-08T10:16:00.000-07:00

Not sure why... probably just because it ROCKS!

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CardBoy

2009-07-08T03:30:00.000-07:00

The flatpacked freedom fighter!

CardBoy - A boy of card.

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Kahrd-bawrd

2009-07-07T14:54:00.000-07:00

A generic term for a heavy duty paper based product sometimes made by pasting together two or more layers of paper.

Cardboard - Wikipedia

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The Most Flushingest Toilet in the World

2009-07-06T04:33:00.000-07:00

This Toilet Is Awesome - Watch more free videos

Wonder how it would cope with the morning-after-the-night-before and a bowl full of toilet paper... mind-you it manages the 18 large hot dogs pretty well.

Via Boing Boing

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Disgusting

2009-07-06T02:00:00.000-07:00

Our friends at minui HandySitt (the world's best looking portable high chair) are running a disgusting competition...

Submit your best disgusting, make me want to barf, kid story. A HandySitt will be granted for the most popular entry as well as for the best video, photo and written story. Keep it short!

Disgusting - the most disgusting thing your kid has done.

Airplane toilet gobbles a whole roll of Toilet Paper

2009-07-05T04:07:00.000-07:00

What happens when you roll toilet paper down the aisle of an airliner and then flush?:

The Airplane Toilet Paper Experiment

Via Boing Boing

Cardboard Tube Fighting League

2009-07-04T09:13:00.000-07:00

Did you know that there is a Cardboard Tube Fighting League?... well... there is... a bit like Fight Club but with cardboard tubes (of-course), apparently "The CTFL was created out of a desperate need to better train and arm citizens with cardboard tubes." and even better, cardboard armor and costumes are encouraged!

Photo: Al Bar
More origami than a martial art, check out The Official CTFL Website or some of the awesome costumes at the Cardboard Tube Fighting League Flickr Group

Peepoo Bag

2009-07-04T08:45:00.000-07:00

Self-Sanitising Single-Use Biodegradable Toilet
A Swedish company has developed an affordable, biodegradable single use toilet bag that they claim could revolutionize sanitation for the developing world: the Peepoo Bag

"The Peepoo bag is in the form of a slim elongated bag size 14 x 38 cm. Within the bag there is a thinner gauze that measures 26 x 24 cm. The inside of the Peepoo bags is coated with a thin film of urea. Without sacrificing ergonomic function the bag’s design is adapted in every way so that it might be manufactured at as low a price as possible and sold to the groups with weakest purchasing power in the world. The Peepoo bag is easy to carry and easy to use. It does´t need any supporting structure, but for convenience a cut PET-bottle can help a lot.
The inside of the Peepoo bag is coated with a thin film of urea. Urea is the most common fertiliser in the world and is a non-hazardous chemical. It is found, for example, in toothpaste or skin cream often under the name of carbamide. When the urea comes into contact with faeces or urine, an enzymatic breakdown takes place into ammonia and carbonate, driven by enzymes which are naturally occurring in faeces.

As the urea is broken down, the pH value of the material increases and hygienisation begins.

Organisms which produce diseases (pathogens) which may be found in faeces (bacteria, viruses and parasites) are inactivated within 2-4 weeks depending on the surrounding temperature. The presence in urine of organisms which cause diseases is at a considerably lower level than in faeces and the hygienisation of the urine occurs more quickly. With conventional urine processing, urine sorting, the primary source of contamination is derived from faeces; this risk does not arise here since the bag is a disposable toilet.

Untreated faeces cannot be regarded as hygienised until 1-2 years storage has passed. The urea treatment is the simplest and most efficient treatment available. In the end when the bags degrade in the soil, the ammonia acts as a harmless fertiliser taken up by the plants."

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Amazing Treat Machine

2009-07-03T01:55:00.000-07:00

Not to be outdone by the cardboard cat chaise here's some entertainment for your favourite pooch... a dog-friendly cardboard snack dispenser:

"The Amazing Treat Machine is an exciting and innovative new dog toy. It automatically rewards your dog with treats when he or she drops a tennis ball inside."

Made of high quality kraft linerboard (30% post-consumer recycled material), the Amazing Treat Machine easily folds together without glue or tape. You supply a plastic water bottle, tennis ball, and the treats:

Via TreeHugger

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K-Guy Brown Stuff

2009-07-02T16:12:00.000-07:00

A recent street piece 'dumped' on the South Bank:

“Street artist and biting political humourist K-Guy has passed verdict on UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s political career,” writes No Lions In England. “A new installation in front of the Houses of Parliament shows Brown’s career going down the sewers.”

