the.com/cardboard box
the world's most honest piece of furniture: it never pretends to be anything but temporary.
means a container made of corrugated paperboard, used to ship, store, or move things until you decide it's now a cat bed.
from corrugated cardboard was patented in 1856 in england, originally as a liner for tall hats, not for shipping; boxes came decades later once someone realized the ridges gave cheap paper the strength of a crate.
strength trickcorrugated ridges act like tiny arches under pressure
cat physicscats prefer boxes because enclosed spaces cut stress hormones
amazon effectaverage online order travels in a box 40% too big
recycling loopmost boxes get reused five to seven times before pulping