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How would you like to live in a house made of cardboard?

There are pros and cons to inhabiting a house made entirely from cardboard. Perhaps the most obvious con is that it wouldn't do too well in the rain. However, Zoey Taylor and David Connelly of the artist collective Dosshaus have created House of Cardboard – somewhere I'd happily move into.

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Via Creative Boom submission. All images courtesy of the artist

Via Creative Boom submission. All images courtesy of the artist

In the photographs, apart from Taylor herself, everything is made entirely from cardboard. The furniture, dress, camera, typewriter and even violin, have all been hand-crafted from the simple materials of cardboard, paint and glue. The resulting items have a pop-cartoonish look, and an air of 1950's interior fashion about them.

Both Taylor and Connelly, who met in 2010 – bring their individual skills to the project – with Taylor constructing each detailed, cardboard piece, and Connelly doing the photography. Check out some of their other projects here.

Woman in cardboard dress standing in a room full of handcrafted cardboard furniture, camera and musical instruments, all painted to resemble 1950s style items
Person wearing black lace-up shoes and black socks made from cardboard, standing next to a small cardboard camera on a grey wooden floor
Hand-crafted cardboard record sleeve featuring a black and white illustration of a musician playing saxophone, labelled "Stereo" and "In Europe
Woman holding a cardboard violin while standing beside cardboard furniture and objects, all handcrafted from cardboard, paint and glue
Cardboard violin and sheet music displayed with a wooden guitar sculpture mounted on a cream-coloured wall in the background
Woman in white dress crouches beside a cardboard bicycle with paint splatter wall art behind her
Black cardboard typewriter with paper inserted, displayed on a white surface next to a small cardboard camera, part of Dosshaus's House of Cardboard project
Cardboard artwork featuring hand-drawn faces and figures in black and white with a 1950s pop-art style, displayed alongside painting tools and brushes
Woman in white pleated dress holding a cardboard camera with dual lenses hand-crafted from cardboard, paint and glue
Hand-painted cardboard portrait of a gaunt man with dark hair and glasses leaning against a desk with cardboard headphones nearby
Woman in cardboard dress playing a cardboard vinyl record on cardboard turntables surrounded by cardboard speakers and records
Zoey Taylor and David Connelly pose with handmade cardboard objects including a fish sculpture, violin and decorative items arranged on a table
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