We love brown stuff...

Cardboard Cat Chaise

2009-07-02T05:47:00.000-07:00

A-MA-ZING!

How to make your very own kitty-sized chaise lounge (there's a joke somewhere in there about brown kittens...) on Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories:

"Although we don't claim to understand it, a cat that has installed itself in a cardboard box is a happy cat. You can exploit this mysterious fact to make a your own simple corrugated cardboard cat bed like this one, designed as a kitty-sized chaise lounge. Since it's just cardboard, it's also easy to modify this basic design to suit your own (or your cat's) taste."

Cardboard Cat Chaise

Foldschool, Free Cardboard Furniture for Kids

2009-06-29T14:04:00.000-07:00

Foldschool is a collection of free cardboard furniture for kids, handmade by you. The downloadable patterns can be printed out with any printer. Follow the instructions and assemble a stable (and very cool!) piece of furniture.

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The Survival Guide To Festival Toilets

2009-06-27T03:47:00.000-07:00

How to survive horrible music event facilities use your wet wipes wisely and keep hold of your toilet roll!:

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Shit's a Commodity

2009-06-25T08:32:00.000-07:00

The Bathroom Reinvented: Virginia Gardiner

Industrial designer and London–based Dwell contributor Virginia Gardiner shares the ins and outs of her low-cost, low-tech concept for a waterless toilet system:

The LooWatt aims to solve this global sanitation crisis by creating an entirely new waste disposal infrastructure. The composting toilet is molded from 90% horse dung, and features a biodegradable lining that stores excrement in a sealed, odor-free container. Once the toilet is full, the user takes the poo package to an outdoor biodigestor, which in exchange provides a free source of biofuel for cooking.

Via Inhabitat

In the forest...

2009-06-24T16:22:00.001-07:00

I wish I spoke Portuguese...

Can anyone translate?
Something about a comedian, Nigel Goodman, doing a 'review'...

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Not a box

2009-06-24T06:00:00.000-07:00

More gorgeous cardboard stuff from David Graas, this is a lamp design:

Official notes about this product:
This lamp comes as a box with all parts inside (bulb, plug, cable etc. + manual). You cut top and bottom yourself and then install. The cut out of the lamp shape functions as a graphical image of the lamp that could be inside the box, but is not.

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Be Afraid! - Toilet Terror

2009-06-23T12:23:00.000-07:00

Looking forward to Glastonbury?...

3,220 festival toilets across 70 toilet sites, with 700 metres of urinals... for 177,500 partying people, for up to five days - with (only) 22 teams from the Not So Solid Crew sucking up the contents of the toilets with tractor-pulled vacuum tankers, which then take everything to a huge lagoon at the edge of the Glastonbury site.

Hmmm... that's 55 people per toilet!

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You lick restrooms?

2009-06-22T09:52:00.000-07:00

Source Zooomr

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Toilet Roll Sculptures

2009-06-21T11:30:00.000-07:00

Junior Jacquet creates some amazing face sculptures with used toilet paper rolls.

Poop From Above

2009-06-21T11:00:00.000-07:00

Car-dboard

2009-06-20T09:14:00.000-07:00

Built with stunning detail, check out artist Chris Gilmour’s life-size recycled cardboard car:

There is no metal, wood, or plastic framework of any kind! Gilmour creates all sorts of lifesize replicas of everyday objects, ranging from flowerpots to a complete Astin Martin, solely out of cardboard and glue. From Guido Bartorelli's essay about Gilmour's work:

"Packaging cardboard is, by its very nature, intended to contain but it is then discarded. Gilmour, however, uses it to contain the work’s own identity and to highlight the displacement between the original object and the one made in cardboard. This displacement is marked by difference: his sculptures (and apart from the use of such a poor material, they conform to all the accepted precepts of sculpture) are not mere copies, but rather translations from life. This translation brings with it a process of knowledge- the knowledge of the small things within which the sense of daily existence is hidden."

Here's some instructions for making your own cardboard car ;-)
From 'How to Make a Cardboard Car' on wikiHow

Take any size shoe box, tissue box, cereal box, etc. that has a top that's not connected to the bottom.

Find a pair of scissors. Turn it to the side you want to be the front of the car.

Cut a cube about 3 inches from the top on both sides all the way over the top and 4 inches from the front.

Do another cut. On the cut side farthest from the front and make it into a slanting cut instead of vertical.

Pierce a hole in the side of the car where you want your wheels to be. Make the holes for the wheels directly apart.

Put a skewer (could be a straw, pencil, pen, etc.) through each pair of wheels for axles and put wheels on.

Take the top to the box and bend it at the same length as the hole and then bend it at the same length at the bend in the cut.

Add decorations

Toilet Twinning

2009-06-20T08:51:00.000-07:00

CORD has launched the world's first toilet twinning to wipe away disease & flush away poverty.

Toilet twinning is a new and unique way of supporting people for whom good, clean, safe sanitation is a luxury - not a given. CORD is working to improve water and sanitation in war torn Burundi. In the past year we’ve helped local people there to build 870 latrines, each benefiting family of six.

Twin your toilet with a bog in Burundi to flush away poverty...

Dirty Sanchez

2009-06-18T05:27:00.000-07:00

Can't grow facial hair? Pop's 'Stache by Shane Blomberg, Andrew Reeves and John Healy, may be the solution for you - just attach it to your favorite soda and hey presto... Mo's your uncle... you'll have a mustache! Awesome.

Via geekologie

Crap Joke

2009-06-18T05:17:00.000-07:00

Know any good toilet jokes?

Police station toilet stolen...
cops have nothing to go on!

Cardboard Love

2009-06-18T05:09:00.000-07:00

We love Cardboard Love in a Digtal World.

Cardboard Comfort

2009-06-17T09:48:00.000-07:00

What else would Little Jack sleep under than this ingenious cardboard duvet, called “Le Clochard” by SNURK (along with his cardboard toilet!):

The high quality duvet cover features a photographic print of a cardboard box and is a great way to be reminded of the daily plight of the world’s homeless:

"Sleep under a cardboard box so a homeless young person doesn’t have to.
A large proportion of the proceeds from the Le Clochard duvet cover go to SZN, the foundation for homeless youngsters in the Netherlands. The income is used to fund housing projects which prioritise supporting young people in finding work or continuing their education."

Cardboard duvet - Le Clochard

Toilet Humour

2009-06-16T15:28:00.000-07:00

Know any good toilet jokes?

Q. What did Mr. Spock find in the toilet?
A. The Captain's log!

FYS (Finish Your Self)

2009-06-15T16:59:00.000-07:00

“Puzzle your own chair together (with a little help from mama) using a large part of the packaging. The chair is made from corrugated cardboard and is 100% recyclable.

Nominated for the Dutch Design Awards 2007, category packaging.”

Designed by David Graas

Eating from your toilet bowl

2009-06-15T16:11:00.000-07:00

The Modern Toilet diner is one of 12 eateries with a toilet theme scattered across the island of Taiwan.

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Poo Activist chosen to stand on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth

2009-06-15T07:30:00.000-07:00

Visitors to London's Trafalgar Square could be in for a surprise – a man dressed in a poo costume is to tower over them on Trafalgar Square's vacant Fourth Plinth.
Aquatic scientist Oliver Parsons-Baker said he will don his special outfit to highlight the importance of clean water.
The 26-year old from Birmingham is among participants who have been picked for a Antony Gormley's One And Other project where individuals become 'living statues' for an hour each, standing on the plinth.

Source: Metro Paper - Monday, June 15, 2009

NASA orders $19 million space toilet from Russia

2009-06-14T15:53:00.000-07:00

The US space agency NASA was forced to spend a whopping USD 19 million on a new toilet in their section of International Space Station (ISS), after repeated breakdown of the American lavatory due to "rich diet" of Russian cosmonauts.

Cosmonauts from both the countries had been using each others' toilets, but the American astronauts recently denied access to their Russian colleagues to their lavatory, sparking a 'space scandal' between the two former Cold War rivals.

Source: ZEENEWS

Comfort Wipe

2009-06-14T04:28:00.000-07:00

'Because toilet paper is really archaic and disgusting'
Introducing Comfort Wipe, the sanitary paper extension arm and holder!
YES! (sadly) it is a real product and not a spoof... and there's really no easy way to put this other than that it's a stick to help you wipe your arse, and avoid touching that 'disgusting toilet paper'. Great infomercial (as seen on TV):

Could this really be 'the first improvement in toilet paper, as we know it, since the 1880s'? Now you'll never have to touch a dirty toilet tissue!... hoorah

Where's The Toilet?

2009-06-13T12:08:00.000-07:00

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The Throne

2009-06-12T09:35:00.000-07:00

Quite literally...

According to the makers Herbeau
"Inspired by Dagobert, the last ruler of the 8th Century French Merovingian dynasty, this toilet will delight even the most jaded Royal."

Features
• The musical chime "Le Bon Roi Dagobert" begins playing as the lid is raised
• Includes full set of accessories including candleholder and ashtray
• Pull chain activates the flush, accompanied by the ringing of a bell
• Constructed entirely from ash wood and decorated with hand painted Moustier Polychrome designs

All this for the not-so-regal price of $9,874.95!

Cardboard Tron!

2009-06-10T16:34:00.001-07:00

Singing For Toilets

2009-06-08T17:35:00.000-07:00

2.6 billion people, or 41% of the world population,
do not have a toilet:

I Sing For Toilets from Gino Federici on Vimeo.

Gino Federici is the President/Founder of GOYA Charities, who support organisations who build toilets, wells and educate children in their benefit.
To find out more about Gino and GOYA, visit his website

Toilet Prank

2009-06-08T13:02:00.000-07:00

“Imagine, your on a mobile toilet and when you get out… you are in a office meeting!”

Dirty for Swain Campaign

2009-06-05T17:50:00.000-07:00

Christopher Swain is swimming from Massachusetts to Washington DC through waters filled with toxic pollutants, heavy metals and sewage, to promote healthy oceans:

What will you do for Swain?
Help catapault eco-hero Christopher Swain on to the world stage.

Your Planet Needs You

2009-06-05T12:23:00.000-07:00

World Environment Day 2009
Your Planet Needs You-UNite to Combat Climate Change

Commemorated yearly on 5 June, World Environment Day is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action.
The theme for World Environment Day 2009 is ’Your Planet Needs You – UNite to Combat Climate Change’. It reflects the urgency for nations to agree on a new deal and the links with overcoming poverty and improved management of forests.

From the moment you hit snooze on your solar-powered alarm clock to the point when you crawl into your eco-washed, organic cotton sheets, here’s a walk through of 30 easy ways to green your daily routine.

Our ‘do something’ tip for World Environment Day:

• Flushing makes up one third of our total water use.
Convert your toilet to a low flush toilet – add a brick or two into the water tank, or a plastic bottle with stones or pebbles. This will displace a great deal of water instantly turning your toilet into one that uses far less water.

Ski While You Pee

2009-06-05T09:59:00.000-07:00

Trompe l’oeil ski-toilet mural in a Japanese ski resort:

Georgia Max Coffee chose to redesign the toilets of a number of key ski resorts in Japan. The cubicles were fully wrapped on all sides, so that the person caught short would have a ski jumper’s view when they were sitting on the loo. The person could look down at their skis (simply printed on the floor of the cubicle) and see the steep ski jump slope ahead of them. The toilet paper holder carried the only brand messaging in the cubicle, reading: “Seriously kick-ass intensely sweet for the real coffee super zinging unstoppable Max! Taste explosion!”

Via Boing Boing

Bathroom Instructions

2009-06-05T09:44:00.000-07:00

An illustrated guide...

Cardboard Upright Bass

2009-06-04T11:36:00.000-07:00

Made in Detroit by Bogdon Music

Little Jack on Twitter

2009-06-04T00:43:00.000-07:00

Follow Little Jack on Twitter (or should it be Shi...)

It's civilized to get close to urinate

2009-06-03T18:08:00.000-07:00

I’m not sure the The International Center for Bathroom Etiquette would agree here…

Toilet Shaped House

2009-06-02T18:10:00.000-07:00

This place is a bit of a dump…

The Ultimate 2009 UK Music Festival Map

2009-06-02T12:31:00.000-07:00

More than 60 of this summer’s festivals brought together on one handy map by the Times Online. From the big-name festivals like Glastonbury and Isle of Wight, to the more intimate affairs of Wychwood and The Green Man:

View UK summer music festivals, 2009 in a larger map

The ultimate 2009 UK music festival map – Times Online
The top 100 music festivals – Times Online

Crazy Cardboard Characters

2009-06-01T10:30:00.000-07:00

There’s a whole Flickr set of these crazy cardboard characters by bernie burns
Hmmm… I’m sure there’s an idea for a Shit Box here…

Ultimate Boom Box

2009-05-31T14:11:00.000-07:00

We love this set of DIY speakers! Made from recycled cardboard, they fold flat so you can take them anywhere and, best of all, you can colour them yourself (they come with six colouful pencils)! Available from Urban Outfitters ::

Suitable songs for the cardboard speakers:

Lords of Cardboard by DJ Format & Kid Aroe
Heart Shaped Box by Nirvana
How to Kill Time in a Cardboard Box by Band C
Cardboard City by Let Loose

And, of-course, the eponymous debut single by Living in a Box:

What Would Macgyver Do?

2009-05-29T15:56:00.000-07:00

What Would Macgyver Do? Threadless t-shirt design by Glenn Jones

Visually Descriptive

2009-05-29T09:53:00.000-07:00

Methinks a bit too ‘visually’ descriptive!

Found at Found Shit

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Bizarre Toilet-Themed Restaurant

2009-05-28T20:52:00.000-07:00

Chocolate sundae anyone?...

Cheeky Green Ad

2009-05-28T19:00:00.000-07:00

What more can you say about this ad by China's Green Family Youth Association of Environmental Protection...

The group’s ads state “We want to arouse people’s caution about environmental protection through strong visual impact of psychological or even physical aversion.”

This no-holes-barred advertising campaign – named one of the “Best, Most Smart Ass Green Ads” by Earthfirst in 2008 – was meant to raise awareness over dumping raw sewage into rivers and streams.

Top of the Plops - The Floaters

2009-05-28T13:32:00.000-07:00

What’s your Top of the Plops?... Cisterns of Mercy? Mötley Poo? Squeeze?...

Bad Chewie!

2009-05-28T13:19:00.000-07:00

Bad Chewie T-Shirt by Mike Jacobsen of See Mike Draw...

Chewie: WRAAARRAWRRRAHAARRWWW
(Translation: “Sorry, guys, but I had to go!”)
Brilliant!

PLOO - Portable toilet for the great outdoors

2009-05-28T06:56:00.000-07:00

PLOO on Hallmark Snipits - the blog from hallmark creative UK:

PLOO - Portable toilet for the great outdoors

Check out the Ploo - fantastic portable toilet product, ideal for camping and festivals.
A lightweight portable cardboard toilet that pops up from a convenient flat pack to a rigid reusable toilet. Each one comes complete with a duffle bag to carry it, some ploo bags and even with some toilet paper! .... no more queuing at portaloos, what are you waiting for, the Ploo is the ideal companion for the festival season.
FESTIVALS - no more portaloo hell
CAMPING - for the great outdoors
ROAD TRIPS - beats squatting in the bushes
KIDS CAUGHT SHORT - they always are!
BUILDING SITES - when there are no facilities

World's Fastest Toilet

2009-05-27T12:32:00.000-07:00

Everyone Poops

2009-05-27T09:45:00.000-07:00

“Everyone Poops”, a bipartisan Threadless t-shirt design by Chris Lee Jones [may be a bit late since the election has been and gone!... but still a cool t-shirt].

NICHT SPRITZEN - SITZEN

2009-05-26T14:52:00.000-07:00

Translation: Do Not Squirt / Sit (apparently)
c/o zefrank.com

Manure… An interesting fact

2009-05-20T10:50:00.000-07:00

Manure: In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by ship and it was also before commercial fertilizer’s invention, so large shipments of manure were common.

It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became heavier, but the process of fermentation began again, of which a by product is methane gas. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what could (and did) happen. Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone came below at night with a lantern, BOOOOM!

Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just what was happening After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the term “Ship High In Transit” on them, which meant for the sailors to stow it high enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane.

Thus evolved the term ”S.H.I.T.” (Ship High In Transport) which has come down through the centuries and is in use to this very day.

Alas the story is untrue – the word shit is much older, showing up in written works as far back as the 14th century. According to our learned friends at Wikipedia “The word is likely derived from Old English, having the nouns scite (dung, attested only in place names) and scitte (diarrhoea), and the verb scītan (to defecate, attested only in bescītan, to cover with excrement); eventually it morphed into Middle English schītte (excrement), schyt (diarrhoea) and shiten (to defecate), and it is virtually certain that it was used in some form by preliterate Germanic tribes at the time of the Roman Empire.”

Shit Box on Firebox

2009-05-14T14:04:00.000-07:00

Shit Box, along with Ploo and Little Jack's Box, are now also available on Firebox:

Shit Box
Cardboard Crapper

"Poos. We all do them (except Her Maj, of course). The trouble is, dropping Mr Brown and the kids off at the pool is nigh on impossible when you’re enjoying the great outdoors. Yes, you can make like a bear and shit in the woods, but curling a log straight onto the ground feels a bit, well, dirty.

Enter, with a snigger, a nudge and a somewhat aghast face, the Shit Box. As you can see, this charmingly named creation is a lightweight portable cardboard toilet, made specifically for outdoor use. Available in two sizes, the 14” original and a smaller ‘Little Jack’ version for nippers, it’s ideal for festival fans, campers, Portaloo-less builders, fishermen and kids caught short on long journeys.

Flat-packed, the Shit Box pops open to become a rigid but comfy loo into which you can drop your fudge, again and again, without making a mess or gassing everyone within a 5 mile radius. That’s because it comes with 10 biodegradable poo bags. Genius! Simply pop one inside, lay your cable, remove the whole shebang, tie up the bag and shove it in your best mate’s sleeping bag… sorry, we mean dispose of it responsibly.

Yes, we suppose you could hunt down the nearest fast food emporium for a quick McShit with lies but, as well as being unethical, it’s probably not as hygienic. Besides, ejecting a bum cigar in a restaurant is fraught with danger: no loo roll, weak flush, pebble-dashed bowl. You know the score. Plus the Shit Box doubles up as handy stool (forgive the pun) and comes in a rather fetching shoulder bag for easy portability.

Okay, so squatting on a cardboard box isn’t the most luxurious way to lose your Bungle’s fingers, but it certainly does the job when you’re touching cloth in the middle of nowhere. To use the vernacular of today’s festival goer, we think it’s the shit. By the way, if you think we’re trying to shoehorn in as many pooey euphemisms as possible, you’d be right. But when a product is this brilliant, nothing we say is going to make a difference. We’d give it ten minutes if we were you…

Four different versions available!"

Camp/Hike: The first truly portable potty

2009-05-14T10:39:00.000-07:00

Shit Box (and Little Jack's Box) on Pretty Tough:

Camp/Hike: The first truly portable potty
May 14, 2009 by amo

"For all you hikers, campers and other outdoor adventurers comes perhaps the most useful piece of gear ever – the $hit Box, aka the Cardboard Crapper.

The Cardboard Crapper is just what you guessed – an environmentally friendly porta-potty for those times when even a rest stop is out of the question. All you have to do is pop up the box, unfold it, and insert a biodegradable poo bag to get up and running.

The charmingly named creation is made specifically for outdoor use and ideal for festival fans, campers, Portaloo-less builders, fisherman and anyone caught short on long journeys.

So, the next time you go camping and don’t want to squat in the bushes, you’ll be forever grateful for this not exactly hi-tech invention. Available in two sizes, the 14” original and a smaller ‘Little Jack’ version that comes pink for girls and a blue for boys. (about $23 USD).

Pretty smart!"

Shit Box, Portable Toilet. Curiosite

2009-04-29T17:18:00.000-07:00

Shit Box on Curiosite:

on 29 Apr 2009 by Marta Reig

Shit Box, Portable Toilet
It’s a lightweight cardboard box that uses reusable bags. It’s foldable, incredibly sturdy, and, even though it’s a take away toilet, it’s actually very cute

"Although it’s only recently been available on the market, the idea behind Shit Box was born 20 years ago. Its inventor, Richard Wharton, who went on to found The Brown Corporation, was in his tent at the Glastonbury Festival. He urgently needed to use the toilet, but he immediately wrote off the idea of using the festival’s public toilets due to the terrible condition they were in. Then he noticed a box of Kleenex sitting in his tent and he thought that if only that box were a bit bigger and sturdier, he could put a plastic bag inside and he’d have his own private toilet inside the tent. From that point on, it’s taken 50 prototypes to hit on the perfect portable WC (the one you see in the photo).

It is a very lightweight, transportable WC made of super-sturdy cardboard and it’s specially designed for outdoor use (for picnics, festivals, camping trips). The box folds away, which makes it easy to transport, and each box comes with 10 plastic "poo bags".

While it’s surprising enough that someone’s actually invented a box that substitutes for the WC, what’s really amazing is that anyone would work so hard on its design. It’s so pretty you won’t want to ruin it. It’s even got a mascot! His name’s Little Jack, and if no one told you who he was or what he did, he could easily pass for a dainty little smiley character."

Happy Earth Day!

2009-04-22T15:36:00.000-07:00

Earth Day, celebrated April 22, is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment. It was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in in 1970 and is celebrated in many countries every year. This date is Spring in the Northern Hemisphere and Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.

The Colourful History of Earth Day

What Not To Do This Earth Day

Eco-friendly oven from cardboard

2009-04-15T12:10:00.000-07:00

• Inventor Jon Bohmer has created a $5 oven made out of cardboard boxes
• Uses 2 boxes, and an acrylic cover that lets in sun's rays and traps them
• Award-winning oven has gone into production in a factory in Nairobi

Full story on CNN

Sad Potty Pic

2009-04-04T14:13:00.000-07:00

Photo: massdistraction
Ooops. Funny story as well...

Official Poo Partner of the Wrong Way Round

2009-03-23T17:50:00.000-07:00

Shit Box is the official poo partner for the Wrong Way Round

Product tested during a round of golf!: “It’s a hole in one, with a number two.”

A spokesperson for the Wrong Way Round declared “My biggest fear was a bear attack during a private moment in the woods, but now with the Shit Box I can do my business anytime anywhere anyplace. It’s truly a revolution in outdoor bowel movements”

Chuck Waste Paper Basket

2009-03-20T09:54:00.000-07:00

The Chuck Waste Paper Basket, by studio CRANK - a waste-less wastepaper basket constructed of 100% recycled cardboard, printed with low VOC based inks that is totally recyclable and includes an eco-ficient "no tools no glues" fold and tuck assembly:

Fits in perfectly with any cardboard office!

More info: chuck4life.com

poop in a box

2009-02-23T15:24:00.000-08:00

Shit Box on burgerlog:

"poop in a box

for those of you who need to poop on the go! amazing!
click here to read all about it. the design is kind of cute too!"

FormFiftyFive » Blog Archive » The Brown Corporation

2008-11-27T06:53:00.000-08:00

The Brown Corporation site on FormFiftyFive:

Inspiration / The Brown Corporation

"This made me laugh so much, it really is as bad as it sounds but fun approach to a touchy product and website.

Thanks to Sarah for showing me this—via Creative Pool I believe."

Toilet Humour

2008-11-21T06:34:00.000-08:00

Know any good toilet jokes?

Q. What did one loo say to another loo?
A. You look a little flushed!

Disposable Cardboard Bed

2008-11-16T14:48:00.000-08:00

Nikolay Suslov, studying Industrial Design from Saint Petersburg State Academy of Art And Design, has come up with a cheap but innovative bed design:

The cardboard bed is finished with five layers of corrugated carton, processed with waterproof substance, which makes it durable in all seasons - portable, reusable and easy to set-up.

Kururmarukun: Folding Cardboard Toilet

2008-10-06T04:18:00.000-07:00

Shit Box competition from Japan?...
the Kururmarukun, folding cardboard toilet

According to Fareastgizmos.com - "Kaneko Sangyo Co. Japan has developed a portable toilet ''Kurumarukun'' for use inside a car that totally conceals the user with a curtain. The new ''Kurumarukun'' toilet is the first ever model of its kind small enough to fit inside a car, the Aichi Prefecture-based manufacturer of plastic car accessories said. Users are required to assemble a cardboard toilet bowl and to fit a water-absorbent sheet inside. The toilet, to be set up on the back seat of a car, comes with a curtain large enough to totally conceal users and a plastic bag
to tightly seal human waste for later disposal. Prior to assembly, portable toilet ''Kurumarukun'' measures 60 centimeters long, 38 cm wide and 2.5 cm thick and can be carried inside a suitcase, the company said.

Kaneko Sangyo is touting it as a commode that will come in handy when you are caught in a traffic jam. The portable toilet ''Kurumarukun'' from Kaneko Sangyo will be available in Japan from Nov. 15 for approximately 4,725 yen ($41)."

Shit Box on CANAL+

2008-10-05T10:47:00.000-07:00

(Le) Shit Box was featured on L’édition spéciale on CANAL+. Watch Partie 4

World Toilet Day

2008-09-22T13:57:00.000-07:00

"19 November is World Toilet Day – a day to celebrate the humble, yet vitally important, toilet and to raise awareness of the global sanitation crisis.

Imagine life without a toilet. No toilets in your home or at work, no public toilets, no toilets anywhere. Imagine the mess. Imagine the disease.

It's hard to imagine life without something we take for granted, but this is the daily reality for 2.6 billion people – 40% of the world's population."
Source: Toilet Day | WaterAid

Did you know:

- 2.6 billion people do not have somewhere safe, private or hygienic to go to the toilet.
- One gram of faeces can contain 10 million viruses, one million bacteria, 1000 parasite cysts and 100 parasite eggs.
- The simple act of washing hands with soap and water after going to the toilet can reduce diarrhoeal diseases by over 40%.
- Safe disposal of children's faeces leads to a reduction of nearly 40% in childhood diarrhoea.

WaterAid
World Toilet Organization

Buy Your Plop Trumps here...

2008-09-10T13:55:00.000-07:00

"It was a messy job, but somebody had to do it"

"From tiger to mouse. 40 stunning photos of animal poo like you've never seen before. Plus interesting facts and figures about the animals businsess. Plop Trumps is the perfect blend of science and yuk factor"

Buy your Plop Trumps here...

Shit idea ? | 365questions.org

2008-08-27T20:28:00.000-07:00

Shit Box on 365questions.org:

"What is it ?

Quite simply the amazing shit box, a “lightweight portable cardboard toilet”. Great for camping, rock festivals and all outdoors activities. Brought to you by The Brown Corporation… a solid company.
Only £15. With a good return policy :

"If your Shit Box Pack arrives damaged, or if you are not completely satisfied with the quality please return it to us in its original packaging and unused.”

I wish the (english) inventor a lot of success. Seriously."

Shit Box on 365questions.org

Shit Box on Daily Candy

2008-08-12T07:21:00.000-07:00

12 August 2008
Elegantly Wasted
Shit Box Portable Cardboard Toilet

"Ah, the great outdoors. When sleeping under stars, waking to birdsong and hunting for food, you’re at one with nature.

Until nature calls.

Say goodbye to traumatic outdoor toilet experiences with The Brown Corporation’s Shit Box. The lightweight portable cardboard dunny provides an alternative way to do your business with no more queuing for long-drop festival potties or crouching over stinging nettles.

Unfold the pop-up loo, insert a degradable poo bag and you’re ready to go (quite literally). Once you’ve dropped the kids off at the pool, simply remove and dispose of the bag, put the lid down and use the sturdy box as a stool (no pun intended).

Now that’s not such a shitty idea after all."

Shit Box on Daily Candy

Shit Box reviewed...

2008-07-21T16:45:00.000-07:00

Random festival goer Greg reviews Shit Box at Global Gathering:

Thanks to RWD Magazine

Shit Box: the solution to your festival/toilet-based worries

2008-07-16T11:30:00.000-07:00

Shit Box on the guardian.co.uk music blog:

Shit Box: the solution to your festival/toilet-based worries
A portable toilet that folds back into your bag. Yuck.

"It folds back into your bag and doubles as a stool (erm, nice wordplay). We really, really, really hope this is a joke otherwise we're sacking off Latitude this weekend"

Portable cardboard toilet

2008-07-15T10:02:00.000-07:00

Shit Box on Boing Boing:

Portable cardboard toilet
Posted by David Pescovitz, July 15, 2008 10:02 AM

The Shit Box is a cardboard toilet for outdoor use. It's now available for £15.67. According to the press release, "“The box pops up from its convenient 14” flat pack to a rigid reusable box, you pop in a degradable poo bag, do your business, seal and then dispose." Creative Review has more details. Shit box (Creative Review)

Shit Box on Boing Boing

Home & Living News » A portable and re-usable outdoor Lavatory from the Brown Corporation

2008-07-02T09:00:00.000-07:00

Great Shit Box review on Home & Living News:

A portable and re-usable outdoor Lavatory from the Brown Corporation

By Manuel in Do It Yourself (DIY), Keeping Clean on July 2nd, 2008

Summer is in full force, as is the festival season, camping, hiking, and all sorts of other outdoor activities. Of course being so close to nature means forgoing certain comforts offered by civilization. For many people the comfort they miss most is a clean, sanitary and porcelain toilet. At any festival, whatever mobile toilets are available quickly degenerate into disgusting and nearly unusable conditions after only a few days of continuous use. If using the mobile toilets provided is out of the question, then the next option is to head for the woods, but even here bugs, poison ivy, stinging nettle, and a general lack of comfort make this an unwelcome choice. Introducing the Shit Box portable lavatory from the Brown Corporation, which makes going to the bathroom in the wild nearly as comfortable, clean and sanitary as back home.

Although it might look a little basic, the Shit Box is actually quite cleverly designed and comes with many innovative features. For starters, its cardboard material means that it is incredibly lightweight and can easily be added to camping gear, such as your heavy tent and air mattress, without adding any excess burden. Secondly, the Box can be folded up for more manageable transportation, and lastly, it is re-usable. Now the concept of a re-usable, portable cardboard box toilet might at first seem revolting and like a bad idea. However, the Shit Box comes with customised plastic poo bags that capture any waste, allowing the Box itself to stay clean and be used multiple times. And perhaps the coolest feature is that whenever the Box is not being used a toilet, it doubles as a perfectly workable seat, in case your legs get tired from walking. Why bother purchasing the Amazonas Brasil Swinging Chair or the Outwell Arm Chair deluxe, when you can simply rest on your new Shit Box. With all these useful features, the Shit Box practically sells itself, and easily justifies its £15.67 price tag.

Shit Box on Home & Living News